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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

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.

Commemorated the same day June 15