The Monks Vassian and Jona
Commemorated on June 12, June 5
The Monks Vassian
and Jona – were monks of the Solovetsk Transfiguration monastery and
disciples of the holy Hegumen Philip, who later became Metropolitan of Moscow
(+ 1570, Comm. 9 January).
The holy monks were
glorified by the Lord after their death (1561).
Fishermen and sailors
came to pray in the chapel, erected in 1599 over the place of their burial by
the Trinity-Sergiev monastery elder Mamant. And in 1623 the priestmonk Iakov
founded there a monastery, receiving the name Pertominsk.
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.
