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1882–1937 · Contemporary

Saint Innocenty was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1882 in Biysk. He died in the Soviet Union in 1937 and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Innokentiy (Russian: Иннокентий), also transliterated as Innokenti or Innokenty is a Russian given name, a variant of Innocent. Diminutives: Innokesha, Kesha. Notable people with the name include:

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.

1864–1918 · Contemporary

Ivan Ivanovich Vostorgov also known as John Vostorgov (January 20 [ February 1 ], 1864, Kavkazskaya  – September 5, 1918 or August 28, 1918, Moscow) – priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, archpriest.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Ioanniky (born Ivan Alexeyevich Dmitriev in 1875 in the village of Redkie Dvory, Moscow Governorate; died November 23, 1937, in Tula Oblast) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church who was canonized in August 2000.

1705–1754 · Modern

Joasaph of Belgorod (Russian: Иоасаф Белгородский, Ukrainian: Йоаса́ф Бєлгородський, secular name Ioakim Andreyevich Gorlenko, Russian: Иоаким Андреевич Горленко; 8 (19) September 1705 – 10 (21) December 1754) was an 18th-century Russian Orthodox hierarch, bishop of Belgorod from…

1869–1937 · Contemporary

Iona is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island.

1770 · Modern

Catholicos-Patriarch Joseph (Georgian: კათოლიკოს-პატრიარქი იოსები, born Jandieri or Jandierishvili; died October 17 (28), 1770) was a bishop of the Georgian Orthodox Church and Catholicos-Patriarch of Eastern Georgia.

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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.

300–304 · Early Church

Saint Irenaeus of Sirmium (died 304 AD) was an Illyrian bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia, which is now Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. He was bishop during the reign of Diocletian. Irenaeus refused to offer pagan sacrifices, even at the behest of his family.

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.

640–700 · Medieval

Isḥaq of Nineveh (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanized: mār isḥāq d-ninwē; Arabic: إسحاق النينوي Ishaq an-Naynuwī; c. 613 – c. 700), also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian (Ancient Greek: Ἰσαὰκ ὁ Σύρος), Isaac of Nineveh, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-ce…

1050–1090 · Medieval

Isaiah of Rostov (fl. 1062 – died 1089 or 1090) was a Russian Christian missionary and bishop. His feast day in the Russian Orthodox Church is celebrated on May 15. Isaiah was born near Kiev. He was tonsured at Kiev Pechersk Lavra, and became abbot of Saint Dmitry's Monastery.

1569 · Reformation

Uliana Paletskaya (died 1569), was a Princess of Russia by marriage to Yuri of Uglich. She was the daughter of Dmitry Paletsky. She married Yuri in 1547. They had a son. She was forced to become a nun when she was widowed, by her brother-in-law the czar.

1304–1341 · Medieval

Ivan I Danilovich Kalita (Russian: Иван I Данилович Калита, lit. 'money bag'; c. 1288 – 31 March 1340) was Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1331 until his death in 1340.

1872–1918 · Contemporary

Ivan Mikhailovich Kharitonov (Russian: Иван Михайлович Харитонов; 14 June 1870 – 17 July 1918) was the Head Cook at the court of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

1880–1938 · Contemporary

Ivan Kononenko was born in 1880 in Solokhi and held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. An Eastern Orthodox figure, he died in 1938 in Kharkiv. He is recognized as a saint.

1867–1938 · Contemporary

Ivan Popov is the name of:

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Ivan Georgievich Skadovsky (Ioann Skadovsky, May 30, 1874, Kherson — November 23, 1937, Turtkul) was a Russian Orthodox priest. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

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.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

Jacob, later given the name Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca.

505–578 · Medieval

Jacob Baradaeus , also known as Jacob bar Addai or Jacob bar Theophilus, was the Bishop of Edessa from 543/544 until his death in 578. He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Churches and his feast day is 31 July.

451–521 · Medieval

Jacob of Serugh , also called Jacob of Sarug or Mar Jacob (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Mār Yaʿquḇ), was one of the foremost poets and theologians of the Syriac Christian tradition, second only to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai.

1392 · Medieval

Saint James of Rostov was an Eastern Orthodox bishop and priest. He died in 1392 at the Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery and is recognized as a prelate.

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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.

901–1030 · Medieval

Joachim of Korsun (Russian: Иоаким Корсунянин) was the first bishop of Novgorod the Great (r. ca. 989 – 1030). His surname suggests he probably came from the Byzantine town of Cherson (Korsun) on the Crimean Peninsula and, according to the chronicles, arrived in Kievan Rus' aroun…

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John of Thessalonica (in Latin, Joannes) was Archbishop of Thessalonica in the 7th century. He was an important defender of the Orthodox faith against 7th-century Monothelitism.

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.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Joasaph was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1874 in Lynovytsia. He died in 1937 in Kursk and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1886–1937 · Contemporary

Born in 1886 in Ufa, Joazaf served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop. He died in 1937 in Kazan and is recognized as a hieromartyr. He held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

1560–1631 · Reformation

Job Boretsky (Ukrainian: Йов, secular name Ivan Matfeyevich Boretsky, Polish: Iwan Borecki, died 2 March 1631) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1620 to 1631.

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.

1192–1254 · Medieval

John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γ´ Δούκας Βατάτζης, romanized: Iōánnēs Doúkās Vatatzēs; c. 1192 – 3 November 1254), was Emperor of Nicaea from 1221 to 1254. He was succeeded by his son, known as Theodore II Doukas Laskaris.

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Saint John Kalliergus was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in Agios Ioannis. He died in Cyprus and is recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1871–1917 · Contemporary

Ivan Alexandrovich Kochurov (Russian: Иван Александрович Кочуров; Russian: Иоанн Кочуров) (13 July 1871 (Ryazan, Russia) – 31 October 1917 (Tsarskoye Selo, Russia)), better known as John Kochurov, was a Russian priest of the Russian Orthodox Church who was martyred during the Oct…

1280–1360 · Medieval

John Koukouzeles Papadopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Κουκουζέλης Παπαδόπουλος, romanized: Ioannis Koukouzeles Papadopoulos) was a Byzantine composer, singer and reformer of Byzantine chant. He was recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church after his death.

1000–1070 · Medieval

John Mauropous (Greek: Ἰωάννης Μαυρόπους, Iōánnēs Maurópous, lit. "John Blackfoot") was an Eastern Roman poet, hymnographer, and author of letters and orations, who lived in the 11th century. John Mauropous was born in Paphlagonia around 1000.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

John Nikolsky was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in 1878 in Bezhetsky Uyezd. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in 1937. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

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.

675 · Medieval

John V of Constantinople (Greek: Ἰωάννης; died August 675) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 669 to 675. He had ecumenically been proceeded by Thomas II of Constantinople.

791 · Medieval

John of Gothia (Greek: ᾿Ιωάννης ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Γοτθίας, Iōánnēs epískopos tēs Gotthiás; died c. 791 AD) was a Crimean Gothic metropolitan bishop of Doros, and rebel leader who overthrew and briefly expelled the Khazars from Gothia in 787.

1829–1909 · Contemporary

John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff (pre-reform Russian: Іоаннъ Кронштадтскій; post-reform Russian: Иоанн Кронштадтский; 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1829 – 2 January 1909 [O.S.

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.

876–946 · Medieval

Saint John of Rila, also known as Ivan Rilski (Bulgarian: Свети преподобни Иван Рилски Чудотворец, romanized: Sveti prepodobni Ivan Rilski Chudotvorets, lit. 'Saint John of Rila the Wondermaker'; c. 876 – 18 August 946), was the first Bulgarian hermit.