Section 09: Glorification and Legacy

The closing section follows St. Luke from his death in 1961 to his place in the living devotion of the contemporary Orthodox world. The two files cover, first, his repose in Simferopol on the Sunday of All Saints of Russia, the funeral the authorities tried and failed to suppress, the uncovering of his relics in 1996, and the canonizations — local by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 1995, and church-wide by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000 among the New Martyrs and Confessors; and second, his wide modern veneration as a healing saint, especially in Greece and Russia, the literature that carries his memory (Marushchak’s The Blessed Surgeon, his own memoir I Loved Suffering), and the discipline with which healing claims are reported.

Tradition: Russian Orthodox / New Martyrs and Confessors (canonized 2000)

Contents

File Topic
Repose and Canonization The death of 11 June 1961 on the Sunday of All Saints of Russia; the funeral the authorities tried to suppress; the 1996 uncovering and translation of the relics to the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Simferopol; the local UOC canonization (1995) and the ROC church-wide glorification (2000); the feast days
Veneration as Healer The wide modern veneration as a healing and surgical saint in Greece and Russia; the relics at Simferopol and at Sagmata in Greece; the literature (Marushchak, The Blessed Surgeon; the memoir I Loved Suffering); the disciplined handling of healing claims under §3.5

How to Use

  • Read Repose and Canonization for the end of his life and the Church’s formal recognition of his sanctity.
  • Read Veneration as Healer for how he is venerated today and for the careful handling of the healing tradition.
  • His confessorship, which the glorification recognized, is treated in The Confessor as Witness.

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