Saint Job of Ushchelsky was a monk of the Solovetsky Monastery. On November 10, 1608, he was ordained as a hieromonk by the Novgorod Metropolitan Isidore. In 1614, he went to the Mezensk region, where he founded a chapel in honor of the Nativity of Christ. The first monks lived in the houses of their relatives, as the monastery was poor. After the grant of land with fishing rights by Tsar Michael Fyodorovich, Saint Job established a church and brotherly cells. On August 5, 1628, when all the brethren were haymaking, bandits attacked the monastery, beheading Saint Job after terrible tortures. The brethren, upon returning, buried his body with honor. Local veneration began shortly after his death, due to numerous miracles. The first icon was painted in 1658, and the life was written in the 1660s. Around that time, a chapel was built over his relics, later reconstructed into a church in honor of the righteous Job the Much-Suffering. On November 3, 1739, the relics of Saint Job were examined by Archbishop Varsonofy, which contributed to his glorification. The image of the Saint is described as 'similar to the appearance of the holy ones, wandering like Alexander of Svirsk, in the monastic robes, in the schema, holding a scroll, in which is written: “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul.”'
