| Archbishop Luka | |
|---|---|
Archbishop Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky |
|
| prelate, confessor | |
| Born | April 27/May 5 1877 Kerch |
| Died | June 11 1961 Simferopol |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Beatified | 2000 |
| Feast | May 29/June 11 (Repose) |
| Attributes | an outstangding surgeon, the founder of purulent surgery in Russia USSR State Prize in 1944 |
Archbishop Luka (Russian: Архиепи́скоп Лука́; Ukrainian: Архієпископ Лука) (born Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky (Russian: Валенти́н Фе́ликсович Во́йно-Ясене́цкий; Ukrainian: Валентин Феліксович Войно-Ясенецький); April 27/May 9 1877, in Kerch; died June 11 1961 in Simferopol) was a Russian outstanding surgeon, the founder of purulent surgery, a spiritual writer, a bishop of Russian Orthodox Church, and an archbishop of Simferopol and of the Crimea since May 1946. He was a laureate of Stalin Prize in medicine in 1946.
His most important work in medicine is Purulent Surgery Essays, 1934. This is still a reference book and a manual for surgeons.
He was canonized in Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.
The feast day is May 29/June 11.
| Orthodox Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by ? |
Bishop of Tashkent and Turkestan 1923-1942 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by ? |
Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk and Yenisei 1942-1944 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by ? |
Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk 1944-1946 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by ? |
Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea 1946-1961 |
Succeeded by ? |