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1884–1937 · Contemporary

Alexey Yegorovich Yegorov (March 7, 1884, Surushino village, Tver Governorate — August 19, 1937, Moscow) was an igumen and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for universal veneration.

1854–1928 · Contemporary

Agatangel, born Aleksandr Lavrentyevich Preobrazhensky (September 27, 1854, in Mochily – October 16, 1928, in Yaroslavl), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a holy new martyr.

1901–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Alexandrovich Andreyev (February 24, 1901, Moscow – November 4, 1937, Novosibirsk Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Mikhailovich Tuberovsky (March 8 [20], 1881, Syntul, Ryazan Governorate — December 23, 1937, Ryazan) was a Russian theologian, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, and an archpriest. He served as an extraordinary professor at the Moscow Theological Academy (1917).

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Alexander Petrovich Vasilyev (September 18 [6], 1868 – September 5, 1918) was an archpriest, confessor to the Imperial family, a temperance pastor, a patriot-monarchist, a public figure, and a member of the Main Council of the Union of the Russian People.

1860–1921 · Contemporary

Alexander Ivanovich Yuzefovich (1860 or 1858, Vilna Governorate — January 17, 1921, 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.

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Alexey Semyonovich Skorobogatov (1889, Moscow Governorate — April 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1863–1918 · Contemporary

Alexey Borisovich Neidhardt (Neidgart) (September 1 [13], 1863, Moscow — November 6, 1918, Nizhny Novgorod) was a Russian politician and statesman. He was a member of the State Council of the Russian Empire and was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1888–1937 · Contemporary

Alexei Konstantinovich Vorobyov (February 6, 1888, Antonkovo, Vyatka Governorate — August 20, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000.

1859–1923 · Contemporary

Alexey Alexeyevich Mechev (Saint Righteous Alexius of Moscow; March 17 [29], 1859, Moscow — June 22, 1923, Vereya, Moscow Governorate) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, a prominent Moscow archpriest of the early 20th century, and rector of the Church of Saint Nichol…

1867–1934 · Contemporary

Saint Alexis of Ugine, born Alexei Ivanovich Medvedkov on July 1, 1867, in the village of Fomitshevo, Vyazma Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate (Russia), and died on August 22, 1934, in Ugine (France), was a holy Orthodox priest commemorated on August 22 (Dormition), October 13 (transla…

1846–1928 · Contemporary

Alexy, born Fyodor Alexeyevich Solovyov (January 5/17, 1846, in Moscow – October 2, 1928, in Sergiyev), was a Russian Orthodox cleric, a great schema-monk, and an Orthodox saint.

1873–1942 · Contemporary

Alexander Afanasyevich Abissov (February 19, 1873, village of Mormozhino, Poshekhonsky Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate — February 21, 1942, Svobodny, Baikal-Amur Corrective Labor Camp; now a city in the Amur Region) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1884–1937 · Contemporary

Andrey Vladimirovich Voskresensky (October 2, 1884, Moscow — October 31, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1888–1940 · Contemporary

Anna Vasilyevna Serova (1888 – early 1940s) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr for universal veneration at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Anna Ivanovna Zertsalova (January 31, 1870, Moscow — November 27, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a spiritual writer and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1833–1905 · Contemporary

Arsenia, born Anna Gavrilovna Dobronravova, and known in the great schema as Thomaisa (born 1879 in Shagarskoye, died January 23, 1939, in Ivanovo), was a Russian Orthodox nun and a holy new martyr.

1876–1930 · Contemporary

Bishop Vasily (secular name Vasily Ivanovich Zelentsov; March 8, 1876, Zimarovo village, Ranenburg Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate — February 7, 1930, Moscow) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop of Pryluky, and vicar of the Poltava Diocese.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1873–1919 · Contemporary

Michael Bleive (born October 29, 1873, in Olustvere, Suure-Jaani, Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia, present-day Estonia; died January 14, 1919, in Tartu), also spelled Michael Bleiwe, born Mihkel Bleive, also spelled Mihhail Bleive, and known in Russian as Mikhail Ivanovic…