Venerable (Monastic) · 20th century
Saint John Jacob the Chozebite
Also known as John Jacob of Neamt · John the Romanian · Hozevite
A Romanian monk who withdrew to the Holy Land and lived as a hermit in the gorge of Chozeba near the Jordan, a man of prayer and spiritual writing; he reposed in 1960 and his relics were found incorrupt.
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Recently glorified Orthodox saint.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints