This day in Russian history - Today we honor the memory of St. Jacob of Borovichi, yesterday we remembered Metropolitan Nestor (Anisimov)translated

The Monk Jacob of Borovichi, the Novgorod wonderworker, in his adolescence took upon himself the severe feat of foolishness. Nothing more is known about his life. The Lord glorified him after his death.

In 1540, on the third day of Easter, a sailor sailed upstream to the village of Borovichi (in the Novgorod region) along the Osta River...