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Luke the Blessed Surgeon | |
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 Voyno-Yasenetsky's likeness from a commemorative plaque inPereslavl-Zalessky, Russia | |
| Archbishop,Hieroconfessor,Wonderworker andSurgeon | |
| Born | Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky 27 April 1877 Kerch,Russian Empire (modern-day Kerch, Ukraine) |
| Died | 11 June 1961(1961-06-11) (aged 84) Simferopol, Soviet Union (modern-day Simferopol, Ukraine) |
| Resting place | Simferopol, Ukraine |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 25 May 1996,Sarov Monastery by theHoly Synod,Russian Orthodox Church |
| Majorshrine | Holy Trinity Cathedral, Simferopol |
| Feast | 29 May (O.S) 11 June (N.S) |
| Attributes | Wearing bishop's vestment, pectoral cross and engolpion worn about his neck, miter and crozier. |
| Patronage | [1] |
Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky (Russian:Валенти́н Фе́ликсович Во́йно-Ясене́цкий;[a] 27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1877 – 11 June 1961) – now known asLuke of Simferopol,[2]Saint Luke the Blessed Surgeon, orSaint Luke of Crimea – was a Russiansurgeon, spiritual writer, abishop of theRussian Orthodox Church, and archbishop ofSimferopol and Crimea [ru] from May 1946 until his death. He was a laureate of theStalin Prize inmedicine in 1946.
Valentin Voyno-Yasenetsky was born in 1877 inKerch. In 1889, his family moved toKiev. In Kiev, he graduated from the gymnasium and art school, then Valentin entered the medical faculty of Kiev University.[3]
Then he met the sister of mercy Anna Vasilyevna Lanskaya, whom he married, and they had two children. In 1917, Anna fell ill with tuberculosis, and the family moved toTashkent. But in 1919, Anna Voyno-Yasenetskaya died.[3]
In 1921, Voyno-Yasenetsky became a priest, then took the name Luke, later became a bishop. After the war, he was awarded themedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".[3]
In 1955, Luke became completelyblind.[3]
His most important work inmedicine isSketches of Purulent Surgery (1934).[4] This is still a reference book and a manual for surgeons. Also, he operated patients who had diseases of thegall bladder, stomach, and other organs of the abdominal cavity, and worked inneurosurgery andorthopedics.Voyno-Yasenetsky made a great contribution toanesthesiology. His firstmonograph,Regional anesthesiology, was published in 1915 inPetrograd. In 1916 he defended a thesisAbout regional anesthesiology of the second branch of the trigeminal nerve. He wrote about the practical importance of theregional anesthesia method in the attachment to theEssays of purulent surgery.
"... a great amount of death is due to unskillful or careless use ofchloroform andether. [...] That's why these methods of local anaesthesia which help doctors pay attention only to the operation have a great importance. In my opinion, one of the most important conditions in the development of the rural surgery is the wide familiarisation of doctors with these methods..."
Voyno-Yasenetsky was the first who described the anaesthesia for thetrigeminal nerve by the use ofethanol into the branches of this nerve (orbital, maxillary and mandibular) and intoGasser's, or trigeminal ganglion.
He presented four reports in the first scientific meeting of the doctors inTurkestan (23-28 October 1922). There were conclusions about surgical treatment oftuberculosis, purulent processes of knee joints, hand tendons andcostal cartilages.
Voyno-Yasenetsky made an experiment with thebacteriologistGuselnikov in which they were studying the mechanism of thepurulent processes in the costal cartilages aftertyphus.
While working in the military hospital inKrasnoyarsk, he invented new operations, such asjoints rejection. This operation was used to treatosteomyelitis of big joints.
As a noticeable religious figure, he was subjected to political repressions and spent 11 years ininternal exile.
Luke's mother wasRussian Orthodox and his father wasRoman Catholic, and according to his memoirs, he did not receive a religious upbringing from his family. When he left school the principal gave him a copy of theNew Testament, and it was by a careful study of this that he came to know the teachings ofChrist.
In 1958, writing afterStalin's death, and underNikita Khrushchev'snew wave of anti-religious persecution, Saint Luke stated "how arduous it has been to swim against the stormy current of antireligious propaganda, and how many sufferings it caused me, and continues to cause me to this day."[5]
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He wascanonized by theRussian Orthodox Church on May 25, 1996. His feast day is commemorated on May 29 (according to theJulian calendar) or June 11 (according to theRevised Julian Calendar).On March 17, 1996, Luke's remains were disinterred, with many thousands of people attending the ceremony. It is said that anindescribable aroma arose from hisrelics, while his heart was discoveredincorrupt.[citation needed] Three days later, on 20 March 1996, his relics weretransferred to theCathedral of the Holy Trinity in Simferopol.[citation needed]
InGreece, portions of his relics are found in theSagmata Monastery (inBoeotia, nearThebes andYpato),Dovra Monastery and a few other churches.
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| Preceded by Innocent (Pustynsky) | Bishop of Tashkent and Turkestan 1923-1927 | Succeeded by Sergius (Lavrov) |
| Preceded by Anthony (Milovidov) | Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk and Yenisei 1942-1944 | Succeeded by Bartholomew (Gorodtsov) |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk 1944-1946 | Succeeded by Joasaph (Jurmanov) |
| Preceded by Joasaph (Jurmanov) | Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea 1946-1961 | Succeeded by Alypius (Chotovitskiy) |
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