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1867–1918 · Contemporary

Bazyli was an Eastern Orthodox priest, theologian, and bishop born in Kineshma in 1876. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Krasnoyarsk Krai in 1945. He is recognized as a prelate.

1871–1932 · Contemporary

Beniamin (Armenian: Բենիամին) is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1945 in honor of Beniamin Galstian, a World War II general and native of the town.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Boris, born Semyon Timofeyevich (Petrovich?) Voskoboynikov (born August 20/September 1, 1875, in Alexandrovskaya Sloboda, Voronezh Governorate; died December 6, 1937, in Kazakhstan), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a holy new martyr.

1861–1918 · Contemporary

Budrin Alexey was an Eastern Orthodox Christian minister, politician, and deputy who served as a member of the State Duma of the Russian Empire. Born in the Perm Governorate in 1861, he died in Krasnoufimsk in 1918 from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

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.

1867–1922 · Contemporary

Chrysostomos Kalafatis (Greek: Χρυσόστομος Καλαφάτης; 8 January 1867 – 9 September 1922), also known as Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna, Chrysostomos of Smyrna and Metropolitan Chrysostom, was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Smyrna (İzmir) between 1910 and 1914, and again…

1905–1975 · Contemporary

Constantin Sârbu (born January 10, 1905, in Cavadinești, Romania; died October 23, 1975, in Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian Orthodox priest, canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 11–12, 2024, under the title Saint Pri…

1863–1937 · Contemporary

Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kýrillos), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek κυριος (kýrios) 'lord'.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

Damaskin (Macedonian: Дамаскин) is a chronicle of church-liturgical books. Later, the damaskins became church collections with teaching words and lives. They appeared at the end of the 16th century in the western Bulgarian lands and existed until the middle of the 19th century.

1873–1937 · Contemporary

Cosmas and Damian (c. 3rd century – c. 287 or c. 303 AD) were two Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs. They practised their profession in the seaport of Aegeae, then in the Roman province of Cilicia.

1870–1938 · Contemporary

Daria Zaitseva was born in 1870 in the Ryazan Governorate and was a follower of Eastern Orthodoxy in the Soviet Union. She died in 1938 at the Butovo firing range, where she is also buried. She is recognized as a Reverend Martyr.

1865–1937 · Contemporary

Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, Dimitrije and Zmicier, in addi…

1904–1944 · Contemporary

Dimitri Andreyevich Klepinin, or Saint Dimitri of Paris (Russian: Димитрий Андреевич Клепинин), was a Russian Orthodox priest, a stateless resistance fighter in occupied Paris, who died for France, and is recognized as a martyr and saint.

1902–1975 · Contemporary

Saint Dimitrios Gagastathis (August 1, 1902 – January 29, 1975) was a 20th-century Greek clergyman and father of nine children, who was canonized by the Orthodox Church in 2025 and is commemorated on January 29, the day of his repose.

1871–1937 · Contemporary

Dmitry Lebedev was an Eastern Orthodox theologian and protoiereus who lived from 1871 to 1937. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1924–1975 · Contemporary

Dometie Manolache (October 15, 1924, Bălănești, Romania – July 6, 1975, Râmeț, Romania) was a Romanian Orthodox monk with the rank of archimandrite, canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 11–12, 2024, under the title Sain…

1877–1945 · Contemporary

Dositej Vasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Доситеј Васић; 5 December 1878 – 13 January 1945) was the first Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Zagreb and a victim of the genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia. He is an Eastern Orthodox saint.

1875–1918 · Contemporary

Ephrem is a masculine given name, a variant spelling of Ephraim (also spelled Efrem, Efreom, Ephraem, Efren or Efrén). It is the name of biblical Ephraim, a son of Joseph and ancestor of the Tribe of Ephraim.

1875–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Dmitrievna Dekalina (Ekaterina of Simbirsk; November 1875, Panskaya Sloboda village, Simbirsk Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate — February 17, 1938, Ulyanovsk) was an Orthodox saint and a nun at the Spassky Convent in Simbirsk from 1890 to 1918.

1892–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Mikhailovna Cherkasova (December 4, 1892, Kashino, Volokolamsk Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — February 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a novice and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a venerable martyr in 2001 for universal church veneration.

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.

1924–1994 · Contemporary

Saint Paisios of Mount Athos ; 7 August [O.S. 25 July] 1924 – 12 July 1994) was a Greek Eastern Orthodox ascetic from Mount Athos, originally from Pharasa, Cappadocia.

1914–2003 · Contemporary

Thaddeus of Vitovnica (Serbian: Тадеј Витовнички, romanized: Tadej Vitovnički; born Tomislav Štrbulović, 10 October 1914 – 13 April 2003), also known as Elder Thaddeus (Serbian: Старац Тадеј, romanized: Starac Tadej) was a Serbian Orthodox archimandrite, starets and author, most…

1877–1937 · Contemporary

Elizaveta Viktorovna Kuranova (1877, Moscow — October 21, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2002 for universal church veneration.

1877–1911 · Contemporary

Greek bishop and martyr from Minor Asia

1877–1937 · Contemporary

Born in Moscow in 1877, Eugene was an Eastern Orthodox metropolitan and a citizen of the Soviet Union. He died in 1937 at Karlag and is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1865–1918 · Contemporary

Yevgeny Sergeyevich Botkin (Russian: Евгений Сергеевич Боткин; 27 March 1865 – 17 July 1918), commonly known as Eugene Botkin, was the court physician since 1908 for Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

Eugenius, secular name Yevgeny Yakovlevich Kobranov (born January 9/21, 1892, in Blagoveshchensk; died November 20, 1937, near Shymkent), was a Russian Orthodox bishop, one of the leaders of the Iosiflyan movement, and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

1862–1939 · Contemporary

Feogen was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Saint Petersburg in 1862. A citizen of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, he died in the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1939. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

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.

1897–1992 · Contemporary

Gerontissa Gavrielia (Mother Gabriela), also known as Saint Gabriela of the Ascetic of Love (15 October 1897 – 28 March 1992) was a Greek Orthodox nun, known for her care of the poor and sick.

1888–1959 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Gabriel (secular name Ivan Ivanovich Igoshkin; May 23, 1888, village of Samodurovka (Sadovka), Penza Governorate — October 18, 1959, Melekess) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church and rector of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Pyzhi.

1880–1938 · Contemporary

Gavriil Protopopov was an Eastern Orthodox ierey born in 1880 in Pechenihy. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in 1938 in Kharkiv. He is recognized as a saint.

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Georgy Yakovlevich Izvekov (February 24 [March 8], 1874, Kaluga — November 27, 1937, Moscow, Butovo firing range) was a Russian expert and collector of Russian folk songs, a sacred music composer, a priest, an archpriest, and a hieromartyr.

1883–1937 · Contemporary

Bishop German (secular name Nikolai Stepanovich Ryashentsev; November 10 (22), 1883, Tambov — September 15, 1937, Syktyvkar) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop of Vyazniki, and vicar of the Vladimir Diocese.

1877–1964 · Contemporary

Gervasios Paraskevopoulos (Greek: Γερβάσιος Παρασκευόπουλος), known as Saint Gervasios of Patras (1877 – 30 June 1964) was a Greek priest, theologian and monk. In 2023, he was proclaimed a saint of the Orthodox Church.

1901–1918 · Contemporary

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна; 18 June [O.S. 5 June] 1901 – 17 July 1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.

1899–1918 · Contemporary

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Мария Николаевна; 26 June [O.S. 14 June] 1899 – 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.

1895–1918 · Contemporary

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Ольга Николаевна; 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1895 – 17 July 1918) was the eldest child and daughter of the last Russian emperor, Nicholas II, and his wife Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

1897–1918 · Contemporary

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Татьяна Николаевна; 10 June [O.S. 29 May] 1897 – 17 July 1918) was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. She was born at Peterhof Palace, near Saint Petersburg.

1848–1902 · Contemporary

Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala (15 June 1848 – 2 November 1902), also known as Parumala Thirumeni, was a Metropolitan of the Malankara Church. Parumala Thirumeni became the first person of Indian origin to be canonised as saint.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; Gregorio I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (Latin: Sanctus Gregorius Magnus; Italian: San Gregorio Magno), was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604.

1899–1942 · Contemporary

Grigol Peradze (Georgian: გრიგოლ ფერაძე; 13 September 1899 – 6 December 1942) was a prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure, philologist, theologian, historian, and professor of patristics in the interwar period.

1864–1922 · Contemporary

Saint Gregory (Orologas) of Kydonies the Ethno-Hieromartyr, also Gregory of Cydoniae (Greek: Γρηγόριος Ωρολογάς Gregorios Orologas), 1864–1922, was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop in the early 20th century in northwest Anatolia, in the Ottoman Empire.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Grigory Ivanovich Averin (January 24, 1889, Valy Pokrov village, Yuryevetsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate — September 20, 1937, Temirtau) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1883–1937 · Contemporary

Herman was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop who held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Born in 1883, he died in 1937 at Bamlag. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1858–1918 · Contemporary

Georgiy Yefremovich Dolganyov (Георгий Ефремович Долганёв; 25 April 1858 – April 1918) was a prominent Russian Orthodox religious figure, a monarchist and anti-communist, who supported the Union of the Russian People and Black Hundreds.

1887–1938 · Contemporary

Ignacy is a Polish given name, equivalent of the name Ignatius. Notable people with the name include:

1867–1932 · Contemporary

St. Ignatius Elias III (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܠܝܐܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ, born Nasri, 13 October 1867 – 13 February 1932) was the 119th Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1917 until his death in 1932.