Missing the mark, an Orthodox Christian reflecting on his journey through this world
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga
Saint Jonah of Pechenga and Kola was, as tradition tells us, a
priest in the city of Kola. After the death of his daughter and wife he
went off to the Pechenga-Trinity monastery near Kola, and became a
disciple of its founder, St Tryphon. After the death of his teacher, he
settled in 1583 at the site of what was to become his grave in the
neighboring Dormition wilderness, where he was killed by the Swedes in
the year 1590.
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