Venerable (Monastic) · 16th century
Venerable Job Abbot of Pochaev
Also known as Ivan Zhelezo
A Ukrainian monastic elder and abbot of Pochaev who defended Orthodoxy and guided the monastery for many years.
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Notes
Principal repose feast; also Aug 28 (recovery of relics).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints