John of Kronstadt, born John Iliytch Sergieff, was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church who lived from 1829 to 1909. He was known for his mass confessions, numerous reported miracles and charitable work, as well as his monarchist and anti-communist views. He is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church, known by the epithet Righteous.
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He became the top student in the school and then in the seminary, which enabled him to enter the Theological Academy in Saint Petersburg, the Russian capital.
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John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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(pre-reform Russian: Іоаннъ Кронштадтскій; post-reform Russian: Иоанн Кронштадтский; 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1829-2 January 1909 [O.S. 20 December 1908])
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John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff (pre-reform Russian: Іоаннъ Кронштадтскій; post-reform Russian: Иоанн Кронштадтский; 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1829-2 January 1909 [O.S. 20 December 1908]) was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff (pre-reform Russian: Іоаннъ Кронштадтскій; post-reform Russian: Иоанн Кронштадтский; 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1829-2 January 1909 [O.S. 20 December 1908]) was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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