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Venerable (Monastic) · 17th century

Saint John Hermit of Pskov

Also known as John of Pskov

A hermit who lived through the Time of Troubles and the sieges around Pskov, remembered for ascetic endurance amid war.

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