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1316–1411 · Medieval

Niphon Kausokalybites (Greek: Όσιος Νήφων Καυσοκαλυβίτης, 1316–1411) was a Greek Orthodox Christian saint and monk. He is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on June 14.

1868–1938 · Contemporary

Nikodim (Russian: Никодим; born Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov (Russian: Николай Васильевич Кротков); 29 November [O.S. 17 November] 1868 – 21 August 1938) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, later the Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich.

1916–1979 · Contemporary

Olinka "Olga" Arrsamquq Michael (Russian: Ольга Аррсамкук Майкл; née Arrsamquq, (1916-02-03)February 3, 1916 – (1979-11-08)November 8, 1979), known as Olga Michael, Olga of Alaska, Olga of Kwethluk, or Matushka Olga (Russian: матушка Ольга), was a Native American Eastern Orthodox…

1876–1938 · Contemporary

Born in 1876 in Belozersky Uyezd, Onezym served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop within the Soviet Union. He died in 1938 and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Onuphrius (also Onoufrios; Greek: Ὀνούφριος, romanized: Onouphrios) lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries.

1520–1602 · Reformation

Blessed Osios Serafeim Domvous was a Greek Orthodox monk born in 1520 within the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1602 and is buried at the Osios Serafeim Domvos monastery.

1450–1515 · Reformation

The Venerable Pachomius of Kena was an Eastern Orthodox figure born in 1450 and a citizen of the Tsardom of Russia. He died in 1515 in the Arkhangelsk Oblast.

1400–1384 · Medieval

Pachomius of Nerekhta (secular name Iakov Ignatyev; early 14th century, Vladimir – March 23, 1384, Trinity-Sypanov Monastery) was an igumen of the Russian Orthodox Church, the first igumen of the restored Konstantinov Monastery (now a closed monastery within the city of Vladimir)…

1394–1477 · Medieval

Pafnuzio of Borovsk was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in Borovsk in 1394. He lived and died in Borovsk in 1477 and is recognized as a saint.

1723–1794 · Modern

Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski (Paisie de la Neamţ in Romanian; Паисий Величковский in Russian; Паїсій Величковський in Ukrainian; 20 December 1722 – 15 November 1794) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian who helped spread staretsdom or the concept of the spiritual…

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.

1722–1773 · Modern

Saint Paisius of Hilendar or Paìsiy Hilendàrski (Bulgarian: Свети Паисий Хилендарски; 1722–1773) was a Bulgarian Orthodox clergyman and a key figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.

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.

250–309 · Early Church

Saint Pamphilus (Greek: Πάμφιλος; latter half of the 3rd century – February 16, 309 AD), was a priest of Caesarea and chief among the biblical scholars of his generation.

1–98 · Early Church

Pancras or Pancratius (Greek: Παγκράτιος, Pankratios; Italian: Pancrazio) is an Italian saint associated with Taormina and venerated as a Christian martyr. His surviving hagiography is purely legendary. He is, however, recorded in some early martyrologies.

1849–1928 · Contemporary

Venerable Paraskeva was a Russian Empire citizen born in 1849 in the Moscow Oblast. A Christian nun who served as a hegumen, she died in 1928 at the Holy Trinity monastery in Topolevka. She is recognized as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Parteniusz was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in Irkutsk in 1881. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Arkhangelsk in 1937. He is venerated as a hieromartyr.

569 · Medieval

Apollinarius served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 551 and 569. Before his appointment by Justinian I, he was a reader of the monastery of Salama.

1746–1821 · Modern

Gregory V of Constantinople (Greek: Γρηγόριος; 1746 – 10 April 1821), born Georgios Angelopoulos (Γεώργιος Αγγελόπουλος), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808, and from 1818 to 1821.

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.

550–609 · Medieval

Theodore I, also known as Theodore Scribo, served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 607 and 609. Having been appointed by Phocas, he opposed the Heraclian revolt and was killed in the conflict.

694 · Medieval

Paul III of Constantinople (Greek: Παῦλος; died 20 August 693) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 688 to 693.

784 · Medieval

Paul IV of Constantinople, known as Paul the New (Greek: Παῦλος; died December 784), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 780 to 784. He had once opposed the veneration of icons but urged the calling of an ecumenical council to address the iconoclast controversy.

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.

1705–1770 · Modern

Paul, born Piotr Koniuszkiewicz (born 1705 in Koniuszki, now Łuki near Sambir; died October 24/November 4, 1770, in Kyiv), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church of Ukrainian descent.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Paulin, born Pyotr Kroshechkin (December 7/19, 1879, in the Penza Governorate – November 3, 1937, in Kemerovo), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr. Born into a peasant family, he desired to become a priest from a young age.

1867–1922 · Contemporary

Pavel Svetozarov was an Eastern Orthodox priest and parson born in 1867 in Kartmazovo. He died in 1922 in Ivanovo and is recognized as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox religion.

1792–1879 · Modern

Paul of Taganrog (Russian: Павел Таганрогский, romanized: Pavel Taganrogskiy; born Pavel Pavlovich Stozhkov; Russian: Павел Павлович Стожков; 21 November 1792 – 23 March 1879) was a Russian Orthodox religious figure who was active in Taganrog, Don Land, South of Russia and Ukrain…

1749–1830 · Modern

Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian: Петар I Петровић Његош; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro from 1784 to 1830 and Exarch (legate) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro.

1878–1929 · Contemporary

Saint Peter (born Shimon bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.

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Saint Peter Atroeli is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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.

1260–1326 · Medieval

Peter of Moscow (Russian: Пётр Московский, Peter of Kiev, Peter of Rata, Russian: Пётр Ратенский, Ukrainian: Петро Ратенський; c. 1260 – 20 December 1326) was an Eastern Orthodox bishop of Kiev, who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325.

1862–1937 · Contemporary

Peter of Krutitsy (Священному́ченик Пётр Крути́цкий, born Pyotr Fyodorovich Polyansky, Пётр Фёдорович Поля́нский; July 10, 1862 (June 28 O.S.) – October 10, 1937 (September 27 O. S.), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and martyr.

1167–1228 · Medieval

David Yuryevich (Russian: Давид Юрьевич; c. 1167 – 25 June 1228) and Euphrosyne (Russian: Евфросиния; c. 1175 – 25 June 1228), known as Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom (Russian: Святые Пётр и Феврония Муромские), were the Russian prince and princess consort of the Principality…

1290 · Medieval

Peter of the Horde, also known as Peter of Rostov (born Dair Kaidagul, son of Orda-Ichin, or Peter of the Horde, descendant of Genghis Khan; died 1290, Rostov), was a prince of the Golden Horde and a nephew of Khan Berke.

1800–1815 · Modern

Peter the Aleut (Russian: Пётр Алеу́т, romanized: Pyotr Aleút), born Cungagnaq (spelling varies) (Russian: Чукагнак, romanized: Chukagnak; died 1815), is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

400–491 · Early Church

Peter the Iberian (Georgian: პეტრე იბერი, romanized: p'et're iberi) (c. 417-491) was a Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who was a prominent figure in early Christianity and one of the founders of Christian Neoplatonism.

1783–1867 · Modern

Metropolitan Philaret (secular name Vasily Mikhaylovich Drozdov, Василий Михайлович Дроздов; 26 December 1782 – 1 December 1867) was Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna and the most influential figure in the Russian Orthodox Church for more than 40 years, from 1821 to 1867.

702–792 · Medieval

Saint Philaretos (Greek: Άγιος Φιλάρετος) lived sometime in the early 8th century. Born in Paphlagonia, Philaretos was very rich and belonged to an illustrious local aristocratic family of Byzantine Anatolian magnates.

100–121 · Early Church

Saint Philetus (Φιλητός) (d. 121) is, along with Saints Lydia (Λυδία), Macedo(n) (Μακεδών), Theoprepius (Theoprepides) (Θεοπρέπιος), Amphilochius (Ἀμφιλόχιος) and Cronidas (Cronides) (Κρονίδης), venerated as a Christian martyr.

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.

1860–1918 · Contemporary

Russian Orthodox priest and martyr (1860–1918)

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.

1300–1379 · Medieval

Philotheus I of Constantinople (Greek: Φιλόθεος Κόκκινος; c. 1300 – 1379) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from August 1353 to December 1354 and from 8 October 1364 to August 1376, and a leader of the Byzantine monastic and religious revival in the 1…

1913–1979 · Contemporary

Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well (Greek: Φιλούμενος Χασάπης; Φιλούμενος ο Κύπριος; or Φιλούμενος Ορουντιώτης, 15 October 1913 – 29 November 1979) was the Hegumen of the Greek Orthodox monastery of Jacob's Well, from the city of Nablus (Neapolis) in the West Bank.

450–523 · Medieval

Philoxenus of Mabbug (Syriac: ܐܟܣܢܝܐ ܡܒܘܓܝܐ, Aksenāyâ Mabûḡāyâ; died 523), also known as Philoxenus of Hierapolis, Xenaias, and Akhsenaya, was one of the most notable Syriac prose writers during the Byzantine period and a vehement champion of Miaphysitism.

47–117 · Early Church

Hieromartyr Phocas (Greek: Φωκάς) was born in the city of Sinope in northern Anatolia. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same name: a Phocas of Antioch, Phocas, Bishop of Sinope, and Phocas the Gardener. Only the last seems authentic.

827–900 · Medieval

Photios I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as 'Saint Photius the Great'.