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1020–1052 · Medieval

Vladimir Yaroslavich (Russian: Владимир Ярославич; Old Norse: Valdamarr Jarizleifsson; 1020 – October 4, 1052) was Prince of Novgorod from 1036 until his death in 1052.

1882–1918 · Contemporary

Vyacheslav Georgiyevich Lukanin (March 4, 1882, Perm — August 3, 1918, Nevyansk) was a deacon of the Perm and Yekaterinburg dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church.

772–836 · Medieval · Benedictines

Wala (c. 755 – 31 August 836) was a son of Bernard, son of Charles Martel, and one of the principal advisers of his cousin Charlemagne, of Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious, and of Louis's son Lothair I.

1728–1803 · Modern

Varlaam, born Vasily Petrovich Shaposhnikov (secular name Vasily Petrovich Petrov-Lavrovsky; born c. 1729 in Moscow, died December 15/27, 1802, in Tobolsk), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and an Orthodox saint.

1879–1941 · Contemporary

Vassian, born Vladimir Vasilyevich Pyatnitsky (26 February/10 March 1879 in Moscow – 9 January 1941 in the Komi Autonomous Republic or 27 December 1938 in Sverdlovsk), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a holy new martyr.

1250–1312 · Medieval

Xenia of Tarusa (Russian: Ксения Тарусская) (c. 1246 – 1312), also known as Kseniya Yurievna (Russian: Ксения Юрьевна), (also Ksenia) was a Princess consort of Tver and Grand Princess consort of Vladimir from 1267 to 1271.

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.

978–1054 · Medieval

Yaroslav I Vladimirovich (c. 978 – 20 February 1054), better known as Yaroslav the Wise, was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death in 1054.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Andreyevna Arskaya (born April 1, 1875, in Saint Petersburg; died December 17, 1937, in Novgorod) was a Russian Orthodox saint and new martyr. She came from a merchant family.

1887–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Grigoryevna Konstantinova (November 11 [23], 1887 – March 20, 1938) was a novice at the Moscow Convent of the Sorrowful Mother of God. She is venerated as a venerable martyr in the Russian Orthodox Church.

1188–1238 · Medieval

Yuri II (Russian: Ю́рий–II, also transcribed as Iuri), also known as George II of Vladimir, or Georgy II Vsevolodovich (26 November 1188 – 4 March 1238), was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir (1212–1216, 1218–1238) who presided over the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal at the ti…

1865–1937 · Contemporary

Zechariah was a Jewish priest mentioned in the New Testament and as a prophet in Quran, and venerated in Christianity and Islam. In the Bible, he is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:67–79), and the husband of Elizabeth wh…

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.

50 · Early Church

Zenaida, Zenaide (Italian), Zénaïde (French), or Zinaida (Russian: Зинаида), from Greek: Ζηναΐς meaning "dedicated to Zeus". It is a personal name used in many cultures for women. It can also refer (as genus Zenaida) to the Zenaida doves, named after Princess Zénaïde Bonaparte.

1896–1985 · Contemporary

Zinobi was an Eastern Orthodox priest and metropolitan who was born in Hlukhiv in 1896 and died in Tbilisi in 1985. A citizen of the Russian Empire, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union, he served as a religious leader and prelate. He is buried at the Alexander Nevsky Church in Tbilisi.

1750–1795 · Modern

Saint Zlata of Meglen (Macedonian: Света Великомаченичка Злата Мегленска, Bulgarian: Света Великомъченица Злата Мъгленска, Greek: Ἁγία Χρυσή; died October 18, 1795) is an 18th-century Eastern Orthodox saint and new martyr.

1585–1612 · Reformation

Zofia Radziwiłł (née Olelkowicz), also Zofia of Słuck (Lithuanian: Sofija Olelkaitė-Radvilienė; Polish: Zofia Olelkowiczówna, 1 May 1585 – 19 March 1612) is a Polish-Lithuanian Orthodox Christian saint.

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.

1550–1610 · Reformation

Ioasaf of Borovsk (died July 5, 1610) was a Russian clergyman and archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (1605–1610). He was the inspiration behind the sixteen-month defense of the Trinity Lavra against Polish-Lithuanian invaders. He died during the siege of the St.

1911–1941 · Contemporary

Georgije Bogić was a Serbian Orthodox protopresbyter and the parish priest of the Orthodox church in Našice; who was martyred by the Ustaše during the Second World War, for which he was canonized as Saint George of Slavonia (Serbian: Георгије Славонски, romanized: Georgije Slavon…

1462–1516 · Reformation

Đorđe Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Бранковић; anglicized as George; also known as Saint Maksim; 1461–1516) was the last male member of the Branković dynasty, and titular Despot of Serbia from 1486 to 1497. The title was granted to him by Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus.