St. John Kochurov
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St. John Kochurov was born in 1871 and attended St. Petersburg Theological Academy. He requested assignment to the American Mission, and was ordained and sent to Chicago to the St. Vladimir Parish. He oversaw the design and construction of a new Cathedral, Holy Trinity Cathedral, in Chicago. He also traveled to other areas of the coutry as a missionary. After being raised to Archpriest, St. John returned to Russia. During a prayer service, St. John was set upon by a mob of Bolshevik revolutionaries and was shot and dragged until he died. He received the martyr's crown in 1917.This is part of a mural of the American Orthodox Saints commissioned by Nativity of the Virgin Mary Church (OCA) in Monongahela PA.
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