John the Russian was a Russian Orthodox slave who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Being a prisoner of war and a slave to a Turkish Ağa, he became famous and respected even by his Muslim master for his humility, steadiness in faith and benevolence. His holy relics are claimed to be incorrupt and wonderworking;
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- Wikipedia (el) – Όσιος Ιωάννης ο Ρώσος (el.wikipedia.org)
- Wikipedia (en) – John the Russian (en.wikipedia.org)
- Wikipedia (cs) – Jan Ruský (cs.wikipedia.org)
- Wikidata – Q377469 (wikidata.org)
- Wikimedia Commons – John the Russian (commons.wikimedia.org)
- OpenStreetMap – way 137165442 (openstreetmap.org)
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