Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)

Russian bishop and surgeon

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1877

Place of Birth: Kerch, Russia

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1961

Profession: priest, surgeon, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Archbishop Luka (Luke, Russian: ???????´???? ????´, born Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky, Russian: ???????´? ??´???????? ??´???-?????´????; April 27 or May 9, 1877 in Kerch – June 11, 1961, Simferopol) was an 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 Sketches of Purulent Surgery (1934).
This is still a reference book and a manual for surgeons. As a noticeable religious figure, he was subjected to political repressions and spent 11 years in internal exile.
Luka was born into a family of faithful (though Catholic) parents but, according to his memoirs, did not receive a religious upbringing from his family.
He apprehended the Christ's teaching by assiduous reading of the New Testament.