Job of Pochayiv
| Saint Job of Pochayev | |
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| Hegumen | |
| Born | c. 1551 Kolomya, now Kolomyia Raion |
| Died | 28 October 1651 Pochayev |
| Venerated in | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Pochayev Lavra |
| Feast | October 10 (Synaxis) October 28 (Repose) May 6 (Feast day) August 28 (Uncovering of Relics) |
| Attributes | Vested as a monk, holding an abbot's crozier |
Saint Job of Pochayev (Russian: Иов Почаевский; c. 1551 – 28 October 1651), to the world Ivan Ivanovich Zheleza (Russian: Иван Иванович Железа), in Great Schema John (Russian: Иоанн) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and saint.
Job was born around 1551 near the city of Kolomyia, Galicia, when it was within the Polish kingdom.
His pious parents John and Agapia of the Zalizo (lit. "Iron") family, named him Ivan (John) after John the Baptist. The lives of St. Sava, St. John of Damascus and "The Ladder" by St John Climacus were the models of virtuous life for the young Ivan. According to his biographer and disciple Dositheus, while he was young in years he was perfect in wisdom, and the boy differed from other children by his high spiritual aspirations, with never a contradiction in his words, knowledge and actions.
At the age of 10 he secretly left home for the Transfiguration Ugorniki Monastery, and asked the hegumen (abbot) to accept him to serve the brothers. When Ivan turned 12, he was tonsured as a monk and was given the name Job. Since then, he began to follow the example of Job as a model of living. Reaching the age of 31 he was offered priestly ordination, which he accepted.
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