Presbyter
Saint John was born on January 4, 1875, into the family of a sacristan in the Chernigov Diocese. In 1897, he graduated from the Chernigov Theological School and began to serv as a chanter in the church of the village of Mostovoye in the Kuban region. On February 28, 1898, he was ordained as a deacon, while on May 19 of the same year, he was ordained as a priest. He served in various churches, engaging in religious education and opening an evening school for adults. In 1916, he returned to the Church of the Prophet Elijah in Nezamaevskaya, where he became the rector. In 1918, during the Civil War, the area was occupied by the Bolsheviks. On April 21 (May 4), Saint John was arrested and brutally killed by the Red Army soldiers, who forbade the residents from burying him.
