Schema-Igumen John | |
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| Venerable John of Valamo | |
| Born | 26 February 1873 village Gubka, Novotorzhsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 June 1958 (aged 85) New Valamo, Finland |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 29 November 2018 (added to the Hagiologion) 31 May and 1 June 2019 (Feast of canonization), New Valamo Monastery, Heinävesi, Finland by Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Feast | 5 June |
Schema-Igumen John (Russian: Схиигумен Иоанн, Finnish: Skeemaigumeeni Johannes, born Ivan Alekseyevich Alekseyev, Russian: Иван Алексеевич Алексеев; 26 February 1873, village Gubka, Novotorzhsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 5 June 1958, New Valamo, Heinävesi, Finland), canonized as St. John of Valamo (Finnish: Johannes Valamolainen, Russian: Иоанн Валаамский), was a monk in both Old Valamo and New Valamo and the head of the Petsamo Monastery. Some of his letters, containing many pieces of spiritual advice have been published in English in a book called Christ in Our Midst. Letters from a Russian Monk.