John of Moscow

John made his work a spiritual discipline in conjunction with a strict commitment to fasting and personal prayer.

Eventually he relocated to the community of Rostov, where he began his exploit of holy foolishness for the sake of Christ.

"[2] John is said to have spoken the truth without fear, even to those of the highest social or political status such the Czar of Russia himself, Boris Godunov.

Before death St. John indicated for himself a grave at the Pokrov church on Rva, afterwards called the Cathedral of Basil the Great.

On June 12, 1672 his relics were uncovered, resting beneath a crypt in one of the chapels of the Cathedral of Basil the Great.