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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.

1478–1556 · Reformation

Anthony of Siya (Russian: Антоний Сийский, romanized: Antony Siysky; 1478–1556) was a Russian Orthodox monk who was proclaimed a saint after his death.

1550 · Reformation

Arseniy Komelskiy was a monk born in Moscow. He died in 1550 and is recognized as a Venerable figure within the Russian Orthodox Church.

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.

1647–1654 · Reformation

Bogolep of Chorny Yar (Russian: Боголеп Черноярский; secular name: Boris Yakovlevich Ushakov; Russian: Бори́с Яковлевич Ушаков; May 2, 1647 – August 1, 1654) was a Russian Orthodox child schema-monk, a locally venerated saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the title of Vene…

1455–1537 · Reformation

Venerable Corneille de la Komela was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in Rostov Veliky in 1457. He lived until 1537.

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.

1594–1697 · Reformation

Dalmat of Iset (Dalmat of Perm, born Dmitry Ivanovich Mokrinsky; 1594, Beryozovo — June 25 (July 5), 1697, Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery) was the founder of the Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery.

1500–1577 · Reformation

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

1570–1633 · Reformation

Dionysius of Radonezh (secular name David Fyodorovich Zobninovsky, also Zobninov, Zobninsky, Zobnikovsky; c. 1570, Rzhev – c. May 15, 1633, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius) was an archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of St.

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.

1656 · Reformation

The Venerable Eleazar di Anzersk was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in Kozelsk. He died in 1656 at the Solovetsky Monastery.

1548 · Reformation

Helena, born Diewoczkina (died November 18, 1547, in Moscow), was a Russian Orthodox nun, a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the first abbess of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow.

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.

1600–1565 · Reformation

Gennady Kostromskoy and Lyubimogradsky was an Eastern Orthodox iconographer born in Mogilev in 1600 and died in 1565. A citizen of the Tsardom of Russia, he is recognized as a Venerable saint and is buried in the Yaroslavl Oblast.

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.

1477–1523 · Reformation

Ignace of Vologda was an aristocrat born in 1477 to Andrey Bolshoy and Helen of Mezetsk in the Duchy of Uglich. He was an Eastern Orthodox figure who died in Vologda in 1523. He is recognized as a Venerable.

1612 · Reformation

Joseph of Zaonikiev (secular name Ilarion Amvrosimov; c. 1530 – September 21, 1612) was a monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and the founder of the Zaonikiev Hermitage.

1547–1616 · Reformation

Irenarch or Irenarchus the recluse of Rostov is honoured in the Russian Orthodox Church. Irenarchus was a mystic and visionary. After his death many physical, psychological, and spiritual healings were attributed to the touching of his relics.

1628 · Reformation

Irinarkh of Solovki was an Eastern Orthodox monk who died in 1628. He is recognized as a Venerable.

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.

1550–1620 · Reformation

Ivan Vyshenskyi (Ukrainian: Іван Вишенський; born ca. 1550 in Sudova Vyshnia – after 1620, Mount Athos, Greece) was a Ukrainian Orthodox monk and religious philosopher. He is considered to be an important polemicist of the time. Not much is known about the life of Vyshenskyi.

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.

1550–1621 · Reformation

Job of Maniava, born Ivan Knyahynytskyi (Ukrainian: Княгиницький Йов; 1550, Tysmenytsya, present-day Ukraine - 30 December 1621) and named as a monk Ezekiel, was a Ukrainian Orthodox saint and an Orthodox clerical activist.

1551–1651 · Reformation

Job of Pochayev (Ukrainian: Йов Почаївський; c. 1551 – 28 October 1651), to the world Ivan Zalizo (Ukrainian: Іван Залізо), in Great Schema John (Ukrainian: Іоан) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and saint.

1540–1605 · Reformation

Saint John of Prislop (c. 1540 – c. 1605) left his parents' home to live in the monastic community of Prislop, eventually becoming its abbot. On March 20, 1585, he was elected Metropolitan of Transylvania.

1500 · Reformation

Venerable Joona was an Eastern Orthodox priest who died in 1480. He is buried at the Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery.

1440–1515 · Reformation

Joseph Volotsky (Russian: Ио́сиф Во́лоцкий; 1439 or 1440 – September 9, 1515), also known as Joseph of Volotsk or Joseph of Volokolamsk, born Ivan Sanin (Russian: Ива́н Са́нин), was a prominent Russian theologian and early proponent of tsarist autocracy.

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.

1500 · Reformation

Venerable Karp Myodushskiy was an Eastern Orthodox saint born in 1500 in the Tsardom of Russia. He died in the Kovrovsky Uyezd.

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.

1540 · Reformation

Venerable Longin of Koryazhemsky was an Eastern Orthodox monk and Christian minister in the Tsardom of Russia. He died in 1540 at the Koryazhemsky Nikolayevsky Monastery and is recognized as a saint.

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.