John and Longin of Yarengsk

Venerable John and Longin of Yarenza lived in the 16th century as monks of the Solovetsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery under the guidance of Saint Philip. In 1561, while on monastery business in the Tver land, they perished in a storm on the White Sea; their bodies were found incorrupt 120 versts from the monastery, at the mouth of the Sosnovka River. The bodies were placed in a chapel in honor of Saint Nicholas in the village of Yarenza, where miraculous healings soon began. In 1625, monk Ilya Tellov informed Patriarch Philaret about the miracles at the saints' tomb, which was confirmed. On July 2, 1638, the holy relics were transferred to the newly constructed church of the monastery, and their memory was established on July 3.