Hierarch · 15th century
Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
Also known as Jonah of Moscow
A monk who rose to become Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia in the 15th century, marking the autocephaly of the Russian Church. He was a wonderworker whose relics are venerated in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
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Reposed 1461; among the great hierarchs of Moscow. Also commemorated Jun 15.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints