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John of Tobolsk
(
Russian
:
Иоанн Тобольский
; 1651?1715) was born as
Ioann Maksimovich Vasilkovskiy
(
Russian
:
Иоанн Максимович Васильковский
) in
Nie?yn
, in the
Czernihow Voivodeship
of the
Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth
. He was the only one of the seven sons of Maksym Wasylkowski Maksymowicz to enter the service of the
Eastern Orthodox Church
, in which he was appointed
manager
of the
Kiev Pechersk Lavra
by 1678. As
Bishop Theodore of Uglich
wanted someone to succeed him of
Chernigov
, he appointed John as
Archimandrite
of the
Eletsky Monastery
in 1695. Bishop Theodore of
Uglich
reposed in 1696 and John became
Archbishop
of Chernigov.
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citation needed
]
During his pastorate in Chernigov, John distinguished himself by operating a spiritual academy, writing prose and poetry inspired by faith, and inspiring faith in others. His most famous work is "Iliotropion", which he translated and adapted into
Slavonic
and
Russian
from the original
Latin
of the German
Jesuit
priest
Jeremias Drexel
. In the early 21st century, it remains the standard work on
theodicy
among the Eastern Orthodox.
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citation needed
]
In 1711, he was made
Metropolitan
of the
Siberian
city of
Tobolsk
, taking the place of Metropolitan Philotheos who wished to carry out
missionary
work among
pagan
tribes in remote places.
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citation needed
]
John died peacefully in 1715, inside his quarters while at prayer. John was honoured as a
saint
in Siberia by longstanding local veneration. His canonization was supported by
Rasputin
.
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In 1916 the
Russian Orthodox Church
officially
glorified
(canonized) him for veneration throughout the church. His
feast day
is June 10, the anniversary of his death.
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citation needed
]
John of Tobolsk is the namesake of
John of Shanghai and San Francisco
.
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citation needed
]
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