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Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife in virginity.
Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties and love for the
poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great gifts of clairvoyance
and miracle - working, to such a degree that in the last years of his
life miracles of healings - both of body and of soul - were performed
countless times each day through his prayers, often for people who
had only written to him asking his help. During his lifetime he was
known throughout Russia, as well as in the Western world. He has left
us his diary My Life in Christ as a spiritual treasure for Christians
of every age; simple in language, it expounds the deepest mysteries
of our Faith with that wisdom which is given only to a heart purified
by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Foreseeing as a true prophet the Revolution
Of 1917, he unsparingly rebuked the growing apostasy among the people;
he foretold that the very name of Russia would be changed. As the darkness
of unbelief grew thicker, he shone forth as a beacon of unquenchable piety, comforting the faithful
through the many miracles that he worked and the fatherly love and
simplicity with which he received all. Saint John reposed in peace
in 1908.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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