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1317–1429 · Medieval

Born in Moscow in 1317, the Venerable Paul of Obnora was an Eastern Orthodox monk and a citizen of the Grand Principality of Moscow. He died in 1429 at the Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery.

900–900 · Medieval

Paul of Xeropotamou (Ancient Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Ξηροποταμινός) was a Byzantine ascetic, lived between the 9th and the 10th century on Mount Athos, where he also restored and founded monasteries. He is commemorated in the Orthodox Church and his feast day is on 28 July.

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Rubin is a saint of the Syriac Orthodox church. He was a stylite of Kartamin. He is commemorated with feast days of August 1 and August 4.

1176–1235 · Medieval

Saint Sava , known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk who became the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church. He was also a writer, diplomat, and the founder of Serbian law.

270–348 · Early Church

Spyridon, also Spyridon of Tremithus (Greek: Ἅγιος Σπυρίδων; c. 270 – 348), is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Spyridon was born in Assia, in Cyprus. He worked as a shepherd and was known for his great piety.

1884–1941 · Contemporary

Sava Trlajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Трлајић; 19 July 1884 – August 1941) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church serving as Bishop of the Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1938 until the beginning of World War II.

1201–1271 · Medieval

Saint Sava II (Serbian: Свети Сава II, romanized: Sveti Sava II; 1201–1271) was the third archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, serving from 1263 until his death in 1271.

1460 · Medieval

Savva of Vishera (born in Kashin; died October 1, 1460) was the founder of the Savvo-Vishersky Monastery, known for his ascetic feat of stylitism. He was canonized as a venerable saint at the Second Macarian Council in 1549.

1862–1948 · Contemporary

Saint Savvas of Kalymnos (also known as Saint Savvas the New) is the patron saint of the Greek island of Kalymnos, where he lived during the last twenty years of his life as the priest and spiritual father of the nuns of the Convent of All Saints.

1400–1435 · Medieval

Saint Sabbatius of Solovki (Russian: Савватий Соловецкий, romanized: Savvaty Solovetsky; died 27 September 1435) was a Russian monk. He was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery, along with Saint Zosimas of Solovki.

1873–1958 · Contemporary

Schema-Igumen John (Russian: Схиигумен Иоанн, Finnish: Skeemaigumeeni Johannes, born Ivan Alekseyevich Alekseyev, Russian: Иван Алексеевич Алексеев; 26 February 1873, village Gubka, Novotorzhsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 5 June 1958, New Valamo, Heinävesi, Finland…

1880–1937 · Contemporary

Serafin, secular name Mikhail Ostroumov (born 6 November 1880 in Moscow, died 8 December 1937 in Katyn forest) was a Russian Orthodox bishop and saint New Martyr.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Serafim Samoylovich was born in 1881 in Myrhorod and served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop. A citizen of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, he died in 1937 in the Kemerovo Oblast. He is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1881–1950 · Contemporary

Born in 1881 in the Russian Empire, Serafin served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and archbishop. He held the position of bishop until his death in 1950 in Sofia, where he is buried in the Russian Church. He is recognized as a thaumaturge.

1899–1931 · Contemporary

A seraph is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in Christian angelology and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy.

1856–1937 · Contemporary

Metropolitan Seraphim (Russian: Митрополи́т Серафи́м 9 June or 9 January 1856 – 11 December 1937), born Leonid Mikhailovich Chichagov (Russian: Леони́д Миха́йлович Чичаго́в, was a Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by firing squad, and was canoniz…

1883–1937 · Contemporary

Seraphim Zvezdinsky was an Eastern Orthodox bishop and priest born in Moscow in 1883. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Ishim in 1937. He is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1754–1833 · Modern

Seraphim of Sarov (Russian: Серафим Саровский; 30 July [O.S. 19 July] 1754 or 1759 – 14 January [O.S. 2 January] 1833), born Prókhor Isídorovich Moshnín (Mashnín) [Про́хор Иси́дорович Мошни́н (Машни́н)], is one of the most renowned Russian saints and is venerated in the Eastern O…

1866–1949 · Contemporary

Seraphim, secular name Vasily Nikolayevich Muravyov (born April 1/13, 1866, in the village of Vakhromeyevo, Rybinsk Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate; died April 3, 1949, in Vyritsa), was a Russian Orthodox clergyman and monastic saint.

1390–1480 · Medieval

Venerable Serapion was an Eastern Orthodox Christian minister born in 1390 in Tartu. He died in 1480 at the Yelizarov Convent.

1444–1516 · Reformation

Serapion (Russian: Серапион; died March 16, 1516) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1506 to 1509. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; his feast day is March 16 by the Julian calendar.

1873–1918 · Contemporary

Sergi Florinski was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Suzdal in 1873. A citizen of the Russian Empire, he died in Rakvere in 1918. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1870–1948 · Contemporary

Sergius (or Serge) and Bacchus (Greek: Σέργιος & Βάκχος; Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܤ ܘܒܟܘܤ, romanized: Sargīs wa Bākūs; Arabic: سركيس و باخوس, romanized: Sarkīs wa Bākhūs, also called Arabic: سرجيس و باكوس, romanized: Sarjīs wa Bākūs) were fourth-century Syrian Christian soldiers rev…

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Sergius (or Serge) and Bacchus (Greek: Σέργιος & Βάκχος; Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܤ ܘܒܟܘܤ, romanized: Sargīs wa Bākūs; Arabic: سركيس و باخوس, romanized: Sarkīs wa Bākhūs, also called Arabic: سرجيس و باكوس, romanized: Sarjīs wa Bākūs) were fourth-century Syrian Christian soldiers rev…

1493–1585 · Reformation

The Venerable Sergius of Malofinezj was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in 1493 in the Pinezhsky Uyezd of the Russian State. He lived until 1585.

1322–1392 · Medieval

Sergius of Radonezh (Russian: Сергий Радонежский, romanized: Sergiy Radonezhsky; 14 May 1314 – 25 September 1392) was a Russian spiritual leader and monastic reformer. He was the founder of the Trinity Lavra of St.

1353 · Medieval

Sergius of Valaam (Сергий Валаамский) was a Greek monk and wonderworker credited with bringing Orthodox Christianity to Karelian and Finnish people. Conflicting church traditions place him possibly as early as the 10th century or as late as the 14th.

1871–1922 · Contemporary

Sergius, born Vasily Pavlovich Shein (December 30, 1870, in Kolpna, Tula Governorate – August 13, 1922, in Petrograd), was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church and a holy new martyr. From 1912 to 1917, he served as a deputy to the State Duma.

1892–1942 · Contemporary

Sergey (Sergius) Alexeyevich Mechev (September 30, 1892, Moscow — January 6, 1942, Yaroslavl) was a protopresbyter and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000. He was the son of Saint Alexius Mechev.

1863–1940 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Sevastijan (Sebastian, Serbian Cyrillic: Архимандрит Севастијан, secular name John Dabovich or Jovan Dabović; June 9, 1863 – November 30, 1940) was a Serbian-American monk and missionary who became the first Serbian Orthodox monk naturalized in North America.

456–538 · Medieval

Severus of Antioch (Greek: Σεβῆρος; Syriac: ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ), also known as Severus of Gaza, or the Crown of Syrians (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ, romanized: Tagha d'Suryoye; Arabic: تاج السريان, romanized: Taj al-Suriyan), was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox…

440–475 · Early Church

Shushanik (Armenian: Շուշանիկ; Georgian: შუშანიკი; c. 440 – 475), also known as Shushanika or Vardandukht, was a Christian Armenian woman who was tortured to death by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia.

1866–1938 · Contemporary

Silouan the Athonite (Russian: Силуан Афонский) also sometimes referred to as Silouan of Athos, Saint Silvanus the Athonite or Staretz Silouan (January 17, 1866 – September 24, 1938) was an Eastern Orthodox monk of Russian origin, born Simeon Ivanovich Antonov who was a poet and…

1861–1920 · Contemporary

Silvester Olshevsky was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop born in 1860 in Kosivka, Ukraine, within the Russian Empire. He died in 1920 in Omsk and is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1421 · Medieval

Simeon served as the bishop of Novgorod and archbishop of the Novgorod Republic. He died in 1421 within the Novgorod Eparchy. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

390–459 · Early Church

Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite[n 1] (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdī c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic who achieved notability by living 36 years on top…

534–597 · Medieval

Simeon Stylites the Younger, also known as Simeon of the Admirable Mountain (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ νεώτερος ὁ στυλίτης, Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي الأصغر mār semʻān l-ʻamūdī l-asghar; 521 – 596/597), is a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

1854–1941 · Contemporary

Simeon Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Симеон Поповић; 19 December 1854 – 1 April 1941), sometimes romanized as Symeon Popovich, was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and the first abbot of the Dajbabe Monastery, which he founded.

522–588 · Medieval

Simeon the Holy Fool (Abba Simeon, Saint Simeon Salos or Saint Simeon Salus, Greek: Συμεών (ὁ διὰ τὸν Χριστόν) Σαλός) was a Christian monk, hermit and saint of Byzantine-Syrian origin, who lived in the sixth century AD.

1585–1641 · Reformation

Simon of Volomsk, or Saint Simon of Volomsk (born September 18, 1585, in Volokolamsk; died July 12, 1641, at the Saint Simon of Volomsk Monastery), is an Orthodox martyr saint, commemorated on July 12.

1226 · Medieval

Bishop Simon (died May 22, 1226) was a prelate who was initially a monk at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, later the abbot of the Nativity Monastery in Vladimir, and served as the Bishop of Vladimir from 1215.

1287 · Medieval

Simon the Athonite (died 1287) was an Orthodox monk of the 13th century, later sanctified by the Eastern Orthodox Church as Saint Simon the Myroblyte. His feast day is 28 December.

1689–1787 · Modern

Schemarchimandrite Synesius (Ivanov) (1689, Priluki — May 10 [21], 1787) was a schemarchimandrite of the Ascension Monastery in Irkutsk and a venerable saint of the Russian Church.

1844–1915 · Contemporary

Schemarchimandrite Gabriel (secular name Gabriel Fyodorovich Zyryanov; March 14 (26), 1844, Frolovo village, Irbit Uyezd, Perm Governorate — September 24, 1915, Kazan) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1828–1921 · Contemporary

Venerable Sofrony Smirnov was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Moscow in 1828. A citizen of the Russian Empire, he lived until 1921.

1735–1784 · Modern

Solomon I the Great (Georgian: სოლომონ I დიდი) (1735 – April 23, 1784) was a king (mepe) of Imereti from 1752 to 1765 and again from 1767 until his death in 1784.

1490–1542 · Reformation

Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova (Russian: Соломония Юрьевна Сабурова; c. 1490 – 18 December 1542) was the grand princess of Moscow as the wife of Vasili III of Russia. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Sofia of Suzdal.

1845–1888 · Modern

Sophia most commonly refers to: Sophia or SOPHIA may also refer to:

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Saint Sophie was born in Aenus and is a figure within Eastern Orthodoxy. She is recognized as a saint.

1703–1771 · Modern

Sophronius has been the name of several notable individuals: