Venerable Grigorij Pelsjemskij

Saint Gregory of Vologda or Gregory of Pelshma (Grigory Pelshemsky, Grigory Vologodsky), born in the 14th century in Galich and died on September 30 (Julian calendar) 1442, was a Russian monk and founder of the Monastery of the Mother of God of Saint Gregory in the present-day Vologda Oblast. He was canonized in 1549. His feast days in the Julian calendar are January 23 (Synaxis of Kostroma Saints), September 30, and the third week after Pentecost (Synaxis of Vologda Saints).