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Amphilochius of Pochayiv

Amphilochius of Pochayiv

Venerable monastic
May 12 · 1894–1971

Amphilochius of Pochayiv (1894, Mala Ilovytsia — 1971, Mala Ilovytsia) — the Venerable, monk. Feast day: 12 May.

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Amphilochius of Pochayiv was a 20th-century Ukrainian Orthodox monk and saint born Yakov Varnavovich Golovatyuk. Born in 1894 in Mala Ilovytsia, he served as a medical attendant during the First World War before entering the Pochaiv Lavra in 1925. He was ordained a hieromonk in 1936 and became known for his monastic devotion and service to the sick. Despite facing persecution and imprisonment by Soviet authorities, he continued his spiritual ministry until his death in 1971.

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