Hierarch · 18th century
Saint John Maximovitch Metropolitan of Tobolsk
Also known as John of Tobolsk · Wonderworker of Siberia
A learned and gentle hierarch, metropolitan of Tobolsk, who gave himself to the care of his far-flung flock and the mission to the peoples of Siberia, and composed many spiritual writings.
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Notes
Not St John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco (his kinsman, OS-0050).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints