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Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)
1877 – 1961
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryValentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky – now known as Luke of Simferopol, Saint Luke the Blessed Surgeon, or Saint Luke of Crimea – was a Russian surgeon, spiritual writer, a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, and archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea from May 1946 until his death. He was a laureate of the Stalin Prize in medicine in 1946.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 27, 1877
Kerch
Date of death
June 11, 1961
Simferopol
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
university teachersurgeonEastern Orthodox priestphysicianpriest
Awards & honours
Stalin PrizeMedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"honorary citizen of Pereslavl-ZalesskyState Stalin Prize, 1st degree
- Field and occupation
- biskup, chirurg, pravoslavný svatý
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