John of Voronet

John was a monk at Voroneț and a cell disciple of Saint Daniel the Hermit for more than fifteen years, then a calligrapher. He lived in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and in 1550 copied a book of the Sayings of Saint Ephrem the Syrian. He is named in the Romanian Paterikon and venerated by the faithful, without synodal canonization; the sources available to us give no day of commemoration.

He entered the monastery as a child and served in Daniel's cell. He guided believers at the great hermit's cell, helped the sick who came for healing, brought what was needed for food and, at the proper time, went to church. He was loved by all for his gentleness.

At eighteen he received monastic tonsure, with Daniel's encouragement and prayers. After the repose of his spiritual teacher he took up the copying of church books, being a skilled calligrapher. Later he struggled for a time at Probota Monastery, then served for several years in obedience beside Metropolitan Gregory Roșca, who had been a fellow disciple of Daniel.

Among the books he copied is the patristic work, the Sayings of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, written around 1550 for the monastery where he had promised monastic life to God. In the note on the book he says he made it according to the teaching of Metropolitan Gregory and gave it to Voroneț Monastery, where from tender youth he had dedicated himself to God, with the prayers of Saint Daniel the New, and where he received the monastic order.

He then withdrew to Voroneț and lived a few more years, after which he passed to the Lord in peace.