Fool-for-Christ
Jonah of Peshnosha
Fool for Christ, Peshnosha Monastery
A fool for Christ at Peshnosha Monastery, venerated by the faithful without synodal canonization.
- Feast
- June 15old style June 28
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Peshnosha Monastery
- Order
- Fools-for-Christ
Life
Blessed Jonah of Peshnosha was a Russian monk of the Peshnosha Monastery who took the path of a fool for Christ.
The source consulted preserves no other details of his life. The Greek calendar (new style) commemorates him on 15 June, and the faithful venerate him without synodal canonization.
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