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1795–1865 · Modern

Venerable Anthony of Optina was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in 1795 in Tutayev. He died in 1865 at Optina Pustyn.

1741–1801 · Modern

Atanazy was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1741 in the Russian Empire. He died in 1801 and is recognized as a prelate.

1808 · Modern

Saint Demetrius of Samarina was an Eastern Orthodox saint born in Samarina. He died in Ioannina in 1808.

1818–1841 · Modern

Demetrius of Sliven was born in 1818 in Sliven, a city within the Ottoman Empire, and worked as a domestic worker. He died in his birthplace in 1841. He is venerated as a New Martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1806–1877 · Modern

Venerable Euthymia Euthymova Morgacheva was a hegumen in the Russian Empire who was born in 1806 in Ranenburg Uyezd. She practiced Eastern Orthodoxy and died in 1877.

1635–1720 · Modern

Iov Anzersky was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Moscow in 1635 and a citizen of the Tsardom of Russia. He died in 1720 at the Solovetsky Monastery. He is recognized as a saint under the title of the Venerable.

1770–1800 · Modern

Konstantinos of Hydra was born in 1770 in Hydra and was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1800 in Rhodes. He is recognized as a canonized saint within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1650–1707 · Modern

Saint Lawrence of Salamis was an Eastern Orthodox farmer born in Megara in 1650. He died in 1707 and is recognized as a saint.

1810–1880 · Modern

Born in Vologda in 1810, the Venerable Pimen served as a deacon and presbyter within Eastern Orthodoxy. He died at the Ugresha Monastery in 1880.