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1873–1922 · Contemporary

Benjamin of Petrograd (Russian: Вениамин Петроградский, Veniamin Petrogradsky, 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1873 – 13 August [O.S. 31 July] 1922), born Vasily Pavlovich Kazansky (Russian: Василий Павлович Казанский), was a hieromartyr under Soviet anti-religious persecution, a bishop…

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.

1871–1957 · Contemporary

Saint Jerome of Simonopetra was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in Reisdere in 1871. He died in 1957 and is recognized as a saint.

1884–1941 · Contemporary

Sava Trlajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Трлајић; 19 July 1884 – August 1941) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church serving as Bishop of the Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1938 until the beginning of World War II.

1862–1948 · Contemporary

Saint Savvas of Kalymnos (also known as Saint Savvas the New) is the patron saint of the Greek island of Kalymnos, where he lived during the last twenty years of his life as the priest and spiritual father of the nuns of the Convent of All Saints.

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…

1880–1937 · Contemporary

Serafin, secular name Mikhail Ostroumov (born 6 November 1880 in Moscow, died 8 December 1937 in Katyn forest) was a Russian Orthodox bishop and saint New Martyr.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Serafim Samoylovich was born in 1881 in Myrhorod and served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop. A citizen of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, he died in 1937 in the Kemerovo Oblast. He is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1881–1950 · Contemporary

Born in 1881 in the Russian Empire, Serafin served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and archbishop. He held the position of bishop until his death in 1950 in Sofia, where he is buried in the Russian Church. He is recognized as a thaumaturge.

1899–1931 · Contemporary

A seraph is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in Christian angelology and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy.

1856–1937 · Contemporary

Metropolitan Seraphim (Russian: Митрополи́т Серафи́м 9 June or 9 January 1856 – 11 December 1937), born Leonid Mikhailovich Chichagov (Russian: Леони́д Миха́йлович Чичаго́в, was a Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by firing squad, and was canoniz…

1883–1937 · Contemporary

Seraphim Zvezdinsky was an Eastern Orthodox bishop and priest born in Moscow in 1883. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Ishim in 1937. He is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1866–1949 · Contemporary

Seraphim, secular name Vasily Nikolayevich Muravyov (born April 1/13, 1866, in the village of Vakhromeyevo, Rybinsk Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate; died April 3, 1949, in Vyritsa), was a Russian Orthodox clergyman and monastic saint.

1873–1918 · Contemporary

Sergi Florinski was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Suzdal in 1873. A citizen of the Russian Empire, he died in Rakvere in 1918. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1870–1948 · Contemporary

Sergius (or Serge) and Bacchus (Greek: Σέργιος & Βάκχος; Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܤ ܘܒܟܘܤ, romanized: Sargīs wa Bākūs; Arabic: سركيس و باخوس, romanized: Sarkīs wa Bākhūs, also called Arabic: سرجيس و باكوس, romanized: Sarjīs wa Bākūs) were fourth-century Syrian Christian soldiers rev…

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Sergius (or Serge) and Bacchus (Greek: Σέργιος & Βάκχος; Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܤ ܘܒܟܘܤ, romanized: Sargīs wa Bākūs; Arabic: سركيس و باخوس, romanized: Sarkīs wa Bākhūs, also called Arabic: سرجيس و باكوس, romanized: Sarjīs wa Bākūs) were fourth-century Syrian Christian soldiers rev…

1871–1922 · Contemporary

Sergius, born Vasily Pavlovich Shein (December 30, 1870, in Kolpna, Tula Governorate – August 13, 1922, in Petrograd), was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church and a holy new martyr. From 1912 to 1917, he served as a deputy to the State Duma.

1892–1942 · Contemporary

Sergey (Sergius) Alexeyevich Mechev (September 30, 1892, Moscow — January 6, 1942, Yaroslavl) was a protopresbyter and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000. He was the son of Saint Alexius Mechev.

1863–1940 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Sevastijan (Sebastian, Serbian Cyrillic: Архимандрит Севастијан, secular name John Dabovich or Jovan Dabović; June 9, 1863 – November 30, 1940) was a Serbian-American monk and missionary who became the first Serbian Orthodox monk naturalized in North America.

1866–1938 · Contemporary

Silouan the Athonite (Russian: Силуан Афонский) also sometimes referred to as Silouan of Athos, Saint Silvanus the Athonite or Staretz Silouan (January 17, 1866 – September 24, 1938) was an Eastern Orthodox monk of Russian origin, born Simeon Ivanovich Antonov who was a poet and…

1861–1920 · Contemporary

Silvester Olshevsky was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop born in 1860 in Kosivka, Ukraine, within the Russian Empire. He died in 1920 in Omsk and is venerated as a hieromartyr.

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.

1883–1938 · Contemporary

Spiridon Yevtushenko was an Eastern Orthodox deacon born in 1883 in Solonytsivka. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Kharkiv in 1938. He is venerated as a saint and hieromartyr.

1851–1920 · Contemporary

Stephen Khitrov was born in 1851 in Gulyaeva and served as a Christian minister within the Eastern Orthodox Church. He held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Russian State before his death in 1920. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1873–1921 · Contemporary

Szymon is a Polish version of the masculine given name Simon.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Tamara, born Tamara Alexandrovna Mardzhanova (Mardzhanishvili), and known in the schema as Juvenalia (born April 1, 1869; died June 23, 1936, in Moscow), was a Georgian Orthodox nun who served within the structures of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Nun Tatiana (secular name Tatyana Ivanovna Gribkova; 1879, Shchukino village, Moscow Uyezd, Moscow Governorate (now Moscow) — September 14, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a nun of the Russian Orthodox Church. She was canonized as a new martyr in 2000.

1903–1937 · Contemporary

Tatyana Nikolayevna Grimblit (December 1, 1903, Tomsk – September 23, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a Soviet nurse and medical assistant who organized aid for prisoners and exiles, including the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Dr. Tatiana Vladimirovna Egorova (1930–2007) was a Russian botanist and author noted for working at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden and for editing the multi-volume Plants of Central Asia series. She described over 170 species, most in the genus Carex.

1867–1918 · Contemporary

Teofan was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1867 in Akatnaya Maza, Russian Empire. He died in 1918 in Perm and is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1872–1937 · Contemporary

Jude the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου translit. Ioúdas Iakóbou Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.

1964–2015 · Contemporary

Saint Thomas Eleftherion was a United States citizen born in Orlando in 1964. A practitioner of Greek Orthodoxy, he died in New Albany in 2015 and is buried in Columbus.

1855–1920 · Contemporary

Tikhon (Russian: Ти́хон, Ukrainian: Ти́хон, Ти́хін, Polish: Tychon) is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin, related to Western European Tycho. Religious figures:

1865–1925 · Contemporary

Tikhon of Moscow (Russian: Тихон Московский, 31 January [O.S. 19 January] 1865 – 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1925), born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin (Russian: Василий Иванович Беллавин), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).

1885–1919 · Contemporary

Trofim Kuznetsov (July 22, 1885, village of Kazakovka, Syzran Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate — January 1919) was a priest and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

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.

1914–1964 · Contemporary

Varnava the New Confessor (Serbian: Варнава Нови Исповедник; 31 January 1914 – 12 November 1964) was the titular bishop of Hvosno and a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. His feast is October 30 on the Julian calendar.

1880–1938 · Contemporary

Saint Varus (Greek: Οὔαρος; died c. 304) was an early Christian saint, soldier and martyr. According to his generally reliable and authentic Acts, he was a soldier stationed in Upper Egypt who had the task of guarding a group of 7 monks awaiting execution.

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Vasily Mikhailovich Arkhangelsky (January 20, 1874, Tula Governorate — November 16, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a priest and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1887–1937 · Contemporary

Vasily Kondratyev was an Eastern Orthodox saint born in 1887 and died in 1937. He was a citizen of the Soviet Union.

1870–1928 · Contemporary

Veniamin was born in 1870 in Shenkursky Uyezd and died in 1928 in Voldozero. He was a figure within Eastern Orthodoxy who is recognized as a Reverend Martyr.

1878–1934 · Contemporary

Viktor Ostrovidov was born in 1875 in Zolotoye and served as an Eastern Orthodox monk, priest, and bishop. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died of meningitis in 1934 in Neritsa. He is recognized as a prelate.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Viktorin Dobronravov was born in 1889 in Chișinău and held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. An Eastern Orthodox figure, he died in 1937 in Borovichi. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1908–1991 · Contemporary

Vissarion of the Agathonos (Greek: Άγιος Βησσαρίων ο Αγαθωνίτης), secular name: Andreas Korkoliakos (Greek: Ανδρέας Κορκολιάκος; 1908–22 January 1991), was a Greek Orthodox monk and Saint of the Agathonos Monastery, close to Lamia, Central Greece.

1848–1918 · Contemporary

Vladimir (Russian: Владимир), baptismal name: Vasily Nikiforovich Bogoyavlensky (Russian: Василий Никифорович Богоявленский; 1 January 1848 – 7 February [O.S. January 25] 1918), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

Vladimir Ambartsumovich Ambartsumov (September 20 [October 2], 1892, Shemakha, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire — November 5, 1937, Moscow, USSR) was a priest and clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Vladimir Nikolayevich Damaskin (1870–1937) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and a hieromartyr. He was canonized as one of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church for universal veneration at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in Aug…

1876–1918 · Contemporary

Vladimir Fyodorovich Dmitrievsky (1876, Novgorod Governorate — 1918, Semirechye Oblast) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized in 2000 as a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.