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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Jonah''' (+ 1461?), also '''Jonas''', was the [[Metropolitan]] of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia (between 1448-and 1461). He is also called the Wonderworker. He was [[metropolitan]] during the times that the princes of Moscow gained influence and power at the same time the Church of Constantinople fell under the rule of the Ottoman Turks. The Church remembers him on [[March 31]], the translation of his relics on [[May 27]] and as a member of the Synaxis of the Moscow Hierarchs on [[October 5]].
==Life==
Saint Jonah was born in the city of Galich into a pious Christian family. The date of his birth is not known. His father was named Theodore. The youth received He was [[monastictonsure]] d as a [[tonsuremonastic]] in one of the Galich monasteries when he was only twelve years old.
In the late 1420s, Jonah had transferred to the [[Simonov Monastery]], where he again fulfilled various obediences for many years. He was close to Metropolitan [[Photius of Kiev|Photius]], who would make consecrated him [[bishopBishop]] of Ryazan and Murom. After Photius's death died in 1431, Grand Prince Vasili II (the Sightless) nominated Jonah for the post position of metropolitan. Due to Vasili's war with the appanage princes, Jonah did not leave for [[Constantinoplemetropolitan]] until of Moscow, a position that required confirmation by the end Patriarch of 1435. The newly-elected metropolitan journeyed to Constantinople in order to be confirmed as metropolitan by , [[Joseph II of Constantinople|Patriarch Joseph II]]. Shortly before this Jonas was delayed in his journey to Constantinople until the nefarious end of 1435 by Vasili's war with the appanage princes In the meantime, Isidore, a Bulgarian, of Kiev had already been established as Metropolitanof Moscow by the Ecumenical Patriarch. Spending a short time at Kiev After initially being accepted in Moscow and Moscowpromising Vasili to be true to Orthodoxy, Isidore journeyed traveled, in 1438, to Florence, Italy to attend the [[Council of Florence]] (1438). During the council, where he embraced Isidore supported [[Catholicism]]and the re-unification of the Eastern and Western Churches. After returning to Moscow, as a papal legate, he substituted in the liturgy the name of the Pope in place of the name of the Patriarch. He was arrested immediately, but escaped and fled to Rome, where he died in 1462. . After Isidore had been condemned by In 1443, a [[synod|council]] of Russian bishops condemned the union with Rome and deposed Isidore. [[hierarchArchbishop]]s and Jonah was again chosen Metropolitan. Jonah was consecrated, on [[clergyDecember 15]] , 1448, by Russian hierarchs in 1441Moscow, for his support ending administrative dependence of Catholicism and the reuniting Russian Church on Constantinople. This was the first time that Russian [[bishop]]s consecrated their own metropolitan. This signified establishment of [[autocephaly]] for the Russian Orthodox Church. Metr. Jonah received the Eastern and Western Churches, they deposed himPatriarch's approval only after Constantinople's collapse in 1453. In 1451, Jonah took under his control the [[see]] in Kiev and he was compelled to flee secretly to Rome, where he died in 1462its the Lithuanian [[diocese]].
The humble Anthony replied, "Great hierarch! We give thanks to God and to His All-Pure Mother. She has heard your prayer and has prayed to Her Son. The city and all Orthodox Christians will be saved through your prayers. The enemy will soon take flight. The Lord has ordained that I alone am to be killed by the enemy." Just as the elder said this, an enemy arrow struck him. The prediction of Elder Anthony was made on [[July 2]], on the Feast of the Placing of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Confusion broke out among the Tatars, and they fled in terror. In his courtyard, St Jonah built a church in honor of the Placing of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos to commemorate the deliverance of Moscow.
==Sources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Metropolitan_of_Moscow Wikipedia]
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=100955 OCA -Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia] – [.*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=101725 OCA- St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow]] web site ==References==*Bernard Pares, ''A History of Russia'', London, Jonathan Cape, 1955*Nicholas V.Riasanovsky, ''A History of Russia'', New York, Oxford University Press, 1977
==See also==
*[[List of Metropolitans of Kiev]]