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1729–1789 · Modern

Alexandra, born Agafia Semyonovna Melgunova (c. 1729, Ryazan – June 13, 1789, Diveyevo), was an Orthodox Christian nun and saint, and the founder of the Diveyevo Convent. She came from a noble family. Widowed at a young age, she was left to raise her young daughter alone.

1785–1836 · Modern

Anastasia Șaguna (born 1785, Miskolc, Habsburg Empire – died January 17, 1836, Pest, Habsburg Empire (today: Budapest, Hungary)) was a Romanian Orthodox believer, known as the mother of Saint Andrei Șaguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania.

1824–1894 · Modern

Anatol, secular name Aleksey Moiseyevich Zertsalov (born March 24, 1824, in Bobyli; died December 15, 1893, in Kozelsk), was an Orthodox Christian monk and one of the Optina Elders.

1810–1878 · Modern

Saint Demetrius of Kiev (Matrona Yegorova, 1810–1878) was the founder of the Presentation Monastery in Kiev. She was of Bulgarian origin, born in Silistra, and married a Russian officer named Yegorov.

1721–1776 · Modern

Dositheus, secular name unknown (died most likely September 14/25 or September 15/26, 1777, in Kyiv), was a Russian Orthodox monk associated with the Kitaevo Hermitage in Kyiv.

1820 · Modern

Metropolitan Dositheus (Georgian: დოსითეოს, Dositeoz; in pre-revolutionary Russian sources: Metropolitan of Kutateli; secular name Datuna Nikolayevich/Nikolozovich Tsereteli; c.

1779–1858 · Modern

Filaret, born Fyodor Georgiyevich Amfiteatrov, known as Theodosius after taking the great schema (born April 17, 1779, in Vysokoye; died December 21, 1857, in Kyiv), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1650–1727 · Modern

Philotheus, born Rafał Leszczyński, monastic name in the Great Schema Theodore (born 1650 in Ukraine, died May 20/31, 1727, in Tyumen), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, a missionary in Siberia, and an Orthodox saint.

1809–1880 · Modern

Gerasim, born Egor (Georgy) Ivanovich Popov, known by his seminary surname Dobroserdov (born October 26, 1809, in Belskaya Sloboda, Irkutsk Governorate; died June 24, 1880, in Astrakhan), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and saint, included in the Synaxis of Siberian Saints and the…

1765–1834 · Modern

Gregory IV the Teacher (born Gheorghe, 1765, Bucharest – June 22, 1834, Bucharest) was the Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia, enthroned on January 11, 1823, and serving until his death.

1770 · Modern

Catholicos-Patriarch Joseph (Georgian: კათოლიკოს-პატრიარქი იოსები, born Jandieri or Jandierishvili; died October 17 (28), 1770) was a bishop of the Georgian Orthodox Church and Catholicos-Patriarch of Eastern Georgia.

1795–1867 · Modern

John of Sviatohirsk (secular name Ivan Kryukov; September 20, 1795, Kursk — August 11, 1867, Sviatohirsk Lavra) was a monk of the Sviatohirsk Lavra and a recluse.

1813–1882 · Modern

George IV Kerestedjian (Armenian: Գևորգ Դ Քերեստեճյան), also known as George IV of Constantinople or Gevork IV Kostandnupolsec‘i (born 1813, died in Etchmiadzin on December 6, 1882), was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1856 to 1860, and subsequently Catholicos of th…

1792–1847 · Modern

Makarius Glukharev (born Mikhail Yakovlevich Glukharev; October 30 [November 10], 1792 – May 18 [May 30], 1847) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church and the founder of its Altai Mission. In 2000, he was canonized for his role as the Apostle of the Altai.

1788–1860 · Modern

Macarius Ivanov (born Mikhail Nikolayevich Ivanov; November 20, 1788 – September 19, 1860) was a starets at Optina Monastery from 1834 to 1860.

1810–1829 · Modern

Martha, born Maria Semyonovna Milyukova, was an Orthodox Christian monastic saint. She entered the Diveyevo Convent with her older sister at the age of 13. Despite her youth, her spiritual director, the future Saint Seraphim of Sarov, allowed her to become a novice.

1782–1862 · Modern

Moses, born Timofey Ivanovich Putilov (January 15, 1782, in Borisoglebsky; died June 16, 1862, in Kozelsk), was the superior and starets of the Optina Monastery and an Orthodox monastic saint.

1705–1770 · Modern

Paul, born Piotr Koniuszkiewicz (born 1705 in Koniuszki, now Łuki near Sambir; died October 24/November 4, 1770, in Kyiv), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church of Ukrainian descent.

1805–1816 · Modern

John of Tourkolekas (born 1805 in Tourkolekas, Arcadia; died October 16, 1816, in Monemvasia, Peloponnese) was a martyr and the son of the famous resistance fighter against long-standing Ottoman rule in the Peloponnese, Stamatelos Tourkolekas, and his wife Sophia, née Demetriou K…

1689–1787 · Modern

Schemarchimandrite Synesius (Ivanov) (1689, Priluki — May 10 [21], 1787) was a schemarchimandrite of the Ascension Monastery in Irkutsk and a venerable saint of the Russian Church.

1774–1794 · Modern

Anastasius of Strumica (Bulgarian: Spas Strumski (Solunski), Greek: Anastasios ek Voulgarias; 1774, Radovish, Strumica province — August 8 or 29, 1794, Thessaloniki) was an Eastern Orthodox saint venerated as a martyr.

1897 · Modern

Tatiana (Fomicheva), born Tatyana Alekseyevna Fomicheva (January 8 [20], 1897, Moscow Governorate — date of death unknown), was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a venerable martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1718–1791 · Modern

Theodore of Sanaksar (born Ivan Ignatievich Ushakov in 1718 in the village of Burnakovo, Rybinsk Uyezd, Yaroslavl Province; died February 19, 1791 (March 2 in the Gregorian calendar)) was a monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and the uncle of Admiral Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov.

1728–1803 · Modern

Varlaam, born Vasily Petrovich Shaposhnikov (secular name Vasily Petrovich Petrov-Lavrovsky; born c. 1729 in Moscow, died December 15/27, 1802, in Tobolsk), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and an Orthodox saint.