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Saint Ignatius (secular name Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Брянчанинов; 1807–1867) is a bishop and theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was born to a ...
Saint Herman of Alaska (c. 1750s – November 15, 1836) was a Russian Orthodox monk and missionary to Alaska, which was then part of Russian America. His gentle approach and ascetic life earned him the ...
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova, Russian: Елизавета Фëдоровна Романова) canonized as St. Elizabeth Romanova (1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German ...
Saint Dimitry of Rostov was a leading opponent of the Caesaropapist reform of the Russian Orthodox church promoted by Feofan Prokopovich. He is representative of the strong Ukrainian influence upon ...
Boris and Gleb were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after the Christianization of the country. According to the two 11th century Lives of Boris and Gleb (ascribed to Nestor the ...
Basil the Blessed is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as yurodivy or "holy fool for Christ". He was born to serfs in December of 1468 or 1469 in Yelokhovo, near Moscow (now in ...
Andrei Rublev (born in the 1360s, died 29 January 1427 or 1430 although 17 October 1428 also commemorated) is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes. In ...
