Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Johnthe Russian

of Euboia · the Confessor

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“His master tortured him often in the hope that his slave would accept Islam.”
St. John the Russian

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

1690

Malorussia

Death

27 May (9 June) 1730

Euboia, Asia Minor

Life path

  • Military Service
  • Soldier
  • Slave

Undertakings & Callings

  • Confessing the faith

God's Gifts

  • Incorrupt relics
  • Wonderworking

Sufferings

  • Torture
  • Captivity

Eras

  • Turkish yoke

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