Orthodox calendar: October 12 – repose of the Hieromartyr John (Pommer), Archbishop of Rigatranslated

20th Week after Pentecost.

Today, October 12, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Cyriacus the hermit (556); mchch. Dada, Gaveddaya and Kazdoi (IV); St. Theophan the Merciful; sschmch. John, Archbishop Rizhsky (1934).

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Janis (John) Pommer was born on January 6 (19), 1876 in the Ilzessala farmstead of Praulienskaya volost into the family of an Orthodox Latvian peasant.

In 1900, John entered the Kiev Theological Academy. In 1903, at the age of 27, he took monastic vows, on September 23, 1903, he was ordained to the rank of hierodeacon, and on July 13, 1904, to the rank of hieromonk.

On September 26, 1907, Archbishop of Vologda Hieromonk John elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.

Being an excellent preacher, Archimandrite John made a lot of effort to put the art of preaching at the highest level, personally listens to the sermons of his students, gives valuable instructions and explanations. Pays great attention to the splendor of the church and monastery.

Archimandrite John performs religious processions in rural parishes with the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. IN…