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===Ioann===
Ioann (John) was only eight years old at the time. On the evening of June 11th, when Fr. Mitrophan was killed, the Boxers split Ioann's shoulders and severed his toes. His brother Isaiah's bride managed to save him from death by hiding him in a latrine. In the morning he sat at the entrance without clothes and shoes, and when people asked "are you hurting?" he answered “it doesn't hurt." Boys scoffed at him, calling him a “child of demons
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.allsaintsofamerica.org/martyrs/nmchina.html Stars of the East, The Chinese Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in China]]
[[Category:Saints|China]]
[[Category:Martyrs|China]]
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