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1401–1550 · Reformation

Venerable Adrian of Ondrusov (died August 26, 1549) was a Russian Orthodox monk and saint, venerated as a Wonderworker. Born Andrew Zavalushin into a noble family, he was the owner of a rich estate (Andreevschina), which was located not far from the monastery of Saint Alexander…

1401–1550 · Reformation

Adrian of Poshekhonye (Russian: Адриан Пошехонский; died 1550) was a Russian Orthodox monk and iconographer, who was the founder and first hegumen (abbot) of the Dormition monastery in Poshekhonye, north Yaroslavl region.

1448–1533 · Reformation

Alexander Svirsky (Russian: Александр Свирский) or Alexander of Svir (1448–1533) was an Eastern Orthodox saint, monk, and hegumen of the Russian Orthodox Church. Amos (his baptismal name) was born to a peasant family in the Novgorod Republic, east of Ladoga.

1597–1654 · Reformation

Athanasius III of Constantinople (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος; born Alexios Patellarios, Ἀλέξιος Πατελλάριος; Russian: Алексий Пателла́рий; 1597 – 5 April 1654) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1634 and 1652.

1597–1648 · Reformation

Athanasius of Brest (Russian: Афанасий Брестский, Belarusian: Афанасій Брэсцкі) (died September 5, 1648) is a saint and hieromartyr of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Polish Orthodox Church. He was killed by Catholics for opposition to the Union of Brest.

1620–1682 · Reformation

Avvakum Petrov (Russian: Аввакум Петров; 20 November 1620/1621 – 14 April 1682; also spelled Awakum) was a Russian Old Believer and protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1576 · Reformation

Barsanuphe of Tver was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in Serpukhov. He died in 1576 in Kazan and was buried at the Kazansky Bogoroditsky Monastery. He is recognized as a prelate.

1610–1671 · Reformation

Basil of Ostrog , also known as Vasilije, was a Serbian Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1643–1693 · Reformation

Cornelius of Pereslavl, born Konon, was a saintly monk of the Russian Orthodox Church. He came from a merchant family in Ryazan. In his youth, he ran away from home to become a spiritual disciple of Elder Paul, a monk at the Lukyanov Hermitage near Pereslavl-Zalessky.

1501–1570 · Reformation

Born in Pskov in 1501, Cornelius was an Eastern Orthodox cleric who served at the Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery. He died in 1570 at the monastery, where he is also buried. He is venerated as a Reverend Martyr.

1500–1577 · Reformation

Damaskinos Stouditis (Greek: Δαμασκηνός Στουδίτης; Latin: Damascenus Studites) was a high-ranking Greek ecclesiastic and writer in the sixteenth century.

1500–1545 · Reformation

The Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Διονυσίου εν Ολύμπω) is a Greek Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Mount Olympus, the most important monastery in the Pieria Prefecture. It is located at the Enipeas ravine at an altitude of 850 m .

1547–1622 · Reformation

Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos was a 16th-century Orthodox Christian Bishop of Aegina. He was born on the Greek island of Zakynthos in 1547. He is the patron saint of Zakynthos (sometimes called Zante in English) and is celebrated on August 24 and December 17.

1582–1591 · Reformation

Dmitry Ivanovich (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович; 29 October [O.S. 19 October] 1582 – 15 May 1591) was the youngest son of Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible.

1624–1693 · Reformation

Dimitrie Barilă , better known under his monastical name Dosoftei ([dosofˈtej]; October 26, 1624—December 13, 1693), was a Moldavian Metropolitan, scholar, poet and translator.

1600–1643 · Reformation

Eudemus I Diasamidze (Georgian: ევდემოზ I დიასამიძე, Evdemoz I Diasamidze; died 1642) was a Georgian churchman serving as Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia from 1632 until his death in 1642.

1684–1690 · Reformation

Gabriel of Białystok (Russian: Гавриил Белостокский, romanized: Gavriil Belostoksky; Polish: Gabriel Białostocki), also known as Gabriel of Zabłudów (Polish: Gabriel Zabłudowski; alternatively Gavrila or Gavriil; April 2 [O.S.

1595–1659 · Reformation

Gavrilo I Rajić (died 1659) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch between 1648 and 1655. He was murdered by Turks and therefore celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church as a hieromartyr. His feast day is celebrated on December 13.

1410–1505 · Reformation

Gennadius (Gennady, Russian: Геннадий; died 4 December 1505) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1484 to 1504. He was most instrumental in fighting the Heresy of the Judaizers and is famous for compiling the first complete codex of the Bible in Slavic in 1499, kn…

1506–1579 · Reformation

Gerasimos of Kefalonia (Greek: Άγιος Γεράσιμος) is the patron saint of the island of Kefalonia in Greece. Gerasimos (1506-1579) came from the aristocratic and wealthy Notaras family.

1450–1563 · Reformation

Gury of Kazan (né Grigory Grigoryevich Rugotin; c. 1500, Radonezh – 5 December 1563, Kazan), also called Gurias, was a prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church who became the first archbishop of Kazan and Svyazhsk in 1555. In the Russian Orthodox Church, he is revered as a saint.

1505–1568 · Reformation

Archbishop Herman (Russian: Герман), born Grigory Fyodorovich Sadyrev-Polev (Russian: Григорий Фёдорович Садырев-Полев; died 6 November 1567), was the archbishop of Kazan from 1564 to 1567. He was also a candidate for the position of metropolitan of Moscow.

1530–1612 · Reformation

Hermogenes, or Germogen (Russian: Гермоге́н) (secular name Yermolay) (before 1530 – 17 February 1612) was the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia from 1606. It was he who inspired the popular uprising that put an end to the Time of Troubles.

1569 · Reformation

Uliana Paletskaya (died 1569), was a Princess of Russia by marriage to Yuri of Uglich. She was the daughter of Dmitry Paletsky. She married Yuri in 1547. They had a son. She was forced to become a nun when she was widowed, by her brother-in-law the czar.

1560–1631 · Reformation

Job Boretsky (Ukrainian: Йов, secular name Ivan Matfeyevich Boretsky, Polish: Iwan Borecki, died 2 March 1631) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1620 to 1631.

1500–1502 · Reformation

Jovan Branković was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas II of Hungary. From 1493 to 1497 he held the title together with his elder brother Đorđe Branković, who was despot from 1486.

1560–1624 · Reformation

Ketevan the Martyr (Georgian: ქეთევან წამებული, romanized: ketevan ts'amebuli) (c. 1560 – September 13, 1624) was a queen consort of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. She was regent of Kakheti during the minority of her son Teimuraz I of Kakheti from 1605 to 1614.

1502–1556 · Reformation

Luarsab I (Georgian: ლუარსაბ I) (c. 1502–1509 – c. 1556–1558), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king (mepe) of the Georgian Kingdom of Kartli from 1527 to 1556 or from 1534 to 1558.

1592–1622 · Reformation

Luarsab II the Holy Martyr (Georgian: ლუარსაბ II; 1592 – 21 June (O.S.), 1 July (N.S.), 1622) was a Georgian monarch who reigned as king (mepe) of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from 1606 to 1615. He was a member of the Bagrationi dynasty.

1605–1678 · Reformation

Macaire de Kanev was an Eastern Orthodox priest and metropolitan born in 1605 in Ovruch. He died in 1678 in Kaniv, where he is also buried. He is recognized as a saint within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1550 · Reformation

Saint Macaire le Romain was born in Rome and served as an Eastern Orthodox hegumen. He died in 1550.

1482–1564 · Reformation

Macarius (Russian: Мака́рий, romanized: Makary; 1482 – 12 January 1563) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1542 to 1563.

1574 · Reformation

Makarije Sokolović (Serbian Cyrillic: Макарије Соколовић; died 1574) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1557 to 1571. He was the first head of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, after its lapse in 1463 that resulted from the Ottoman conquest of Serbia.

1482–1521 · Reformation

Neagoe Basarab was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the Craiovești (his reign marks the climax of the family's political influence) as the son of Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr, Neagoe Basarab, who replaced Vlad…

1587–1667 · Reformation

Nektary Telyashin was born in 1586 in Ostashkov and served as an Eastern Orthodox priest, hegumen, and archbishop. He died in 1667 in Moscow and is recognized as a prelate.

1450–1508 · Reformation

Nephon II of Constantinople (Nifon II (Greek: Νήφων; Albanian: Nifoni; died 11 August 1508), born Nicholas (Νικόλαος), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times: from 1486 to 1488, from 1497 to 1498 and for a short time in 1502.

1502 · Reformation

Paisius Yaroslavov (Russian: Паисий Ярославов; died 1501) was the most famous monk of the Kamenny Monastery, located by Lake Kubenskoye in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Historians do not know much about Paisiy Yaroslavov.

1450–1504 · Reformation

Paisius of Uglich (died 1504 in Uglich) was an Orthodox Christian monk and saint. His uncle was the later Orthodox saint Macarius of Kalyazin.

1448–1567 · Reformation

Joachim (1448?-1567) served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1486 and 1567. In 1556, Joachim sent a letter to the Russian Czar Ivan IV, asking the Orthodox monarch to provide some material assistance for the Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, which had s…

1525–1607 · Reformation

Job (Russian: Иов, romanized: Iov; died 19 June 1607) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1587 to 1589, and the first Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' from 1589 to 1605.

1600–1656 · Reformation

Paul of Kolomna (Russian: Павел Коломенский) was a 17th-century bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and martyr in the view of the Old Believers. The son of a rural clergyman, he was born in the village of Kolychevo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

1596–1647 · Reformation

Petro Mohyla or Peter Mogila (21 December 1596 – 1 January [O.S. 22 December] 1647) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1633 to 1646.

1507–1570 · Reformation

Saint Philip II of Moscow (Russian: Филипп II; born Fyodor Stepanovich Kolychov; Russian: Фёдор Степанович Колычёв; 11 February 1507 – 23 December 1569) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1566 to 1568.

1522–1589 · Reformation

Philothei of Athens, (also known as Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία) (November 21, 1522 - February 19, 1589), née Revoula Benizelos (Ρεβούλα Μπενιζέλου), was a Greek Orthodox religious sister, martyr and saint from Ottoman-era Greece.

1497–1515 · Reformation

Saint George of Kratovo (Bulgarian: Георги Софийски Нови, romanized: Georgi Sofiyski Novi, Serbian: Свети Ђорђе Кратовац, Macedonian: Свети Ѓорѓи Кратовски) was an Orthodox South Slavic writer and silversmith from Kratovo.

1444–1516 · Reformation

Serapion (Russian: Серапион; died March 16, 1516) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1506 to 1509. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; his feast day is March 16 by the Julian calendar.

1439–1504 · Reformation

Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great (Romanian: Ștefan cel Mare; [ˈʃtefan tʃel ˈmare]; died 2 July 1504), was Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 until his death.

1630–1696 · Reformation

Saint Theodosius, Bishop of Chernigov, born into the Polonitsky-Uglitsky family around 1630 and died in 1696, was an Orthodox archbishop of the Eparchy of Chernigov who was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1896.

1495–1583 · Reformation

Tryphon of Pechenga (Russian: Преподобный Трифон Печенгский, Кольский; Finnish: Pyhittäjä Trifon Petsamolainen (Kuolalainen); Skolt Sami: Pââʹss Treeffan; Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish: St./S:t Trifon av Petsamo; 1495–1583) was a Russian monk and ascetic in the Eastern Orthodox Ch…

1546–1612 · Reformation

Tryphon of Vyatka (Russian: Трифин Вятский, romanized: Trifin Vyatsky; c. 1546–1612) , also known as Trofim Dmitrievich Podvizaev, was a Russian abbot and saint. He is known for evangelizing to the Ostyaks, and founded a monastery in Vyatka.