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1500–1542 · Reformation

Venerable Stefan Komelsky was a Christian minister born in 1500 in the Vologodsky Uyezd of the Tsardom of Russia. He practiced Eastern Orthodoxy and died in 1542.

1114–1199 · Medieval

Stefan Nemanja was the Grand Prince (Veliki Župan) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška, lat. Rascia) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty, Nemanja founded the Nemanjić dynasty, and is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and histo…

1094 · Medieval

Venerable Stephan was an Eastern Orthodox priest from the Russian State. He died in 1094 and is recognized as a saint with the title of the Venerable.

1601–1697 · Reformation

Stephen of Piperi (Serbian: Свети Стефан Пиперски) (died May 20, 1697) is a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was born into the Nikšić clan in the village of Kuti in Župa of poor but devout parents, Radoje and Jaćima Krulanović.

1379 · Medieval

Sylvester of the River Obnora (died 25 April 1479), also known as Sylvester of Obnorsk, was a Russian Orthodox hermit who is recognized as a saint. Sylvester was inspired by the teachings of Sergius of Radonez. He was trained at Trinity Monastery.

900–987 · Medieval

Symeon or Simeon (died c. 1000), distinguished as Symeon Metaphrastes (Latin) or Symeon the Metaphrast (Ancient Greek: Συμεών ὁ Μεταφραστής, Symeṓn ho Metaphrastḗs), was a Byzantine writer and official regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

949–1022 · Medieval

Saint Symeon the New Theologian (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was one of the three saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church and given the title of "Theologian" (along with John the Apostle, Gregory of Nazianzus).

600 · Medieval

Thaddeus (Tato) of Stepantsminda (died 6th century) was a Christian monk and saint. According to hagiography, he came from Syria. In his youth, he joined a monastery founded by the monk John and, as one of twelve chosen disciples, left the Syrian desert with him.

1440 · Medieval

Tarasy Glushitsky was an Eastern Orthodox priest and hegumen within the Russian State. He died in 1440 and is recognized as a Venerable figure.

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.

1029–1074 · Medieval

Theodosius of Kiev or Theodosius of the Caves (Russian: Феодосий Печерский, romanized: Feodosy Pechersky; Ukrainian: Феодосій Печерський, romanized: Feodosiy Pechers'kyy) is an 11th-century saint who brought cenobitic monasticism to Kievan Rus' and, together with Anthony of Kiev,…

1300–1363 · Medieval

The Holy Venerable Theodosius of Tarnovo (Bulgarian: Теодосий Търновски, Greek: Άγιος Θεοδόσιος του Τυρνόβου, Teodosiy Tarnovski) (died 1363) was a high-ranking 14th-century Bulgarian cleric and hermit. He is credited with establishing hesychasm in the Second Bulgarian Empire.

1331–1426 · Medieval

Therapont of Belozersk (1331 – 27 May 1426) (Russian: Ферапонт Бело(е)зерский, Therapont Belo(e)zersky), also known as Therapont of Mozhaysk, known to the world as Feodor Poskochin, was a Russian Orthodox monk credited with the foundation of the Ferapontov Monastery in Northern R…

1481–1571 · Reformation

The Venerable Théodoret of Kola was a Russian State monk and hegumen born in 1481 in Rostov Veliky. He died in 1571 at the Solovetsky Monastery.

1550–1568 · Reformation

Theodosius was a Russian Orthodox monk who lived in Russia during the 16th century. Born around 1530 in or near Vologda, he died in 1568. He founded a monastery in Totma.

1500–1503 · Reformation

Tikhon of Lukh, of Kostroma (Tikhon of Lukh; born Timofey; first half of the 15th century, Grand Duchy of Lithuania — June 16 (29), 1503, Tikhonova Pustyn, Russian State) was an Orthodox monk, ascetic, non-possessor, and founder of the Nikolo-Tikhonov Monastery (modern-day villag…

1450–1492 · Medieval

Tikhon of Kaluga (died 16 June 1492) was a Russian Orthodox hegumen and saint. He grew up in Moscow and was tonsured a monk as a young man. He then moved to a forest near Medin in Kaluga, living in the hollow of an oak tree.

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The Venerable Tit was a warrior and monk of the Russian State. He is buried at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

1190 · Medieval

Titus of the Kiev Caves (died c. 1190) was a 12th-century presbyter and monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, venerated as a venerable saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.

1831–1906 · Contemporary

Barnabas of Gethsemane (secular name Vasily Ilyich Merkulov; January 24, 1831, Prudishchi, Tula Governorate — February 17, 1906, Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Governorate) was a hieromonk of the Gethsemane Skete of the Trinity Lavra of St.

1160 · Medieval

Erasmus the Recluse (late 11th–12th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, venerated as a venerable father.

1262 · Medieval

Xenophon of Robeika (Russian: Ксенофонт Робейский, romanized: Ksenofont Robeysky; late 14th — early 15th centuries) was a Russian Orthodox monk, later declared a saint (made venerable). Xenophon took his monastic vows at the Lisitsky Monastery from Abbot Barlaam.

1300–1400 · Medieval

Venerable Zechariah the Faster was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in 1300 and died in 1400. He is buried at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

1768–1833 · Modern

1820–1935 · Contemporary

Zosima of Ennat (secular name Evdokia Yakovlevna Sukhanova; March 1, 1820, Sentsovka village, Orenburg Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate — March 1, 1935, Sentsovka village, Sharlyksky District, Orenburg Oblast) was a Russian Orthodox saint and venerable nun.

1450–1478 · Medieval

Zosimas of Solovki (Russian: Зосима Соловецкий; died 1478) was a Russian hermit. He was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery, which was established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia.

460–560 · Medieval

Zosimas of Palestine (Greek: Ζωσιμᾶς; Arabic: زوسيماس الفلسطيني, romanized: Zōsīmas al-Falesṭīnī), is commemorated as a Palestinian saint. His feast day is on 4 April. Zosimas was born in the second half of the fifth century, during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II.

1202 · Medieval

Zvenislava Borisovna (or Zvenislava Rogvolodovna, in monasticism Eupraxia; born after 1110 / before 1127 — died after 1173) was the only daughter of Boris (Rogvolod) Vseslavich, Prince of Polotsk, and an educator. Biographical information about her remains quite scarce.