The Meaning of the Veneration of the Holy Great Martyr John of Suceava, the Patron Saint of Trade
The Meaning of the Veneration of the Holy Great Martyr John of Suceava, the Patron Saint of Trade

Summary/Abstract: This work is a critical study of the hagiography of the cult of the Holy Great Martyr John the New of Suceava , (next in the text JN), the Patron of trade. The population performing this cult of Budzhak, follows the example of the Orthodox community of the city of Akkerman, nowadays called Belgorod-Dniestrovsky in the Ukraine. Such a study of the JN cult, not only from the point of view of hagiology, but also of psychology and of sociology of religion, allows to form an understanding of the dynamics of the economic development of the region.

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