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Venerable (Monastic) · 15th century

Venerable Jonah Abbot of Klimetzk

Also known as Jonah of Klimetzk · John

A merchant's son saved from drowning in a storm on Lake Onega, who in thanksgiving forsook the world and founded the Klimetzk Trinity monastery upon the place of his deliverance.

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Notes

Distinct from Jonah, Bishop of Perm (same day).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints