The life and work of Russian surgeon and Orthodox bishop V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky (1877‒1961) is an example of the practical unity of the scientifi c and the religious. Such an extraordinary combination of fi elds has attracted the attention of our contemporaries, including medical students, junior doctors and even eminent scientists. Hundreds of articles and dozens of monographs, including some published in foreign journals, have been written about the life of this famous physician and bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church