John the Shipowner

Holy Martyr John the Shipowner (Navklir) suffered from a mental illness. Once, when he was in a state of unconsciousness, the Turks performed over him the rite of conversion to their religion. Coming to himself, the saint grew indignant and threw from his head the sign of Islam, the turban. He wept bitterly over the misfortune and went on living as a Christian. Then the Turks cast him into prison. Neither persuasion, nor beatings, nor threats broke his will, and he answered unchangingly: "I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and I reject your faith." After many torments the martyr was burned in the city of Kos on 8 April 1669.

His commemoration is kept on 21 April in the new style, that is 8 April in the old style, the day of his martyrdom; a note on the page says that he is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Church.