Venerable Joseph of Optina
1837–1911 · Contemporary
Biography
Joseph of Optina (secular name Ivan Yevfimovich Litovkin; November 2 [14], 1837, Gorodishche village, Kharkov Governorate — May 9 [22], 1911, Optina Monastery) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was glorified as a venerable saint in 2000 and is included in the Synaxis of the 14 Venerable Elders of Optina Monastery.
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