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This list of saints in the Russian Orthodox Church includes only people canonized as saints by the Russian Orthodox Church, or the preceding Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus'. Saints are sorted by their first names. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow canonised a total of 39 saints at two Church councils held in 1547 and 1549, and later added 8 more.
Седмица 1-я по Пятидесятнице (сплошная) 1547 (church-wide) 1st half of the 16th century (local) [47] [39] 3. Venerable Alexander of the River Kushta (☦ 1439) Преподобный Александр, игумен Куштский. Hegumen of the Kamenny Monastery; eventually cloistered himself by the Kushta River.
Icon depicting the Synaxis of All Saints. This is a partial list of canonised saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a saint is defined as anyone who is in heaven, whether recognised here on earth, or not. By this definition, Adam and Eve, Moses, the various prophets, and archangels are all given the title of ...
Ambrose of Optina. Amphilochius of Pochayiv. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Andronik Nikolsky. Anna of Kashin. Anthony and Theodosius. Anthony of Rome. Anthony, John, and Eustathius. Anthony of Siya.
Pages in category "Russian saints". The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. List of Russian saints (until 15th century)
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha (Easter), is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it in importance, there is a group of Twelve Great Feasts (Greek: Δωδεκάορτον). Together with Pascha, these are the most ...
The Feast of All Saints of Russia, [1] also known as The Feast Day of All Russian Saints[2] Resplendent in the Russian land (Russian: Собор всех святых, в земле Русской просиявших), is a day of remembrance celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church on the second Sunday after Pentecost. It is dedicated to all ...
17 July [O.S. 4 July] The canonization of the Romanovs (also called "glorification" in the Russian Orthodox Church) was the elevation to sainthood of the last imperial family of Russia – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei – by the Russian Orthodox Church.