A priest in Chicago, Fr. John returned
to Russia for its All-Russia council, which elected St. Tikhon
patriarch. At the same time, revolution swept the country. While
in Russia, St. John attempted to calm a mob of revolutionary sailors.
They killed him brutally.
St. John Kochurov. This is a cropped section of an
icon of All
Saints of America in New York.
St. John Kochurov being martyred in Russia.
This is a cropped section of an icon of All
Saints of America in New York.