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560–638 · Medieval

Sophronius (Ancient Greek: Σωφρόνιος; Arabic: صفرونيوس; c. 560 – 11 March 638), called Sophronius the Sophist, was the Greek Patriarch of the city known as Aelia Capitolina and then Jerusalem from 634 until his death.

1739–1813 · Modern

Saint Sophronius of Vratsa (or Sofroniy Vrachanski; Bulgarian: Софроний Врачански; 1739–1813), born Stoyko Vladislavov (Bulgarian: Стойко Владиславов), was a Bulgarian cleric and one of the leading figures of the early Bulgarian National Revival.

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.

1883–1938 · Contemporary

Spiridon Yevtushenko was an Eastern Orthodox deacon born in 1883 in Solonytsivka. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Kharkiv in 1938. He is venerated as a saint and hieromartyr.

1808–1838 · Modern

264–333 · Early Church

Aristaces or Aristakes I (Armenian: Արիստակէս Ա, romanized: Aristakēs) was the second Catholicos of the Armenian Church from 325 until his death in 333.

350–348 · Early Church

Husik I or Yusik (Armenian: Հուսիկ (reformed); Յուսիկ (classical); c. 295 – 347) was hereditary patriarch of the Armenian Church of the Gregorid line during the reign of the Arsacid king Tiran (r. 341–347?).

250–342 · Early Church

Vrtanes also known Saint Vrtanes (Armenian: Սբ. Վրթանէս Ա. Պարթև) was the 14th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church serving from 333 until his death in 341. He was the son of Julitta (or Mariam) of Armenia and Gregory the Illuminator.

1426–1476 · Medieval

Stefan Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Бранковић; c. 1417 – 9 October 1476), also known in historiography as Stefan the Blind (Стефан Слепи), was briefly the despot (ruler) of the Serbian Despotate between 1458 and 1459.

1252–1316 · Medieval

Stefan Dragutin (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Драгутин, Hungarian: Dragutin István; died 12 March 1316), was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282. From 1282, he ruled a separate kingdom which included northern Serbia, and (from 1284) the neighboring Hungarian banates (or border provinces…

1377–1427 · Medieval

Stefan Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Лазаревић; c. 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall (Serbian: Стефан Високи, romanized: Stefan Visoki), ruled as a Serbian prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427).

1276–1331 · Medieval

Stefan Uroš III (c. 1276 – 11 November 1331), was King of Serbia from 6 January 1322 to 8 September 1331. Dečanski was the son of King Stefan Milutin (d. 1321). He defeated two other contenders to the Serbian throne.

1337–1371 · Medieval

Saint Stefan Uroš V , known in historiography and folk tradition as Uroš the Weak (Serbian: Урош Нејаки, romanized: Uroš Nejaki), was the second Emperor (Tsar) of the Serbian Empire (1355–1371), and before that he was Serbian King and co-ruler (since 1346) with his father, Empero…

1166–1228 · Medieval

Stefan Nemanjić , known as Stefan the First-Crowned (Serbian: Стефан Првовенчани, romanized: Stefan Prvovenčani, pronounced [stêfaːn prʋoʋěntʃaːniː]; c. 1165 – 24 September 1228), was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196 and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228.

700–787 · Medieval

Saint Stephan of Surozh was an Eastern Orthodox bishop and priest born in 700 and died in 787. He is venerated as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox religion.

867–893 · Medieval

Stephen I of Constantinople (Greek: Στέφανος, Stéphanos; November 867 – 18 May 893), called the Macedonian (Greek: ὁ Μακεδών, romanized: ō Makedṓn), was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 886 to 893.

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.

1851–1920 · Contemporary

Stephen Khitrov was born in 1851 in Gulyaeva and served as a Christian minister within the Eastern Orthodox Church. He held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Russian State before his death in 1920. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1198–1269 · Medieval

Stefan Vladislav was the King of Serbia from 1234 to 1243. He was the middle son of Stefan the First-Crowned of the Nemanjić dynasty, who ruled Serbia from 1196 to 1228.

1340–1396 · Medieval

Stephen of Perm (Russian: Стефан Пермский, romanized: Stefan Permsky; Komi: Перымса Степан, romanized: Perymsa Stepan; c. 1340 – 26 April 1396) was a Russian Orthodox bishop, painter and missionary.

1350–1429 · Medieval

Saint Symeon of Thessalonica (c. 1381–1429) was a monk, bishop and theologian in Greece. He is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and was canonized in 1981. He served as the archbishop of Thessalonica, for some time before his death.

917–986 · Medieval

Symeon the Studite, also Symeon the Pious or Symeon Eulabes, and sometimes Symeon the Elder, was an influential lay monk of the Monastery of Stoudios in Constantinople during the 10th century. He was the spiritual father, or teacher, of Symeon the New Theologian.

1873–1921 · Contemporary

Szymon is a Polish version of the masculine given name Simon.

1166–1213 · Medieval

Tamar the Great (Georgian: თამარ მეფე, romanized: tamar mepe [ˈt̪ʰämäɾ ˈme̞pʰe̞], lit. 'King Tamar'; c. 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Tamara, born Tamara Alexandrovna Mardzhanova (Mardzhanishvili), and known in the schema as Juvenalia (born April 1, 1869; died June 23, 1936, in Moscow), was a Georgian Orthodox nun who served within the structures of the Russian Orthodox Church.

730–806 · Medieval

Tarasios of Constantinople (also Saint Tarasius and Saint Tarasios; Greek: Ταράσιος; c. 730 – 25 February 806) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 25 December 784 until his death on 25 February 806. Tarasios was born and raised in the city of Constantinople.

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.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Nun Tatiana (secular name Tatyana Ivanovna Gribkova; 1879, Shchukino village, Moscow Uyezd, Moscow Governorate (now Moscow) — September 14, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a nun of the Russian Orthodox Church. She was canonized as a new martyr in 2000.

1903–1937 · Contemporary

Tatyana Nikolayevna Grimblit (December 1, 1903, Tomsk – September 23, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a Soviet nurse and medical assistant who organized aid for prisoners and exiles, including the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Dr. Tatiana Vladimirovna Egorova (1930–2007) was a Russian botanist and author noted for working at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden and for editing the multi-volume Plants of Central Asia series. She described over 170 species, most in the genus Carex.

1215–1313 · Medieval

Abune Tekle Haymanot (Ge'ez: አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት; known in the Coptic Church as Saint Takla Haymanot of Ethiopia; 1215–1313) was an Ethiopian saint and monk mostly venerated as a hermit. He was the Abuna of Ethiopia who founded a major monastery in his native province of Shewa.

1867–1918 · Contemporary

Teofan was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1867 in Akatnaya Maza, Russian Empire. He died in 1918 in Perm and is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1872–1937 · Contemporary

Jude the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου translit. Ioúdas Iakóbou Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.

1331–1378 · Medieval

Theodora (secular name Vassa or Vasilisa, presumably Anastasia Ivanovna; c. 1331, Tver – April 15, 1378, Nizhny Novgorod) was the abbess of the Conception Convent in Nizhny Novgorod and the daughter of a Tver boyar.

300–306 · Early Church

Saint Theodore (Άγιος Θεοδώρος), distinguished as Theodore of Amasea, Theodore the Recruit (Θεοδώρος ό Τήρων), and by other names, is a Christian saint and Great Martyr, particularly revered in the Eastern Orthodox Churches but also honored in Roman Catholicism and Oriental Ortho…

759–826 · Medieval

Theodore the Studite (Greek: Θεόδωρος ὁ Στουδίτης, romanized: Theodōros ho Stoudítes; 759–826), also known as Theodorus Studita and Saint Theodore of Stoudios/Studium, was a Byzantine Greek monk and abbot of the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople.

800–900 · Medieval

Theodore of Edessa, or Theodore the Great Ascetic, is the supposed author of a corpus of Greek-language Christian religious literature, part of which appears in the Philokalia of the Neptic Fathers.

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.

424–529 · Medieval

Theodosius the Cenobiarch or Theodosius the Great (c. 423–529) was a Cappadocian Christian monk, abbot, and saint who was a founder and organizer of the cenobitic way of monastic life in the Judaean desert. His feast day is on January 11.

1350–1353 · Medieval

Theognostus (Russian: Феогност, romanized: Feognost; died 11 March 1353) was a bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople who served as Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'.

1250–1326 · Medieval

Theoleptos of Philadelphia (Greek: Θεόληπτος Φιλαδελφείας, ca. 1250–1322) was a Byzantine monk, Metropolitan of Philadelphia (1283/4–1322) and Eastern Orthodox theologian. Theoleptos was born in Nicaea ca. 1250. He married but left his wife in 1275 to become a monk.

1815–1894 · Modern

Theophan the Recluse (Russian: Феофан Затворник, romanized: Feofan Zatvornik), also known as Theophanes the Recluse or the Enlightener Theophan the Recluse of Vysha (Russian: святитель Феофан Затворник Вышенский; January 10, 1815 – January 6, 1894), was a Russian Orthodox bishop…

759–817 · Medieval

Theophanes the Confessor (Greek: Θεοφάνης Ὁμολογητής) or Theophanes of the Great Field (Greek: Θεοφάνης τοῦ Μεγάλου Ἄγρου; c. 759 – 817 or 818) was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy who became a monk and chronicler.

866–897 · Medieval

Theophano Martinakia (Greek: Θεοφανώ; 866/67 – 10 November 897) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to Leo VI the Wise. She is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Born in c. 866/67, she was a daughter of Constantine Martinakios and Anna.

1055–1126 · Medieval

Theophylact (Greek: Θεοφύλακτος, Bulgarian: Теофилакт; around 1055 – after 1107) was a Byzantine Archbishop of Ohrid and commentator on the Bible. He is regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorated on December 31st.

1964–2015 · Contemporary

Saint Thomas Eleftherion was a United States citizen born in Orlando in 1964. A practitioner of Greek Orthodoxy, he died in New Albany in 2015 and is buried in Columbus.

610 · Medieval

Thomas I of Constantinople (Greek: Θωμᾶς; died 21 March 610) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 607 to 610. He has been canonised a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1855–1920 · Contemporary

Tikhon (Russian: Ти́хон, Ukrainian: Ти́хон, Ти́хін, Polish: Tychon) is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin, related to Western European Tycho. Religious figures:

1865–1925 · Contemporary

Tikhon of Moscow (Russian: Тихон Московский, 31 January [O.S. 19 January] 1865 – 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1925), born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin (Russian: Василий Иванович Беллавин), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).

1724–1783 · Modern

Tikhon of Zadonsk (secular name Timofey Savelyevich Sokolov, Russian: Тимофей Савельевич Соколов; 1724–1783) was an 18th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer whom the Eastern Orthodox Church glorified (canonized) as a saint in 1861. St.