Jonah of Hankou

Saint Jonah of Manchuria
BornApril 17, 1888
Kaluga, Russia
DiedOctober 20, 1925
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedOctober 20, 1996
FeastOctober 20 n.s. / October 7 o.s.

Bishop Jonah (secular name Vladimir Pokrovsky, Russian: Владимир Покровский; April 17, 1888 – October 20, 1925), was a bishop of Hankou of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). He served in Northern China in the years immediately following the Bolshevik Revolution.

He was officially glorified by the ROCOR on October 20, 1996. The Bishop's Council of the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Jonah as Enlightener Jonah of Hankou on 3 February 2016.[1]

  1. ^ Определение Освященного Архиерейского Собора Русской Православной Церкви об общецерковном прославлении ряда местночтимых святых