[[image:Johnkronstadt.jpg|thumb|right|An [[icon]] of St. John of Kronstadt]] Our righteous father '''John of Kronstadt''' (Иоанн Кронштадский; [[October 19]], 1829, in Sura – [[December 20]], 1908, in Kronstadt) was an archpriest of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]].

He was born as '''Ivan Ilyich Sergiyev''' (Иван Ильич Сергиев) in 1829. From 1855, he served as a [[priest]] in St. Andrew's [[cathedral]] in Kronstadt. Here, he greatly wholly committed himself to [[charity]], especially for those who were remote from the [[church]]. He established a factory to provide employment for the poor, and endlessly gave away his money to the needy. traveled extensively throughout the Russian empire. He was a member of the right extremist movement [[w:Black Hundred|Sojuz Russkogo Naroda]] (Alliance of the Russian people) but did not commit himself politically. He was already greatly [[veneration|venerated]] at the time he died. He was [[Glorification|glorified]] by the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] in 1964 and by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] on [[June 8]], 1990. The second largest [[monasteryJohn (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|St. John Maximovitch]] of Shanghai and San Francisco played an active role in St. Petersburg (by community size) is dedicated to preparation of St. John of Kronstadt's canonization.

Many churches around the world and Ioannovsky Convent, the second largest [[monastery]] in St. Petersburg (by community size) are dedicated to St. John of Kronstadt. His [[feast day]]s are commemorated on [[December 20]] (January 2 [[Old Calendar]]) and [[October 19]].

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