Αγιος Ιωάννης ο Ρώσος. Προκόπι Ευβοίας

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Since 1924 Nea Prokopion, this place became known throughout Greece and in the Orthodox world as the resting place of the holy relics of St. John of Russia, who died in Turkish slavery. This saint is not only loved by the Orthodox of the whole world, he is revered by the Turks themselves. St. John was a soldier of the Russian army, performing under the banners of Peter in the Turkish campaign of 1711. Twenty-one years old, a peasant by birth, he, like many others, was captured by the Turks