Library

1852–1923 · Contemporary

Aleksi is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:

1840–1917 · Contemporary

Alexei Goloseyevskiy (Russian: Алексий Голосеевский, secular name Vladimir Ivanovich Shepelev, Russian: Владимир Иванович Шепелев; born 14 April 1840 in Kyiv, died 11 March 1917 in Kyiv) was an Orthodox saint and monk, venerated by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patr…

1894–1971 · Contemporary

Amphilochius of Pochayiv (Ukrainian: Амфілохій Почаївський) was a 20th-century Ukrainian Orthodox saint from Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine.

1875–1963 · Contemporary

Venerable Animaisa was born in 1875 and died in 1963. An Eastern Orthodox figure, she is buried in Ostretsovo, the place where she also died.

1903–1972 · Contemporary

Rev. Archimandrite Chrysóstomos Papasarantópoulos (Greek: Χρυσόστομος Παπασαραντόπουλος, 1903–1972) was a pioneering missionary of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Congo. Rev.

1865–1944 · Contemporary

Euthymius, born Estat Kereselidze (died 1944 at Zedazeni Monastery), was an Orthodox monk and saint. He came from the village of Sadmeli. After completing primary school, he went to work in Kutaisi and later Tbilisi.

1929–1995 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Georgia (Georgian: წმიდა გაბრიელ ქართველი, romanized: ts'mida gabriel kartveli), born Goderdzi Urgebadze (გოდერძი ურგებაძე; 26 August 1929 – 2 November 1995) was a Georgian Orthodox monk venerated for his dedicated monastic life and piety.

1849–1901 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete.

1847–1940 · Contemporary

The Venerable Joanicius was a Bulgarian archimandrite and cleric of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Born in Ohrid in 1847, he died in Rakotinci in 1940.

1837–1911 · Contemporary

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.

1894–1979 · Contemporary

Justin Popović was a Serbian Orthodox theologian, archimandrite of the Ćelije Monastery, Dostoyevsky scholar, writer, anti-communist advocate and critic of the pragmatic church ecclesiastical life.

1874–1932 · Contemporary

Maria of Gatchina, born Lidia Aleksandrovna Lelanova (1874, Saint Petersburg – April 19, 1932, ibid.), was an Orthodox monastic and new martyr. Born into a wealthy merchant family, she attended a girls' gymnasium.

1853–1928 · Contemporary

Nectarius of Optina (born Nikolai Vasilyevich Tikhonov; 1853 – May 12, 1928) was a Russian Orthodox hieromonk and starets. He has been venerated as a local saint since July 26, 1996, and was glorified for the entire Church along with other Optina elders on August 16, 2000.

1888–1931 · Contemporary

Saint Nikon of Optina (born Nikolai Mitrofanovich Belyaev; September 26, 1888 – August 8, 1931) was a hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church and the last clergyman of the Optina Monastery before its closure and destruction during the Soviet era.

1849–1928 · Contemporary

Venerable Paraskeva was a Russian Empire citizen born in 1849 in the Moscow Oblast. A Christian nun who served as a hegumen, she died in 1928 at the Holy Trinity monastery in Topolevka. She is recognized as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy.

1906–1991 · Contemporary

Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kafsokalyvite (Greek: Ὅσιος Πορφύριος ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης; secular name: Evangelos Bairaktaris (Greek: Εὐάγγελος Μπαϊρακτάρης; February 7, 1906 – December 2, 1991) was a Greek Athonite hieromonk who became widely known for his gifts of spiritual di…

1901–1959 · Contemporary

Saint George of Drama (Greek: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος τῆς Δράμας; born 1 January 1901), born Athanasios Karslidis, was a Greek Orthodox monk of Caucasian origin. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and associated with both Greek and Georgian Orthodox traditions.

1873–1958 · Contemporary

Schema-Igumen John (Russian: Схиигумен Иоанн, Finnish: Skeemaigumeeni Johannes, born Ivan Alekseyevich Alekseyev, Russian: Иван Алексеевич Алексеев; 26 February 1873, village Gubka, Novotorzhsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 5 June 1958, New Valamo, Heinävesi, Finland…

1854–1941 · Contemporary

Simeon Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Симеон Поповић; 19 December 1854 – 1 April 1941), sometimes romanized as Symeon Popovich, was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and the first abbot of the Dajbabe Monastery, which he founded.

1844–1915 · Contemporary

Schemarchimandrite Gabriel (secular name Gabriel Fyodorovich Zyryanov; March 14 (26), 1844, Frolovo village, Irbit Uyezd, Perm Governorate — September 24, 1915, Kazan) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1828–1921 · Contemporary

Venerable Sofrony Smirnov was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Moscow in 1828. A citizen of the Russian Empire, he lived until 1921.

1831–1906 · Contemporary

Barnabas of Gethsemane (secular name Vasily Ilyich Merkulov; January 24, 1831, Prudishchi, Tula Governorate — February 17, 1906, Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Governorate) was a hieromonk of the Gethsemane Skete of the Trinity Lavra of St.

1820–1935 · Contemporary

Zosima of Ennat (secular name Evdokia Yakovlevna Sukhanova; March 1, 1820, Sentsovka village, Orenburg Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate — March 1, 1935, Sentsovka village, Sharlyksky District, Orenburg Oblast) was a Russian Orthodox saint and venerable nun.