Job of Manyava

Saint Job was born as Ivan Knyahynytskyi in the town of Tysmenytsia (now in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine).

When numbers had increased, Job, not being a priest, started seeking such a monk who would be able to celebrate the services and liturgies.

Saint Job of Maniava maintained friendly relations with Ivan Vyshenskyi, Zakhariya Zopystenskyi and other Ukrainian church activists.

People turned to Saint Job of Maniava in questions regarding purity of faith (the letter of Cyril Tranquilion is known).

Already a decade after the death of his companion and nephew Saint Theodosius of Maniava, Metropolitan Petro Mohyla of Kyiv wrote: "Go to Pokuttya, to the Skyt, there you will find two hundred angels, who live in bodies..." The Orthodox monastery of Maniava founded by Job was closed down by Austrian authorities on 1 July 1785.