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1350–1420 · Medieval

Epiphanius the Wise (Russian: Епифаний Премудрый, romanized: Epifany Premudry; died c. 1420) was a Russian Orthodox monk and hagiographer. He was a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh.

1353–1407 · Medieval

Eudoxia of Moscow (Russian: Евдокия Дмитриевна, romanized: Yevdokia Dmitriyevna; 1353 – 1407), also known by her monastic name Euphrosyne (Russian: Евфросиния), was the grand princess of Moscow between 1366 and 1389 during her marriage to Dmitry Donskoy.

1212–1250 · Medieval

Venerable Eufrozyna Suzdalská was born in 1212 to Mychailo of Chernigiv and Helena of Halych. She served as a nun and held the position of Prince of Chernigov. She died in Suzdal in 1250.

1104–1167 · Medieval

Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Belarusian: Еўфрасіння Полацкая; 1104–1167) was the granddaughter of Vseslav, the prince of Polotsk, and daughter of Prince Prince Svyatoslav (Georgy) Vseslavich of Vitebsk.

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.

955–1028 · Medieval

Euthymius the Athonite (Georgian: ექვთიმე ათონელი Ekvtime Atoneli; c. 955–1024) was a Georgian monk, philosopher and scholar, who is venerated as a saint. His feast day in the Orthodox Church is May 13.

1316–1404 · Medieval

Euthymius of Suzdal (born 1316 in Nizhny Novgorod, died April 1, 1404, in Suzdal) was a Russian monk who was canonized in 1549. His feast days are April 1/14 (date of death) and July 4/17 (discovery of his relics).

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Venerable Feodor Movchaznyj was a monk of the Eastern Orthodox faith and a citizen of the Tsardom of Russia. He died at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and is buried in the Far Caves.

1929–1995 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Georgia (Georgian: წმიდა გაბრიელ ქართველი, romanized: ts'mida gabriel kartveli), born Goderdzi Urgebadze (გოდერძი ურგებაძე; 26 August 1929 – 2 November 1995) was a Georgian Orthodox monk venerated for his dedicated monastic life and piety.

1050 · Medieval

Venerable Gabriel of Lesnovo (Bulgarian: Гавриил Лесновски, Gavriil Lesnovski) hermit and saint, companion of Saint John of Rila and Prohor of Pčinja. All three are venerated in Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia. St. Gabriel's feast is January 15.

1849–1901 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete.

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.

1178 · Medieval

Gerasimus of Vologda was the first wonderworker in the city of Vologda, Russia He is canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church, his feast day is celebrated on March 4.

1400–1479 · Medieval

Herman of Solovki (Russian: Герман Соловецкий; died 1479) was a Russian hermit. He was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery. In total, he lived in Solovetsky Islands, at the time, the most remote location, for about 50 years.

1105 · Medieval

Grigory the Iconographer (11th–13th centuries) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. A saint of the Russian Church, he is venerated as an Orthodox saint.

1315–1442 · Medieval

Saint Gregory of Vologda or Gregory of Pelshma (Grigory Pelshemsky, Grigory Vologodsky), born in the 14th century in Galich and died on September 30 (Julian calendar) 1442, was a Russian monk and founder of the Monastery of the Mother of God of Saint Gregory in the present-day Vo…

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.

1160 · Medieval

John of the Kiev Caves, also known as the Sufferer (died 1160, Kiev Pechersk Lavra), was a Ukrainian Christian monk venerated as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church, which celebrates his feast day on July 18 and September 28.

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Joseph the Much-Ailing (14th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, venerated as a venerable saint in the Russian Church. His feast days are April 4 and August 28 (the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, who rest in the Far Caves of St.

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.

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.

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.

1090 · Medieval

The Venerable Isaac was an Eastern Orthodox monk who died in 1090. He is buried at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the same location where he died.

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.

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Hieronymus (12th century) was a monk and recluse of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, venerated as a venerable father.

1847–1940 · Contemporary

The Venerable Joanicius was a Bulgarian archimandrite and cleric of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Born in Ohrid in 1847, he died in Rakotinci in 1940.

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.

985 · Medieval

John Tornike (Georgian: იოანე თორნიკე, romanized: ioane tornik'e; Greek: Ιωάννης Τορνίκιος), also known as Tornike Eristavi (Georgian: თორნიკე ერისთავი; died in 985) was a retired Georgian general and monk who came to be better known as a founder of the formerly Georgian Orthodox…

1350–1423 · Medieval

Jovan Uroš Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Урош Немањић) or John Ouresis Doukas Palaiologos or Joasaph of Meteora (Greek: Ιωάννης Ούρεσης Δούκας Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōannēs Ouresēs Doúkas Palaiologos), was the ruler of Thessaly from c. 1370 to c.

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.

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John of Kyiv Caves was a monk of the Eastern Orthodox faith and a citizen of Kievan Rus'. He died and was buried at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He is recognized as a saint with the title of The Venerable.

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.

1837–1911 · Contemporary

Joseph of Optina (secular name Ivan Yevfimovich Litovkin; November 2 [14], 1837, Gorodishche village, Kharkov Governorate — May 9 [22], 1911, Optina Monastery) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1894–1979 · Contemporary

Justin Popović was a Serbian Orthodox theologian, archimandrite of the Ćelije Monastery, Dostoyevsky scholar, writer, anti-communist advocate and critic of the pragmatic church ecclesiastical life.

1500 · Reformation

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

1492 · Medieval

Cosmas of Yakhroma (Church Slavonic: Venerable Cosmas of Yakhroma) is a saint of the Orthodox Church. He lived in the 15th century. He took monastic vows at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, where he resided for some time.

1286–1391 · Medieval

1768–1841 · Modern

Hieroschemamonk Leonid (Nagolkin) of Optina, also Leo (or Lev) of Optina, was a venerable elder of Optina Monastery and a founder of Optina's eldership. The future St.

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.

1402–1483 · Medieval

Macarius of Kalyazin (born Matvey Vasilyevich Kozhin; c. 1402 – March 17, 1483) was a Russian religious figure and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. The son of a boyar, he founded the Trinity Makaryev Monastery, where he also served as abbot.

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.

1874–1932 · Contemporary

Maria of Gatchina, born Lidia Aleksandrovna Lelanova (1874, Saint Petersburg – April 19, 1932, ibid.), was an Orthodox monastic and new martyr. Born into a wealthy merchant family, she attended a girls' gymnasium.

1050 · Medieval

The precise dates of the lives of hermit Mark of the Caves, (also known as Mark the Grave-digger) and the two brothers Theophil and John are not recorded, however, their story is preserved in the Kiev Caves Paterikon.

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.

1300–1400 · Medieval

Martyrius of the Kiev Caves (late 13th – early 14th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Due to his great purity of soul and strict fasting, he was ordained a deacon and possessed the gift of performing miracles.

1475–1556 · Reformation

Maximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maksim Grek (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Γραικός; Russian: Максим Грек; c. 1475 – c. 1556), was a Greek monk, publicist, writer, scholar, and translator active in Russia.