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==Life==
Saint Jonah born in the city of Galich into a pious Christian family. His father was named Theodore. The youth received [[monastic]] [[tonsure]] in one of the Galich monasteries when he was only twelve years old. From there, he transferred to the Moscow Simonov monastery, where he fulfilled various obediences for many years.
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 him [[bishop]] of Ryazan and Murom. After Photius's death in 1431, Grand Prince Vasili II nominated Jonah for the post of metropolitan. Due to Vasili's war with the appanage princes, Jonah did not leave for [[Constantinople]] until the end 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 the nefarious Isidore, a Bulgarian, had already been established as Metropolitan. Spending a short time at Kiev and Moscow, Isidore journeyed to the [[Council of Florence]] (1438), where he embraced [[Catholicism]].
