Holy Father John of Kronstadt

Reading from the Synaxarion:

Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife
in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties
and love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great
gifts of clairvoyance and miracle - working, to such a degree that in
the last years of his life miracles of healings - both of body and of
soul - were performed countless times each day through his prayers,
often for people who had only written to him asking his help. During
his lifetime he was known throughout Russia, as well as in the
Western world. He has left us his diary My Life in Christ as a spiritual
treasure for Christians of every age; simple in language, it expounds the
deepest mysteries of our Faith with that wisdom which is given only to a
heart purified by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Foreseeing as a true
prophet the Revolution Of 1917, he unsparingly rebuked the growing
apostasy among the people; he foretold that the very name of Russia would
be changed. As the darkness of unbelief grew thicker, he shone forth
as a beacon of unquenchable piety, comforting the faithful through
the many miracles that he worked and the fatherly love and simplicity
with which he received all. Saint John reposed in peace in 1908.