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1884–1938 · Contemporary

Hieromartyr Ignatius (secular name Alexander Alexandrovich Lebedev; May 28, 1884, Chukhloma, Kostroma Governorate — September 11, 1938, correctional labor colony near Alatyr, Chuvash ASSR) was a schema-archimandrite and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hiero…

1871–1937 · Contemporary

Hieromonk Hilarion (secular name Ilarion Pavlovich Pisarets; 1871, Sobichevo village, Glukhov Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate — December 3, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000.

1863–1938 · Contemporary

Ilarion Zhukov was born in 1863 in the Novoaidar Raion and died in 1938 in Kharkiv. A citizen of the Soviet Union and a practitioner of Eastern Orthodoxy, he is recognized as a saint.

1880–1942 · Contemporary

Ilya Isidorovich Fondaminsky (Russian: Илья Исидорович Фондаминский; February 17, 1880, — November 19, 1942), was a Russian author (writing under the pseudonym I. Bunakov) and political activist.

1869–1937 · Contemporary

Ilya Mikhailovich Gromoglasov (July 20 [August 1], 1869, Yermish — December 4, 1937, Kalinin) was a Russian theologian, archpriest, scholar, and specialist in the fields of canon law and the history of Old Belief.

1882–1937 · Contemporary

Saint Innocenty was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1882 in Biysk. He died in the Soviet Union in 1937 and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Innokentiy (Russian: Иннокентий), also transliterated as Innokenti or Innokenty is a Russian given name, a variant of Innocent. Diminutives: Innokesha, Kesha. Notable people with the name include:

1864–1918 · Contemporary

Ivan Ivanovich Vostorgov also known as John Vostorgov (January 20 [ February 1 ], 1864, Kavkazskaya  – September 5, 1918 or August 28, 1918, Moscow) – priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, archpriest.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Ioanniky (born Ivan Alexeyevich Dmitriev in 1875 in the village of Redkie Dvory, Moscow Governorate; died November 23, 1937, in Tula Oblast) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church who was canonized in August 2000.

1869–1937 · Contemporary

Iona is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island.

1872–1918 · Contemporary

Ivan Mikhailovich Kharitonov (Russian: Иван Михайлович Харитонов; 14 June 1870 – 17 July 1918) was the Head Cook at the court of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

1880–1938 · Contemporary

Ivan Kononenko was born in 1880 in Solokhi and held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. An Eastern Orthodox figure, he died in 1938 in Kharkiv. He is recognized as a saint.

1867–1938 · Contemporary

Ivan Popov is the name of:

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Ivan Georgievich Skadovsky (Ioann Skadovsky, May 30, 1874, Kherson — November 23, 1937, Turtkul) was a Russian Orthodox priest. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

Jacob, later given the name Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca.

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.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Joasaph was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1874 in Lynovytsia. He died in 1937 in Kursk and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1886–1937 · Contemporary

Born in 1886 in Ufa, Joazaf served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop. He died in 1937 in Kazan and is recognized as a hieromartyr. He held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

1871–1917 · Contemporary

Ivan Alexandrovich Kochurov (Russian: Иван Александрович Кочуров; Russian: Иоанн Кочуров) (13 July 1871 (Ryazan, Russia) – 31 October 1917 (Tsarskoye Selo, Russia)), better known as John Kochurov, was a Russian priest of the Russian Orthodox Church who was martyred during the Oct…

1878–1937 · Contemporary

John Nikolsky was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in 1878 in Bezhetsky Uyezd. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in 1937. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1829–1909 · Contemporary

John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff (pre-reform Russian: Іоаннъ Кронштадтскій; post-reform Russian: Иоанн Кронштадтский; 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1829 – 2 January 1909 [O.S.

1896–1966 · Contemporary

Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (Russian: Иоанн Шанхайский и Сан Францисский, romanized: Ioann Shankhayskiyi i San Frantsiskyi; born Mikhail Borisovich Maximovitch, Russian: Михаил Борисович Максимович; June 4, 1896 – July 2, 1966) was a prelate of the Russian Orthodox C…

1888–1925 · Contemporary

Bishop Jonah (secular name Vladimir Ilyich Pokrovsky, Russian: Владимир Ильич Покровский; April 17, 1888 – October 20, 1925), was a titular bishop of Hankou of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).

1802–1902 · Contemporary

Iona of Kyiv, born Ivan Pavlovich Miroshnichenko in 1802 in Kremenchuk and died on January 9, 1902, in Kyiv, was an Orthodox saint, venerable, and wonderworker. He was respected as a starets during his lifetime. Saint Iona founded the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kyiv in the 1860s.

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.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

Juvenaly, born Yevgeny Alexandrovich Maslovsky (January 15, 1878, in Livny – died the night of October 24–25, 1937), was a Russian Orthodox bishop who was venerated as a new martyr from 2000 to 2013.

1876–1934 · Contemporary

Archbishop John (Latvian: Аrhibīskaps Jānis, Russian: Архиепископ Иоанн, secular name Jānis Pommers or Ivan Andreyevich Pommer, Russian: Иван Андреевич Поммер; 6 (18) January 1876 – 29 September (12 October) 1934) was the first Latvian Archbishop of the Latvian Orthodox Church, s…

1884–1966 · Contemporary

Sebastian, born Stepan Vasilyevich Fomin (October 28, 1884, in Kosmodemyanskoye, Oryol Governorate – April 19, 1966), was a Russian Orthodox clergyman and a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

1864–1937 · Contemporary

Konstantin, secular name Konstantin Grigoryevich Dyakov (born May 9/21, 1871 or 1875 in the Chernigov Governorate, died November 10, 1937, in Kyiv) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr.

1852–1918 · Contemporary

Konstantin Dmitriyevich Golubev (Russian: Константи́н Дми́триевич Го́лубев; 27 March 1896 – 9 June 1956) was a Soviet general and army commander. He was born in Petrovsk, Saratov Governorate (in present-day Saratov Oblast).

1874–1918 · Contemporary

Konstantin Minyatov was a Russian Empire lawyer born in 1874 in Oryol. He died in 1918 in Yekaterinburg from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a saint within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1876–1938 · Contemporary

Nikolai Konstantinovich Krasovsky (May 7, 1876, Vladimir Governorate — January 31, 1938, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a priest and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for veneration by the entire church.

1859–1937 · Contemporary

Kronid, born Konstantin Petrovich Lyubimov (1 May/13 May 1859 in Levkiyevo – 10 December 1937 at the Butovo firing range), was a Russian Orthodox monk, archimandrite, and the last superior of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius before its closure by the Bolshevik authorities.

1875–1964 · Contemporary

Kuksha of Odessa, born Kuzma Kirillovich Velichko (25 January [O.S. January 12] 1875 in Arbuzynka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire – 24 December 1964 in Odessa, USSR), was an imperial Russian priest and a Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) saint who was canonized…

1855–1918 · Contemporary

St. Kyrion II (Georgian: კირიონ II) (November 10, 1855 – 26 June 1918) was a Georgian religious figure and historian who served as the first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia after the restoration of independence (autocephaly) of the Georgian Orthodox Church from the Russian Or…

1877–1918 · Contemporary

Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Latin: Laurentius, lit. 'laurelled'; 31 December 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians ordered by the Roman emperor Valerian in 258.

1868–1950 · Contemporary

Lawrence (Russian: Лавре́нтий, Lavrentiy; born Luka Evseevich Proskura; 1868, Karilskoie village, Krolevetsky District, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire – January 19, 1950, Chernigov, USSR) was a Russian clergyman and archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1884–1972 · Contemporary

Leontius, secular name Lew Fomich Stasievich (born 20 March 1884 in Tarnogród, died 9 February 1972 in Mikhaylovskoye) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, archimandrite, one of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1872–1938 · Contemporary

Leonid (Russian: Леонид [lʲɪɐˈnʲit]; Ukrainian: Леонід [leoˈn⁽ʲ⁾id]; Belarusian: Леанід, romanized: Leaníd [lʲɛaˈnʲit]) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: Fictional characters include:

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Lev (Leonid Mikhailovich Egorov; February 26, 1889 - September 20, 1937) - clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, brother of Metropolitan Gurij (Egorov). In July 2003, he was glorified as a hieromartyr by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1877–1961 · Contemporary

Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky (Russian: Валенти́н Фе́ликсович Во́йно-Ясене́цкий; 27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1877 – 11 June 1961) – now known as Luke of Simferopol, Saint Luke the Blessed Surgeon, or Saint Luke of Crimea – was a Russian surgeon, spiritual writer, a bishop of…

1835–1926 · Contemporary

Metropolitan Macarius (Russian: Митрополит Макарий, secular name Mikhail Andreyevich Nevsky, Russian: Михаил Андреевич Невский; 1 October 1835 – 2 March 1926) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna from 1912 to 1917, an outstanding missionary and enlightener of the masses in…

1871–1944 · Contemporary

Saint Makary was a Christian minister in the Russian Empire who was born in 1876. He died in 1922 in Moscow and is buried at the Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery. He is recognized as a Reverend Martyr within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1865–1918 · Contemporary

Born in 1865 in Kyiv, Saint Margaret of Menzelino was an Eastern Orthodox religious figure who died in Menzelinsk in 1918. She is recognized as a Reverend Martyr.

1891–1945 · Contemporary

Maria Skobtsova (20 [8 Old Calendar] December 1891 – 31 March 1945) was a Russian noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II.

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.

1880–1937 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Mavriky (secular name Mikhail Vladimirovich Poletaev; December 18, 1880, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate — October 4, 1937, Karaganda) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was glorified as a venerable martyr in August 2000.

1835–1900 · Contemporary

Meletius, born Mikhail Ioannovich Leontovich (October 26/November 6, 1784, in Stari Sanzhary – February 17/29, 1840, in Kharkiv), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and saint of Ukrainian descent.

1868–1921 · Contemporary

Metody was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1868. He died in 1921 in Petropavl and is recognized as a hieromartyr.