Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)

Tags: Saint.

Archbishop Luka (Luke Russian: Архиепи́скоп Лука́ born Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky Russian: Валенти́н Фе́ликсович Во́йно-Ясене́цкий; April 27/May 9 1877 in Kerch – June 11 1961Simferopol) was an outstanding surgeon the founder of purulent surgery a spiritual writer a bishop of Russian Orthodox Church and an archbishop of Simferopol and of the Crimea since May 1946.

thumbnail

birth date

1877-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1877-05-09

birth place

Kerch

canonized by

Russian Orthodox Church, Most Holy Synod

death date

1961-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1961-06-11

death place

Simferopol

title

prelate confessor

venerated in

Eastern Orthodox Church