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The following list includes people canonised as saints by the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' saints from the 9th century until the 15th century, when the 15th–16th century Moscow–Constantinople schism occurred. Most of these are Russians in the most different sense[clarification needed], while others are essential and important[according to whom?] people in Russian history. The period in which the saint was canonized is listed in the Number (#) column. The Portrait column typically illustrates the saint on icons or frescos, next to it are the name of the saint and his title, repeated just below in Russian. The following column describes in abbreviated form the saint's life and legacy. Name dates are listed in both old and new style dates, following a more precise date description. The Canonization column may list both local and church-wide canonizations; a question mark means an unknown date, but definite canonization, and a simple date without the type of canonization in brackets means a doubtful type of canonization.
Apostle Andrew preached in the Eastern lands (Caucasus, Eastern Europe) to Scythians and Slavs. Legend has it that Apostle Andrew raised a cross where the city of Kiev would one day be; patron saint of Russia and its Navy[2]
30 November 13 December 27th Week after Pentecost Седмица 27-я по Пятидесятнице
Ephraim and Basilius were sent to Chersonesos to spread Christianity; Ephraim was beheaded by Scythian pagans; Basilius resumed enlightening people, but was expelled and cloistered himself into a cave, when once he made alive a person with blessed water and the people there took baptism; he was stoned to death by Jews
Eugenius, Elpidius and Agaphodorus were episcopes in the Dardanelles, who moved to Chersonesus, but were martyred the same way as Basilius; Epherius moved to Chersonesus, and
living in peace under Constantine's rule, built a church there
Capiton was sent by Constantine to help Epherius, but on the way to Constantinople his ship was eventually looted and he was drowned by pagans
7 March 20 March 3rd Week of the Great Lent Седмица 3-я Великого поста
11 May 24 May 5th Week after Pascha Седмица 5-я по Пасхе
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Equal-to-apostles, Great Princess Olga, baptized Elena (☦ 969) Равноапостольная великая княгиня Ольга, во святом крещении Елена
The first woman ruler of Rus' (regent); the first Christian among the Russian rulers; while she could not baptize her country, her grandson Vladimir resumed her Christianization
11 July 24 July 7th Week after Pentecost Седмица 7-я по Пятидесятнице
First known martyrs on the Rus'; Theodore baptized after raid on Byzantine; after he and his son John were chosen as sacrifices for a pagan ritual by the order of then-pagan Vladimir I, they were brutally murdered by the raving crowd after preaching Christianity
12 July 25 July 7th Week after Pentecost Седмица 7-я по Пятидесятнице
Right-Believingmartyrs Princes Boris and Gleb, baptized Roman and David (☦ 1015) Мученики Благоверные князья Борис и Глеб, во святом крещении Роман и Давид
Children of Vladimir the Great, the first saints canonized in the Rus', the first Russians canonized by the Constantinople Orthodox Church; killed by insidious and power-seeking Sviatopolk
24 July 6 August 9th Week after Pentecost Седмица 9-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Nikon, abbot of the Caves (☦ 1088) Преподобный Никон, Игумен Печерский
Monk and hegumen from the Caves; captured and enslaved by nomads until miraculously released
23 March 5 April 5th Week of the Great Lent Feast of the Annunciation (Sunday of the Akafist) Седмица 5-я Великого поста. Похвала Пресвятой Богородицы (Суббота Акафиста)
Venerable Hilarion, schema-monk of the Caves (11th century) Преподобный Иларион, схимник Печерский
Strict ascetic, associate and student of ven. Theodosius († 1074). Prayed night and day with tears, keeping a strict fast. His contemporaries knew him as a copyist, who toiled both day and night over copying of books in the cell of ven. Theodosius. Hilarion was buried in the Far Caves.
28 August 10 September 14th Week after Pentecost Седмица 14-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable, hieromartyrsKuksha and Pimen the Faster of the Caves (☦ between 1114 and 1123) Преподобные священномученик Кукша и Пимен Постник, Печерские; wondermakers
Hieromonks; Kuksha could cast out demons, reduce rain and dry out lakes, beheaded by Vyatichi pagans; Pimen was a faster, healer
27 August 9 September 14th Week after Pentecost Седмица 14-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Mark the Grave Digger, John and Theophilos the Weepy of the Caves (☦ until 1125) Преподобные Марк Гробокопатель, Иоанн и Феофил Плачливый, иноки Печерского монастыря
Henochs of the Caves
29 December 11 January 31st Week after Pentecost, after Christmas Седмица 31-я по Пятидесятнице, по Рождестве Христовом
Venerable Prince Constantine of Murom (☦ 1129) and his sons Michael and Theodore Благоверный князь Константин и чада его Михаил и Феодор, Муромские чудотворцы
Konstantin and his sons brought Christianity to the pagans of Murom; built churches, opened a faculty for episcopes; Michael was killed by pagans; Theodore survived and helped his father; wondermakers
21 May 3 June 7th Week after Pascha Седмица 7-я по Пасхе
Right-Believing Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev, baptized Theodore (☦ 1132) Благоверный Великий князь Киевский Мстислав I, во Святом Крещении Феодор, Владимирович
15th Grand Prince of Kiev; benevolent, devout, magnanimous
15 April 28 April 2nd Week after Pascha Седмица 2-я по Пасхе
Venerable Nikola the Pietist, Prince of Chernigovsk, wonderworker of the Caves (☦ 1143) Преподобный Никола Святоша, князь Черниговский, Печерский чудотворец
Prince of Chernigov, before baptism Svyatoslav, baptized Panсratius, then took the name Nikola after tonsure to monkhood; healer; known for his benevolence; wondermaker
14 October 27 October 21st Week after Pentecost Седмица 21-я по Пятидесятнице
Right-Believing Grand Prince Rostislav I of Kiev and Smolensk, baptized Michael (☦ 1168) Благоверный великий князь Ростислав (во святом крещении Михаил) Киевский и Смоленский
Prince of Smolensk, Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev; known for his benevolence and unselfishness
14 March 27 March 4th Week of the Great Lent Седмица 4-я Великого поста
At age twelve Predslava took monastic vows and became henochness; opened the Saviour-Euphrosyne Nunnery; owner of the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne; became known both throughout Russia and outside, once Byzantine king Manuel I Komnenos presented her the Icon of the Mother of God of Chersonesus, one of three written by Luke
23 May 5 June 7th Week after Pascha Седмица 7-я по Пасхе
Right-Believing Prince Mstislav Rostislavich the Brave of Novgorod and Smolensk, baptized Georgy (☦ 1180) Благоверный князь Мстислав, во святом крещении Георгий, Храбрый, Новгородский и Смоленский
Prince of Belgorod, Novgorod and Smolensk; known for his devoutness and benevolence, well-doer and enlightener
14 June 27 June 3rd Week after Pentecost Седмица 3-я по Пятидесятнице
VenerableIlia Muromets of the Caves (☦ 1188) Преподобный Илия Муромец, Печерский
Henoch; travellers seeing his relics spotted on his left hand a wound perforated by a spear, and on his right hand a Sign of the Cross; thought to have been the bylina hero Ilya Muromets
19 December 1 January 30th Week after Pentecost Седмица 30-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Gregory the Icon Painter, wonderworker of the Caves (11th–12th century) Преподобный Григорий иконописец, чудотворец Печерский, Сподвижник Преподобного Алипия
Venerable Alfanov brothers: Clement, Cyrill, Nicephorus, Nicetas and Isaac (11th–12th century) Преподобные братья Алфановы: Климент, Кирилл, Никифор, Никита И Исаакии
Posadniks, builders and ktitors of the Sokolnitsky Monastery in Novgorod
4 May 17 May 4th Week after Pascha Седмица 4-я по Пасхе
Enlightener Simon, bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal (☦ 1226) Святитель Симон, епископ Владимирский и Суздальский
Episcope of Vladimir and Suzdal, monk of the Caves, then hegumen and episcope of the Nativity Monastery of Vladimir; chronicler, author of the Kiev Caves Lavra Patericon
10 May 23 May 5th Week after Pascha Седмица 5-я по Пасхе
Right-BelievingPrince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom (☦ 1228) Благоверные князь Петр, в иночестве Давид, и княгиня Феврония, в иночестве Евфросиния, Муромские чудотворцы
Prince and Princess of Murom, tonsured David and Euphrosynia; saintly married couple, an ideal of the family love and fidelity; wondermakers
25 June 8 July 5th Week after Pentecost Седмица 5-я по Пятидесятнице
(1553) (church-wide) 1st half of the 16th century (local)[111]
Princess; founded the John the Baptist Monastery and became first hegumeness; killed by her stepson; a wonder happened when from an icon above her grave scattered myron
16 October 29 October 21st Week after Pentecost Седмица 21-я по Пятидесятнице
Martyrs and confessors, Right-Believing Prince Michael and his boyar Theodore, of Chernigov (☦ 1246) Мученики и исповедники: благоверный князь Михаил и болярин его Феодор, Черниговские чудотворцы
Prince of Chernigov killed by Mongol-Tatars for his adherence to the Christian faith; the same destiny faced his boyar Theodore; wondermakers
20 September 3 October 17th Week after Pentecost Седмица 17-я по Пятидесятнице
before the 1270s (church-wide)[9] 1246 (local)[121]
MonkmartyrEliseus of Lavrishevo (around died 1250) Преподобномученик Елисей Лавришевский
Prince Rimund of Litovsk, baptized Lavr, or Lavrentius, then monk after persecutions by his blood-and-guts pagan father, king Traidenis; founded the Lavrishevsk Monastery
23 October 5 November 22nd Week after Pentecost Седмица 22-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal (☦ 1250) Преподобная Евфросиния Суздальская
Theoduliya was Princess of Chernigov, elder daughter of Miсhael Vsevolodovich; after tonsure took the name Euphrosynia, then hegumeness of the Intercession Monastery, which soon became the leading nunnery in Russia
25 September 8 October 18th Week after Pentecost Седмица 18-я по Пятидесятнице
1st half of the 16th century[125]or (1572–81)[126]
Right-Believing Prince Svyatoslav of Yuryev, baptized Gavriil, and his son Dimitry (☦ 1253) Благоверный князь Святослав, во святом крещении Гавриил, Юрьевский и сын его Димитрий
Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich, Grand Prince of Vladimir, Prince of other principalities, son of Vsevolod Yuryevich
3 February 16 February Sunday of the Prodigal Son Седмица о блудном сыне
Henoch of the Khutyn Monastery, founded by Barlaam; after his death and refused succession after Anthony became third hegumen, then founded the Robeika Monastery
28 June 11 July 5th Week after Pentecost Седмица 5-я по Пятидесятнице
Right-Believing Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky (☦ 1263) Благоверный Великий Князь Александр Невский
Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir; military hero famous for the Battle of Neva and the Battle of the Ice; patron saint; known for his resistance against the Catholic West; the unification with Mongol-Tatars froze war conflicts and Russia was able to build a world power after the step by step conquers; shortly before his death took monastic vows as Aleksy; Metropolitan Cyril III after the service saw his soul being carried by an angel
23 November 6 December 26th Week after Pentecost Седмица 26-я по Пятидесятнице
Right-Believingmartyr Prince Roman Olgovich of Ryazan (☦ 1270) Мученик Благоверный Князь Роман (Ольгович) Рязанский
Prince of Ryazan; tortured by Muslim Mongols after he refused to convert from his "pagan" belief to Islam, Muslims cut out his tongue and slowly other parts, then skinned his head and stuck it on a spear
19 July 1 August 8th Week after Pentecost Седмица 8-я по Пятидесятнице
Enlightener Ignatius, bishop of Rostov (☦ 1288) Святитель Игнатий, епископ Ростовский
In his early years became henoch, then episcope of Rostov; founded the Trinity Monastery in Beloozero and the Boris and Gleb Church in Rostov; enlightened pagan Finnish tribes; conciliated princes
28 May 10 June 1st Week after Pentecost, fast-free week Седмица 1-я по Пятидесятнице, сплошная
1474 (church-wide) (from the 14th century) (local)[9]
EnlightenerBasil of Ryazan (☦ 1295) Святитель Василий, епископ Рязанский
As episcope of Murom he helped people, but after calumny he had to fly to Ryazan, which he arrived by swimming the Oka on his cloak and using his rod as a paddle
3 July 16 July 6th Week after Pentecost Седмица 6-я по Пятидесятнице
VenerableJoasaph of Snetogorsk and Basil of Mirozha, of Pskov (☦ 1299) Память Псковских угодников: преподобных Иоасафа Снетогорского и Василия Мирожского и дружины их
Hegumens who together with 27 henochs, women and children died by fire in the two monasteries, which were set on fire by Germans as a revenge of the unsuccessful raid on Pskov
4 March 17 March 3rd Week of the Great Lent Седмица 3-я Великого поста
Right-Believing Princes Theodore (☦ 1299) and his sons David (☦ 1321) and Constantine (14th century) of Yaroslav Благоверные князья Феодор и чада его Давид и Константин, Ярославские чудотворцы
Prince Theodore Rostislavich the Black of Yaroslav, Mozhaisk and Smolensk was given the poor town Mozhaisk, which he significantly restored; at the time he fought alongside the Khan Mengu-Timur; opened churches on the 36 towns presented by the Khan, after the death of his elder son, Mikhail, Theodore returned to Yaroslav and built churches there, for a time ruled over Smolensk; at the end of his life was monk, and deeply repented his alliance with Mongol invaders
Constantine and David were sons of Theodore and Anna, daughter of the Khan who became his wife after the death of Thedore's previous one; wondermakers
19 September 2 October 17th Week after Pentecost Седмица 17-я по Пятидесятнице
Right-Believing Prince Vladimir and Princess Agrippina of Rzhev (13th century) Благоверный князь Владимир и благоверная княгиня Агриппина, Ржевские чудотворцы
Wondermakers
15 July 28 July 8th Week after Pentecost Седмица 8-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Athanasius and Theodosius of Cherepovets (14th century) Преподобные Афанасий и Феодосий Череповецкие
Athanasius "The Iron Staff" and Theodosius were students of Sergius of Radonezh; settled at the edge of Novgorod, in Cherepovets, where they built the Holy Trinity church and founded the Resurrection Monastery
25 September 8 October 18th Week after Pentecost Седмица 18-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Martha of Pskov (☦ 1300) Преподобная Марфа Псковская
Maria Dmitrievna of Pskov, granddaughter of Alexander Nevsky and daughter of his son Dmitri Aleksandrovich, wife of Daumantas; shortly before her death took the monastic vows at the John the Baptist Nunnery
8 November 21 November 24th Week after Pentecost Седмица 24-я по Пятидесятнице
10th episcope of Vladimir, 27th Metropolitan of Kiev (Moscow cathedra), Metropolitan of all Rus Maximus ruled in a time when weak Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII established a uniate with the Catholics, resulting to conflicts and persecutions of Orthodox; after the death of predecessor Kirill III the residence was moved from Kiev to Vladimir (Suzdal), that town became subsequently capital of Russia
6 December 19 December 28th Week after Pentecost Седмица 28-я по Пятидесятнице
Enlightener Metropolitan Peter of Moscow (☦ 1326) Святитель Петр, митрополит Московский и всея России, чудотворец
11th episcope of Vladimir, 28th Metropolitan of Kiev (Moscow cathedra), Metropolitan of all Rus; stern and talented orator who achieved some privileges for the clergy by the Horde; foresaw the rise of Moscow under Ivan I Kalita; wanted to move the cathedra to Moscow, and so the Dormition Metropolitan Cathedral was built there; wondermaker
21 December 3 January 30th Week after Pentecost. Sunday before Christmas Седмица 30-я по Пятидесятнице. Суббота перед Рождеством Христовым
Venerable Cyrill and Maria, parents of ven. Sergius of Radonezh (☦ around 1337) Преподобные схимонах Кирилл и схимонахиня Мария, родители Преподобного Сергия Радонежского
Schema-monks and parents of Sergius of Radonezh
28 September 11 October 18th Week after Pentecost Седмица 18-я по Пятидесятнице
VenerableAnna of Kashin (☦ around 1337) Преподобная Анна Кашинская
Princess of Tver, her ancestors include the martyrs Mikhail of Chernigov and Vasilko of Rostov, wife of Michael of Tver; was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives, having lost almost all her relatives due to wars with the Golden Horde
2 October 15 October 19th Week after Pentecost Седмица 19-я по Пятидесятнице
Enlightener Moses of Novgorod (☦ 1362) Святитель Моисей, архиепископ Новгородский
12th archbishop of Novgorod, at early age escaped from home and took the monastic vows at the Adolescent Monastery of Tver; after recommendation of his parents moved to Yuriev Monastery of Novgorod; ruled in a difficult period of black plague, Mongol terror and robberies; made benevolencies, founded churches and monasteries, rewrote liturgical books, fought against the heresystrigolniki, enlightened pagan Novgorodians; Patriarch Philotheus I of Constantinople once presented him a cross robe which only he and his exarchates wore, and Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos an ecclesiastical letter missive; cloistered himself at the Resurrection Wooden Monastery, but then had to return; in late years retired at the Nikolo-Skovorodian Monastery
At an early age went to the Antoniev Monastery in Novgorod; then settled into a cave in Kargopol, built a chapel and kellion (chapel cell); preached Christianity to the Chuds, built for them the Epiphany Church and for the henochs a monastery
8 December 21 December 28th Week after Pentecost Седмица 28-я по Пятидесятнице
Student of Sergius; known for his meekness; after becoming hieromonk moved to Kostroma, at the border of the towns Galich and Chukhloma, and opened some monasteries; enlightened baptized, but amoral and superstitious, people; built a kellion after hearing a voice which gave him the Mother of God icon of Galich; founded a skete and then the Dormition Monastery; after rising community, built the Deposition of the Virgin's Girdle Church; founded another two cloisters after searching for a better place to live reclusively, the Synaxis Monastery and the Intercession Monastery
20 July 2 August 8th Week after Pentecost Седмица 8-я по Пятидесятнице
Enlightener Metropolitan Alexius (☦ 1378) Святитель Алексий, митрополит Московский и всея России, чудотворец
4th episcope of Suzdal, 30th Metropolitan of Kiev (Moscow cathedra), Metropolitan of all Rus; boyar Fyodor Byakont after a dream was tonsured at the Epiphany Monastery in Moscow, met there Stephen, elder brother of Sergius of Radonezh; regent during Prince Dmitry Donskoy's minority; spiritual tutor of Dmitry Donskoy and Vladimir the Bold; saved the country from a Tatar raid by miraculous curing of Taydulla, wife of Khan Jani Beg of the Golden Horde; wondermaker
12 February 25 February Cheese-fare Week Седмица cырная (масленица) – сплошная
Venerable Theodoria of Nizhny Novgorod (☦ 1378) Преподобная Феодора, в миру Анастасия (Васса), Нижегородская
Anastasia (Vassa), daughter of a Tverian boyar; since her early years wished to become a nun, so after the death of her rich husband freed serfs, gave her property to the church and the poor, and took the vows at a nunnery in Galich
16 April 29 April 2nd Week after Pascha. Day of Rejoicing. Commemoration of the Departed Седмица 2-я по Пасхе. Радоница. Поминовение усопших
Student of Sergius of Radonezh; recluse on the banks of the Obnora River to whom people came after a visit of a man; moved to Moscow and was given antimension and blessing for the future monastery and church
25 April 8 May 3rd Week after Pascha Седмица 3-я по Пасхе
Jakob Ignatyev took the monastic vows at the Nativity Monastery; became hegumen as Pachomius at the restored Tsar Konstantin Monastery outside Vladimir; then founded a new monastery in Nerekhta, near Kostroma; once during blessing of the water cured a man suffering drinking bout; several wonders happened after his death
15 May 28 May 6th Week after Pascha Седмица 6-я по Пасхе
Enlightener Metropolitan Dionysius I (☦ 1385) Святитель Дионисии, архиепископ Суздальский
Archbishop of Suzdal, 34th Metropolitan of Kiev (Moscow cathedra), Metropolitan of all Rus; in his early years lived in a cave at a high coast of the River Wolga, outside Nizhny Novgorod; later founded the Ascension Monastery; fought against the heretic sect Strigolniki and defeated it in Pskov with the power of his words; after his return from Constantinople was detained by Vladimir Olgerdovich in Kiev, where he died
26 June 9 July 5th Week after Pentecost Седмица 5-я по Пятидесятнице
Right-Believing Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy (☦ 1389) Благоверный Великий Князь Димитрий Донской
Prince of Moscow, Grand Prince of Vladimir; war hero; the first Prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia, famous for the Battle of Kulikovo
19 May 1 June 7th Week after Pascha, Sunday of the Holy Fathers Седмица 7-я по Пасхе, святых отцев I Вселенского Собора
Student of Sergius of Radonezh; cloistered himself into an oak forest, where he built a kellion on the fens, then a monastery, and became hegumen; known for his benevolence
4 June 17 June 2nd Week after Pentecost Седмица 2-я по Пятидесятнице
late 17th century – early 18th century (local)[179]
Venerable Demetrius of Priluki (☦ 1392) Преподобный Димитрий Прилуцкий, Вологодский
Son of a rich merchant, tonsured in his early years at a monastery; companion of Sergius of Radonezh; founded the St. Nicholas Monastery in Pereslavl and the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery in place Priluki (now suburb of Vologda); known for his benevolence
11 February 24 February Cheese-fare Week Седмица cырная (масленица) – сплошная
late 15th century (church-wide) (from 1409) (local)
VenerableSergius of Radonezh, all of Russia wondermaker (☦ 1392) Преподобный Сергий, игумен Радонежский, всея России чудотворец
Bartholomew, son of boyars; patron saint of Russia, spiritual and monastic reformer; became hermit and built the Holy Trinity Church amidst wood in Makovets; ate only prosphora, most of it gave to bears; gradually more henochs came to him, and so the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius was founded, the "Heart of Russia"; blessed Dmitry Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo; made numerous wonders; "Unifier of Russian earth"; one of the most important Russian saints, influenced the political and religious life of Russia; numerous of his later canonized students built hundreds of monasteries and churches[181][182]
25 September 8 October 18th Week after Pentecost Седмица 18-я по Пятидесятнице
Enlightener Jakob of Rostov (☦ 1392) Святитель Иаков, Епископ Ростовский
Episcope of Rostov; known for his erudition and elocution, fought against Marcian's heretic iconoclasm; saved a woman from execution, which resulted him being expelled from Rostov; swam on his mantia a river until the coasts and founded the Conception Church and the Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery
27 November 10 December 27th Week after Pentecost Седмица 27-я по Пятидесятнице
1549 (church-wide) 1st half of the 16th century (local)[47]
Venerable Lazarus and Athanasius of Murmansk (Murom) (14th – 15th centuries) Преподобные Лазарь и Афанасий Мурманские (Муромские)
Lazarus was Greek from Constantinople; student of Athanasius and archbishop Basil; came to Novgorod, after the latter's death moved to Murmansk near Lake Onega; preached Christianity to the pagan Sami; after healing a chieftain's son, people began to convert to Christianity; founded a monastery
8 March 21 March 3rd Week of the Great Lent Седмица 3-я Великого поста
Venerable Cornelis and Abraham of Paleostrov (15th century) Преподобные Корнилий и Авраамий Палеостровские
Cornelis was henoch of the Valaam Monastery; preached Christianity to the pagans by the White Sea; built a church on the island Paley within Lake Onega; in late years hegumen and hermit; Abraham was his student
19 May 1 June 7th Week after Pascha, Sunday of the Holy Fathers Седмица 7-я по Пасхе, святых отцев I Вселенского Собора
Venerable Athanasius (the older) of Vysotsky (☦ around 1401) Преподобный Афанасий (Старший), Игумен Высоцкий
Son of a Novgorodian cleric; student of Sergius of Radonezh; cook of a monastery, then writer; per the recommendation of Vladimir the Brave, founded the Vysotsky Monastery and became hegumen there; when his namesake became his successor, went to the Constantinople Monastery, while resuming work and helping at the Vysotsky Monastery, such as directing henochs to that monastery
12 September 25 September 16th Week after Pentecost Седмица 16-я по Пятидесятнице
Right-Believingmartyrness Juliana of Vyazma, wonderworker of Torzhok (☦ 1406) Мученица благоверная княгиня Иулиания Вяземская, Новоторжская чудотворица
Wife of Simeon, Prince of Vyazemsk; he and Juliana were murdered by Yuri, Prince of Smolensk, during a banquet; after escaping and returning, he repented for his sins; wonders happened near her grave
21 December 3 January 30th Week after Pentecost. Sunday before Christmas Седмица 30-я по Пятидесятнице. Суббота перед Рождеством Христовым
VenerableSabbas of Storozhi (of Zvenigorod) (☦ 1407) Преподобный Савва Сторожевский, или Звенигородский
One of the first students of Sergius of Radonezh; hegumen of the soon-to-be lavra; after persuasion of Prince Yuri of Zvenigorod moved near his town and founded the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery on Mount Storozhy and built a Nativity Church and a kellion; clairvoyanced a well; made several wonders
3 December 16 December 28th Week after Pentecost Седмица 28-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Grand Princess Euphrosyne of Moscow (☦ 1407) Преподобная Евфросиния, в миру Евдокия, Великая Княгиня Московская
Grand Princess Eudoxia of Moscow, tonsured Euphrosyne; after the death of Dmitry Donskoy built in his palace the Ascension Convent; most of her life lived a luxurious, yet ascetic double life, shortly before her death took the monastic vows
17 May 30 May 6th Week after Pascha Седмица 6-я по Пасхе
EnlightenerArsenius of Tver (☦ 1409) Святитель Арсений, епископ Тверской
Episcope of Tver; born to a rich family, after their death gave the estate to the poor, freed his serfs; went to the Kiev Caves; known for his deep silence and his virtue, wondermaking, healing; became archdeacon of Metropolitan Cyprian, then episcope of Tver; founded the Zhyoltikov Monastery
2 March 15 March 2nd Week of the Great Lent. Commemoration of the Departed Седмица 2-я Великого поста. Поминовение усопших
Student of Sergius of Radonezh; was sent to the Vysotsky Monastery in Vysotsky; then moved back to Radonezh and after Sergius' death became hegumen; restored the monastery after Edigu's invasion; laid the first stone of the Trinity Cathedral; invited icon-writers Andrey Rublev and Daniel Chorny
17 November 30 November 25th Week after Pentecost Седмица 25-я по Пятидесятнице
1547 (church-wide) mid-15th – early 16th century (local)[47]
VenerableCyril of Beloozero (☦ 1427) Преподобный Кирилл, игумен Белоезерский (Белозерский)
Kosma; hegumen of Beloozero; went to the Simonov Monastery and took the monastic name Cyril, became cook; for a short time archimandrit and the successor of Theodore, then returned to the Simonov Monastery; founded the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
9 June 22 June 2nd Week after Pentecost. All Russian Saints Day Седмица 2-я по Пятидесятнице, Всех святых в земле Российской просиявших
Venerable Paul of Komel (Obnora) (☦ 1429) Преподобный Павел Комельский или Обнорский
Student of Sergius of Radonezh; took monastic vows at the Nativity Monastery on the Wolga, then moved to the Trinity Monastery; after searching a place for isolation finally stayed by the River Nurma, where he built a kellion; built the Pavlo-Obnorsky Church
10 January 23 January 31st Week after Pentecost Седмица 31-я по Пятидесятнице
1547 (church-wide) 1st half of the 16th century (local)[47]
Venerable Euthymius, enlightener of Karelia, and righteous Anthony and Felix (☦ 1435) Преподобный Евфимий, просветитель Карелии, и праведные Антоний и Феликс, местно чтимые
Euthymius founded the St. Nicholas Monastery; Anthony and Felix were righteous and devout posadniks of Novgorod
18 April 1 May 2nd Week after Pascha Седмица 2-я по Пасхе
Enlighteners Gerasimus (☦ 1441), Pitirim (☦ 1456) and Jonah (☦ 1471) of Perm Святители Герасим, Питирим и Иона, епископы Пермские
3rd, 4th and 5th episcopes of Perm; enlightened wild Mansi people, helped victims of raids; Gerasimus and Pitirim were eventually killed, final peace under Jonah
29 January 11 February Fast-free week Седмица сплошная
Venerable Gregory of the River Pelshma (☦ 1442) Преподобный Григорий Пельшемский
Henoch and pastor; after the death of his parents gave his property to the poor, freed serfs and went to the Nativity Monastery near Lake Galichskoye; ghostly father of Yuri of Zvenigorod; for a short time hegumen of the Saviour Monastery, moved to the woods of Vologda, went to the Sosnovetsky Monastery, where he met Dionysius of the River Glushitsa; founded the Pelshema Monastery by the Pelshma River; tried to conciliate Yuri of Zvenigorod and Vasily II; in very old age cloistered himself by the Pelshma and built kellions; died at age 127
30 September 13 October 19th Week after Pentecost Седмица 19-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Jakob of the Iron Pinery (☦ 1442) Преподобный Иаков Железноборовский
Became monk at Sergius of Radonezh's Monastery; cloistered himself into the Zhelezny Borok (Iron Pinery) forest; founded the John the Baptist Monastery; restored it after Mongol-Tatar raids, helped victims; in late years hegumen; foretold birth of Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow
11 April 24 April Bright Week Светлая седмица – сплошная
Venerable Barnabas of the River Vetluga (of Kostroma) (☦ 1445) Преподобный Варнава Ветлужский (Костромской)
Cleric of Veliky Ustyug and Vologda; became hermit and settled on the coast of the River Vetluga; self-discipline when taking food, ate grass and rarely bread
11 June 24 June 3rd Week after Pentecost Седмица 3-я по Пятидесятнице
VenerableArsenius of Konevets (☦ 1447) Преподобный Арсений Коневецкий (Коневский)
Henoch of the Valaam Monastery; when travelling to the Athon opened a monastery at the North; after storm moved to the Konevets Island, cast out demons and founded the Konevsky Monastery there
12 June 25 June 3rd Week after Pentecost Седмица 3-я по Пятидесятнице
Enlightener Euthymius of Novgorod (☦ 1458) Святитель Евфимий, архиепископ Новгородский
Archbishop of Novgorod; John at early age went to the Vyazhishchsky Monastery and became Euthymius; built churches in Novgorod, helped the poor, enlightened people
11 March 24 March 4th Week of the Great Lent Седмица 4-я Великого поста
Enlightener Metropolitan Jonah of Moscow and all Rus (☦ 1461) Святитель Иона, митрополит Московский и Всея России, Чудотворец
38th and last Metropolitan of Kiev (cathedra based in Moscow), Metropolitan of all Rus; at early age became monk at a monastery at the village Unorozh, near Galich, then moved to the Simonov Monastery, where he became baker; episcope of Ryazan and Murom; during his term the Russian Church became factually autocephalous
31 March 13 April 6th Week of the Palm Week (Palm Sunday, Fig Sunday) Седмица 6-я ваий (цветоносная, Вербное воскресенье)
Enlightener Jonah of Novgorod (☦ 1470) Святитель Иона, архиепископ Новгородский
Archbishop of Novgorod; hegumen of the Otinskaya Monastery; restored the Dmitriev Monastery of Novgorod; prevented assassination of Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow by conspirators; founded and built several churches
5 November 18 November 24th Week after Pentecost Седмица 24-я по Пятидесятнице
Monk of the Kamenny Monastery; hermit by the Kushta River, when meeting Alexander of the Kushta River moved to the coast of the River Syanzhemki; after students came to him founded the Feast of Ascension Monastery
20 January 2 February 32nd Week after Pentecost Седмица 32-я по Пятидесятнице
Parfeny took the monastic vows and became Paphnutius; spiritual son of Nikita of Serpukhov, who was student of Sergius of Radonezh; hegumen of the Intercession Monastery; left to the forest where the Paphnutius of Borovsk Monastery was founded; known for his benevolence
1 May 14 May 4th Week after Pascha Седмица 4-я по Пасхе
Hermit of Belomorye near a chapel; once wanted to be stranded on the Solovetsky Islands, met Zosima of Solovki and built there a kellion, churches and a monastery on the Solovetsky Islands; one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery
30 July 12 August 10th Week after Pentecost Седмица 10-я по Пятидесятнице
VenerableAlexander Osheven (☦ 1479) Преподобный Александр Ошевенский
Monk; known to the world Alexey, took monastic vows at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery; founder and first hegumen of the Alexandro-Oshevensky Monastery
20 April 2 May 2nd Week after Pascha Седмица 2-я по Пасхе
Enlightener Bassian I of Rostov (☦ 1481) Святитель Вассиан I, Архиепископ Ростовский
Archbishop of Rostov and Yaroslav; relative of Joseph Volotsky, favourite student of Paphnutius of Borovsk; henoch of the St. Sergius Trinity Monastery, archmandrite of the Novospassky Monastery; didactive, built churches in Rostov
23 March 5 April 5th Week of the Great Lent. Feast of the Annunciation (Sunday of the Akafist) Седмица 5-я Великого поста. Похвала Пресвятой Богородицы (Суббота Акафиста)
Hegumen, Matthew to the world; took monastic vows at the Nikolayevsky Klobukovsky Monastery; founded the Trinity Kalyazinsky Monastery, named after boyar and future henoch Ivan Kolyaga; built churches
17 March 30 March 4th Week of the Great Lent Седмица 4-я Великого поста
VenerableMartinian of Beloozero (☦ 1483) Преподобный Мартиниан Белоезерский (Белозерский)
Hegumen; took monastic vows at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, follower of Kirill of Belozersk; in late years founded the Bozheozersky Saviour Monastery; once when Vasily II visited the monastery, Martinian blessed him and foresaw his great rule, became his personal priest; became hegumen of the St. Sergius Trinity Monastery
12 January 25 January 31st Week after Pentceost. Sunday after the Holy Manifestation Седмица 31-я по Пятидесятнице. Суббота пo Богоявлении
Enlightener Metropolitan Gerontius of Moscow (☦ 1489) Святитель Геронтий, митрополит Московский
41st Metropolitan of all Rus, 3rd Metropolitan of Moscow; hegumen of the Simonov Monastery and episcope of Kolomensk; helped to build and reconstruct religious buildings, including the Metropolitan House and the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin
28 May 10 June 1st Week after Pentecost, fast-free week Седмица 1-я по Пятидесятнице, сплошная
Venerable Tikhon of Medyn (Kaluga) (☦ 1492) Преподобный Тихон Медынский, или Калужский
Henoch of Moscow; hermit in the area around Medyn, near Kaluga; ate only grass and drank water from a well; several students came to him, including Photius and Gerasim; wondermaker
16 June 29 June 3rd Week after Pentecost Седмица 3-я по Пятидесятнице
Venerable Ephraim of Perekom (☦ 1492) Преподобный Ефрем Перекомский
Ephraim, known to the world Eustathius; became monk at the Kalyazinsky Monastery; took monastic vows at the Savvo-Vishersky Monastery and cloistered himself by the Ilmen Lake, where he founded the Perekamsky Monastery
16 May 29 May 6th Week after Pascha Седмица 6-я по Пасхе
1549 (church-wide)[60] 1st half of the 16th century (local)[47]
Once when hearing a voice by the Yakhroma River and seeing a Dormition of the Mother of God icon on a tree, became monk at the Kiev Caves Monastery; returned and founded the Kosma of Yakhroma Monastery
18 February 3 March 1st Week of the Great Lent Седмица 1-я Великого поста
Blessed John of Ustyug (☦ 1494) Блаженный Иоанн, Христа ради Юродивый, Устюжский Чудотворец
At early age, influenced by his mother and future nun, moved to Veliky Ustyug and stayed near the Dormition church; Fool for Christ, wondermaker; healed Maria, wife of Prince Theodore the Red
29 May 11 June 1st Week after Pentecost, fast-free week Седмица 1-я по Пятидесятнице (сплошная)
Venerable Sabbas of the Lake Krypets (Pskov) (☦ 1495) Преподобный Савва Крыпецкий (Псковский)
Serbian henoch who moved to Russia; became monk at the Snetogorsky Monastery in Pskov, then moved near the Tolva River with assistance of Euphrosyne of Pskov and finally near the Krypets Lake; built the St. John church; healed voivode Yaroslav Vasilyevich Obolensky's wife
28 August 10 September 14th Week after Pentecost Седмица 14-я по Пятидесятнице
Hieromartyr Metropolitan Macarius of Kiev (☦ 1497) Священномученик Макарий, Митрополит Киевский
Metropolitan of Kiev; became archimandrite of the Holy Trinity Monastery of Vilnius; shortly before another one of the seemingly endless Tatar raids stayed in Kiev and ordered the people to secure themselves; they found him near the altar headless
1 May 14 May 4th Week after Pascha Седмица 4-я по Пасхе
^Translation of the relics, by the order of Elizabeth I
^From 12–21 February 1677 Patriarch Joachim ordered to investigate the sainthood of Anna of Kashin, particularly the fact of healing from her relics; her following de-canonization was supported by the 1678–1679 Councils, but services were allowed. Thirteen errors were found in documents like her Lives of Saints, including her supposed ancestry from "glorious boyars". However, local honourings of Anna of Kashin did not stop, and several healings were recorded.
^On 7 November 1908, the Most Holy Synod recovered her church-wide canonization.
^Taisia (Kartsova). Собор Владимирских святых [Synaxis of All Saints of Vladimir]. Церковно-Научный Центр "Православная Энциклопедия" (in Russian). Sedmitza – Church-Scientific Centre "The Orthodox Encyclopedia". Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^Андроник Московский, Спасский [Andronikos of Moscow, Spassky] (in Russian). Православная Энциклопедия (The Orthodox Encyclopedia). Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ abTaisia (Kartsova). Собор Ростово-Ярославских святых [Synaxis of All Saints of Rostov and Yaroslav]. Церковно-Научный Центр "Православная Энциклопедия" (in Russian). Sedmitza – Church-Scientific Centre "The Orthodox Encyclopedia". Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^Taisia (Kartsova). Собор Тверских Святых [Synaxis of All Saints of Tver]. Церковно-Научный Центр "Православная Энциклопедия" (in Russian). Sedmitza – Church-Scientific Centre "The Orthodox Encyclopedia". Retrieved 14 June 2014.
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