Righteous John of Kronstadt, wonderworker and pastor.
Righteous John of Kronstadt was a Russian parish priest who served for more than fifty years at the cathedral of Kronstadt near St. Petersburg. Celebrating the Divine Liturgy daily, he was famed throughout Russia for his prayer, his charity to the poor, and the healings worked through him.
Author of the spiritual diary 'My Life in Christ', he reposed on 20 December 1908 and was glorified by the Church of Russia.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, John of Kronstadt is commemorated on December 20. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 2 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on December 20
Ignatius the God-Bearer
Hierarch, Ιγνάτιος Θεοφόρος
Holy Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer of Antioch.
Philogonius of Antioch
Hierarch, Φιλογόνιος
Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch, praised by Saint John Chrysostom.
John the Tailor of Thasos
Martyr, Ιωάννης ο ράφτης εκ Θάσου
New Martyr John the Tailor of Thasos, martyred in Constantinople.
Ignatius of the Kiev Caves
Venerable, Ιγνάτιος της Λαύρας των Σπηλαίων
Venerable Ignatius, Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
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