![Ivan Ilyich Sergiev, St. John, Holy, Kronstadt, Ecclesiastical, Dress, Russian Orthodox Church,](https://world4.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/russia-costume-culture-003.jpg)
The late Father St. John of Kronstadt in his garden.
Ivan Ilyich Sergiev 1829-1909, also known as the Holy righteous John of Kronstadt, was an archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, who was canonized in 1964.
Since 1856, he kept a diary (“My Life in Christ”), which was posthumously translated into many different languages and is considered as a guideline for many Orthodox.