List of Eastern Orthodox Russian saints

Boris and Gleb,the first saints canonized inKievan Rus'

Thislist of Russiansaintsincludes the saintscanonizedby theRussian Orthodox Churchand the Russian saints canonized byother Eastern Orthodox Churches.

Saints are sorted by their first names.

See also the categoryCategory:Russian saints.

A more complete list of saints:

• List of Russian saints (until 15th century)

Alphabetical list

A

• Abraham and Coprius of Gryazovets(XV century), founders of themonasteryinGryazovets
• Avvakum(XVI century), was theProtopopeof theOld Believer Faith,he was martyred in 1682.
• Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev Caves,12th- and 13th-century monks from theKiev Pechersk Lavra
• Abraham of Bulgaria(d. 1229),Muslim-born convert fromVolga Bulgaria,killed for his conversion,martyr
• Abraham of Galich,hegumen,founder of four monasteries onLake ChukhlomainKostroma Oblast
• Abraham of Mirozha,a 12th-centuryabbotof theMirozhsky MonasteryatPskov
• Abraham of Rostov,founder of the Abraham Epiphany Monastery inRostov
• Abraham of Smolensk,12th-century monk and icon-painter, justified by a miracle and acquitted against the charges leveled against him
• Adrian of Poshekhonye,monk andiconographer,the founder and firsthegumenof theDormition MonasteryinPoshekhonye
• Agapetus of the Kiev Caves,11th-century monk and doctor from theKiev Pechersk Lavra,who healed PrinceVladimir Monomach
• Alexander Hotovitzky,Orthodox missionary in the United States, martyr executed byBolsheviks
• Alexander Nevsky,Prince of NovgorodandGrand Prince of Vladimir,military hero famous for theBattle of Nevaand theBattle of the Ice,patron saintand considered by a poll to bethe greatest personin Russian history
• Alexander Schmorell,martyr, one ofWhite Rosefounders, he was active against Germany'sNazi regime.
• Alexander Svirsky,monk in theValaam Monasteryand the founder ofAlexander-Svirsky Monastery
• Empress Alexandra Feodorovna,the lastTsarina,killed during theRussian Civil Warwith all her family; recentlythe whole family were beatifiedasnew-martyrs.
• Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia,the only son ofNicholas II of Russiaand the brother ofAnastasia’s.
• Alexis of Wilkes-Barre,a missionary in theAmerican Midwestwho converted approximately 20,000Eastern RiteCatholicsto theRussian Orthodox Church
• Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow,Metropolitan of Kiev,Moscow and all Russia,regentduring PrinceDmitry Donskoy's minority, spiritual tutor of Dmitry Donskoy andVladimir the Bold,saved the country from aTatarraid by miraculous curing of Taydulla, wife of KhanJani BegtheGolden Horde
• Alypius of the Caves,11th-century monk from theKiev Pechersk Lavra,one of the firstRussian icon painters
• Ambrose of Optina,staretsof theOptina Monastery,founder of theShamordino Convent
• Ambrosius Gudko,bishop ofSarapulandYelabugabefore theRussian Revolution of 1917
• Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia,the youngest and most famous daughter ofNicholas II of Russia.
• Andrew Rublev,most famous Russianicon-painter,author of theTrinity
• Andronic Nikolsky,archbishop of Perm,hieromartyrkilled during theRussian Revolution of 1917
• Anna of Kashin,medieval princess, wife ofMikhail of Tver,was twicecanonizedas a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives, having lost all her relatives due to wars with theGolden Horde
• Anthony, John, and Eustathios,martyrs executed by paganLithuanian Grand DukeAlgirdas
• Anthony of Kiev,co-founder of theKiev Pechersk Lavra,the firstmonasteryin Russia
• Anthony of Siya,founder of theAntonievo-Siysky Monastery
• Arsenius Matseyevich,archbishopofRostovwho protested against the confiscation of the church's land by EmpressCatherine IIin 1764, was deprived of his office and imprisoned in a fortress until his death
• Artemius of Verkola,16th-centurychild saintwhose body showedno sign of decay
• Athanasius of Brest,martyr killed byCatholicsfor opposition to theUnion of Brestin thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Athanasius Sakharov,bishop of Kovrov, leader ofCatacomb Church,who join to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1945

B

• Barbara Yakovleva,nunandsister of mercyin the convent ofGrand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna,killed by theBolsheviksalong with severalRomanovPrinces
• Barlaam of Chikoy,19th-centurymissionaryinTransbaikal
• Barlaam of Kiev,the firstabbotof theKiev Pechersk Lavra
• Barlaam of Khutyn,founder of theKhutyn MonasteryinNovgorod Republic
• Barsanuphius of Optina,archimandrite,starets ofOptina Pustyn
• Basil the Blessed,fool for Christwho gave his name toSt. Basil's Cathedralon theRed Square(actually the correct name is the Cathedral of the Intercession orPokrovsky Sobor)
• Basil Kalika,14th-century icon-painter andArchbishop of Novgorodwho was elected by thevecheand reinvigorated the office
• Basil of Pavlovsky Posad,mid-19th-century factory worker who turned multipleOld BelieversintoRussian Orthodoxy
• Benjamin of Petrograd,metropolitan ofPetrograd
• Boris and Gleb,children ofVladimir the Great,the first saints canonized inKievan Rus'

C

• Charitina of Lithuania,noblewoman from the paganGrand Duchy of Lithuaniawho became anuninNovgorod
• Constantine of Murom,11th-centuryPrince of Muromwho baptizedMuromianpagans
• Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow,Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russiawho united the churches of theGrand Duchy of MoscowandGrand Duchy of Lithuaniafor a period
• Cyrill of Turov,bishop ofTurov,one of the first and finesttheologiansand writers ofKievan Rus'

D

• Daniel of Moscow,the firstGrand Prince of Moscow,founder of the first Moscow monasteries (Epiphany MonasteryandDanilov Monastery)

  

  Herman of Alaska

• Daumantas of Pskov,ruler ofPskovwho made the city independent fromNovgorod Republic,defender of Russia from theLivonian Order
• Demetrius Donskoy,war hero, the first Prince of Moscow to openly challengeMongolauthority in Russia, famous for theBattle of Kulikovo
• Demetrius of Rostov,a leading opponent of theCaesaropapistreform of theRussian Orthodoxchurch promoted byTheofan ProkopovichandPeter I,major religious writer
• Demetrius of Uglich,son ofIvan the Terrible,mysteriously died or killed, later impersonated by the impostorsFalse Dmitry IandFalse Dmitry IIduring theTime of Troubles

E

• Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna,senior sister of the last Russian EmpressAlexandra Feodorovna,became a prominentnunafter her husband was murdered by revolutionary terrorists, founded theMarfo-Mariinsky Convent
• Ephraim of Pereyaslavl,Metropolitan of Kiev and All-Rus'in the late 11th century
• Epiphanius the Wise,a monk fromRostov,disciple ofSaint Sergius of Radonezh,hagiographerofSaint SergiusandSaint Stephen of Perm
• Eudoxia of Moscow,wife ofDmitry Donskoy,healer, founded theAscension Monasteryand the Church of theNativity of the Theotokos,the oldest surviving building in Moscow
• Euphrosyne of Polatsk,granddaughter of aprince of Polotsk,Vseslav,owner ofCross of Saint Euphrosyne
• Euphrosynus of Pskov,15th-century monk from Snetogorsky Monastery who founded amonasticcommunity nearPskov
• Euthymius II of Novgorod,Archbishop of Novgorodin the 15th century, major patron of arts

F

• Feodor Kuzmich,staretswho according to a legend was in factAlexander I of Russiawho faked his death to become a hermit
• Fyodor Ushakov,the most illustrious Russianadmiralof the 18th century, did not lose a single ship in 43 battles

G

• Gabriel of Belostok,17th-centurychild saint
• Gennadius of Novgorod,compiled the first complete codex of theBibleinSlavic,theGennady Bible
• German of Kazan and Svyazhsk,was secondbishopofKazan

H

• Herman of Alaska,one of the firstEastern Orthodoxmissionaries to theNew World,patron saintof the Americas
• Herman of Solovki,one of the founders of theSolovetsky Monastery
• Herman of Valaam,preached Christianity toKareliansandFinns,co-founder of theValaam Monastery
• Hermogenes Dolganyov,hieromartyr,Bishop ofTobolskandSiberia,killed during theRussian Revolution
• Hilarion of Kiev,the first non-GreekMetropolitanofKiev,the author of theSermon on Law and Grace,one of the earliestSlavonictexts known
• Hilarion Troitsky, archbishop ofVereya,one of the greatest Russian theologians of the early 20th century

I

• Igor II of Kiev,Grand Prince of Kievturned monk, martyr
• Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia,a member of theRomanov family,killed byBolsheviks
• Ilia Muromets,a medieval warrior, and in later life a monk ofKiev Pechersk Lavra.
• Ignatius Bryanchaninov,bishop ofCaucassus,major 19th-century spiritual writer
• Innocent of Alaska,a missionary toAlaskaandMetropolitan of Moscow.
• Innocent of Irkutsk,a missionary toSiberiaand the first bishop ofIrkutsk
• Ioakim Korsunianin,the first bishop ofNovgorod the Greatand builder of the original woodenSaint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
• Irenarch of Rostov,a 16th-centuryhermitofRostov,mysticandvisionary,a companion ofJohn the Hairy
• Isaiah of Rostov,11th-century missionary, the second bishop ofRostov

J

John of Kronstadt

• Jacob Netsvetov,a Russian native of theAleutian Islandswho became a priest and missionary amongAlaskanpeoples
• Joasaph of Belgorod,an 18th-century bishop ofBelgorod,canonized in 1911 for the miraculous cures attributed to his relics
• Job of Maniava,defender ofRussian OrthodoxyinUkraine,the founder ofManyava Skete

• Job of Pochayiv,defender ofRussian Orthodoxyin Ukraine, a prominenthegumenand builder ofPochayiv Lavra
• John the Hairy,16th-centuryyurodivy(fool-for-Christ), a companion ofIrenarchofRostov
• John Kochurov,early 20th-century Orthodox missionary to the United States, laterhieromartyrkilled byBolsheviksduring theOctober Revolution
• John of Kronstadt,patron saintofSt Petersburg,mystic and religious writer
• John of Moscow,fool-for-Christandwonderworkerof Moscow during the reign ofBoris Godunov
• John of Novgorod,highly venerated 12th-centuryArchbishop of Novgorod
• John of Pskov,a hermit living inPskovat the turn of the 16th to 17th century
• John the Russian,one of the most renowned saints in theGreek Orthodox Church,18th-century Russian prisoner of war in theOttoman Empire,wonderworkerrespected even byMuslims
• John of Shanghai and San Francisco,wonderworker, archbishop and most known missionary ofRussian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

  

  Nicholas of Japan

• John of Tobolsk,founder of Chernigov Collegium, missionary inSiberiaandmetropolitan bishopofTobolsk
• Jonah of Manchuria,diocesanbishop of theRussian Orthodox Church Outside Russiawho served in Northern China in the years immediately following theBolshevik Revolution
• Jonah of Moscow,the first independentMetropolitan of Moscow and all Russiaappointed without the approval of thePatriarch of Constantinople
• Joseph Volotsky,prominentcaesaropapistideologist,founder ofJoseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
• Juliana of Lazarevo,16th-century saint, famous for helping poor and needy people, a hero of the book written by her son
• Juvenaly of Alaska,ProtomartyrofAmerica,a member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries to Alaska killed byYupiknatives

K

• Kirill of Beloozero,founder ofKirillo-Belozersky Monastery
• Kuksha of the Kiev Caves,a 12th-century monk and martyr from theKiev Pechersk Lavra,killed while spreading Christianity among paganVyatichi
• Kuksha of Odessa,20th-century saint in theSoviet Union

L

• Luke Wojno-Jasieniecki,archbishop ofCrimea,outstandingsurgeon,the founder ofpurulentsurgery, spiritual writer
• Luke Zhidiata,the first Russian-born bishop of the Russian church (all previous ones had been Greek)

M

• Macarius of Unzha,founder of several monasteries, including theMakaryev Monastery
• Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia,the third daughter ofNicholas II of Russiaand the third oldest ofAnastasia’ssisters.
• Maria Skobtsova,noblewoman, poet,nun,and member of theFrench ResistanceduringWorld War II(canonized by theEcumenical Patriarchate)
• Mark of the Caves,a famous cave-digger in theKiev Pechersk Monastery
• Maxim Sandovich,protomartyrof theLemkopeople, an Orthodox priest was executed by theAustro-Hungarian Empireas arussophile
• Maximus the Greek,16th-century scholar,humanistand translator
• Michael of Chernigov,powerfulKievanprince killed byMongol-Tatarsfor his adherence to the Christian faith
• Michael of Kiev,first metropolitan of Kiev afterBaptism of Rus
• Michael of Klop,15th-century fool-for-Christ and wonderworker
• Michael of Tver,Grand Prince of Vladimir

  

  Seraphim of Sarov

  killed byMongol-Tatars
• Mitrophan of Voronezhwas the first bishop ofVoronezh
• Moses the Hungarian,11th-century monk in theKiev Cave Monastery,who spent 7 years as Polish prisoner after the1018 Kiev Expedition
• Matrona of Anemnyasevo, 20th-century saint
• Matrona of Moscow,20th-century saint, which claims that, from early childhood, she had the gift of prophecy, spiritual vision, and healing

N

• Nicetas of Novgorod,an 11th-century monk from theKiev Pechersk Lavrawho becamewonderworkerand bishop ofNovgorod
• Nicetas Stylites,12th-century hermit and healer who bound himself in chains and enclosed himself within a pillar, thus the title 'stylites'
• Nicholas Salos of Pskov,16th-centuryfool-for-Christwho reprimandedTsarIvan the Terribleand saved the city ofPskovfrom Tsar's atrocity
• Nestor the Chronicler,author of thePrimary Chronicle(the earliestEast Slavicchronicle) and severalhagiographies
• Nicholas II of Russia,the last Russian Emperor, killed during theRussian Civil Warwith all his family; recentlythe whole family were beatifiedasnew-martyrs
• Nicholas of Japan,archbishop and translator, who introduced theEastern OrthodoxChurch to Japan
• Nikon the Dry,11th-century monk from theKiev Pechersk Lavra,captured and enslaved bynomadsand released by miracle
• Nilus of Sora,founder ofNon-possessorsmovement

O

• Olga of Kiev,the first woman ruler of Rus' (regent), the first Christian among the Russian rulers
• Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia,the eldest daughter ofNicholas II of Russiaand the oldest ofAnastasia’ssisters.

P

• Paisius Velichkovsky,18th-century monk and theologian who helped spreadstaretsdomor the concept of the spiritual elder to the Slavic world.
• Paisius Yaroslavov,15th-century monk,staretsand the author of theTake of theKamenny Monastery
• Paul of Taganrog,19th-centurypilgrimandwonderworker
• Peter the Aleut,19th-centurymartyrinRussian America,allegedly a baptized native of theKodiak Island(one of theAleutian Islands), killed by Spanish Catholics (canonized byOCA)
• Peter and Fevronia,12th-century Prince and Princess consort ofMurom,Holy Couple andwonderworkersan ideal of the family love and fidelity
• Peter Mogila,17th-centuryMetropolitanofKiev,theologician, educator and printer
• Peter Polyansky,Metropolitan ofKrutitsy,locum tenensof Russian Orthodox Church
• Procopius of Ustyug,13th-centuryfool for Christandmiracle worker

R

• Raphael of Brooklyn,bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in America and founder of the main cathedral of theAntiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

S

• Sabbas of Storozhi,founder ofSavvino-Storozhevsky Monastery
• Sabbatius of Solovki,co-founder of theSolovetsky Monastery

  

  Sergius of Radonezh

• Seraphim of Sarov,mystic andpatron saintof Russia, the greatest of the 19th-centurystartsy
• Serapion of Novgorod,Archbishop of Novgorodin the 16th century, known for his conflict withJoseph Volotsky
• Sergius of Radonezh,patron saintof Russia, spiritual and monastic reformer, founder of theTrinity Lavra of St. Sergius,blessedDmitry Donskoyfor theBattle of Kulikovo
• Sergius of Valaam,brought Christianity toKareliansandFinns,co-founder of theValaam Monastery
• Silouan the Athonite,Russian-born Atos monk, called: "the most authentic monk of the twentieth century” byThomas Merton
• Simon Shleyovhieromartyr,bishop ofOkhta,theologisian and the most notable apologist ofedinoveriein the early 20th century
• Sophia of Suzdal,the first wife ofGrand Prince of MoscowVasily III
• Stephan of Perm,14th-century missionary, credited with the conversion of theKomi Permyaksto Christianity and the invention ofOld Permic script
• Sylvester of the River Obnora,15th-century hermit who lived on the banks of theObnora River

T

• Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia,the second daughter ofNicholas II of Russiaand the second oldest ofAnastasia’ssisters.
• Theodore the Black,13th-century Prince ofYaroslavl,SmolenskandMozhaysk,who ended his life as a monk and deeply repented his alliance withMongolinvaders
• Theodore the Varangian and his son John,the first known martyrs inRus'
• Theodosius of Kiev,co-founder of theKiev Pechersk Lavra,the firstmonasteryin Russia
• Theophan the Recluse,major 19th-century theologian who played an important role in translating thePhilokaliafromChurch Slavonicinto Russian
• Therapont of White Lake,founder ofFerapontov Monastery
• Tikhon of Kaluga,founder of the Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery inKaluga
• Tikhon of Moscow,Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, notable missionary, fighter against the so-calledLiving Church,first saint of the 20th century, who canonized of Russian Orthodox Church
• Tikhon of Zadonsk,bishop and spiritual writer, the most important 18th-century religious educator in Russia
• Tryphon of Pechenga,founder of thePechenga Monasteryon theKola Peninsula

V

• Vladimir I of Kiev"the Great",Kievan Prince who turned from pagan to saint and enacted theChristianization of Kievan Rus'
• Vsevolod of Pskov,medieval Prince and apatron saintofPskov

X

• Xenia of Saint Petersburg,fool for Christ,patron saintofSt Petersburgwho gave all her possessions to the poor and wandered for 45 years around the streets
• Xenophon of Robeika,13th-century monk, hermit andhegumenof theKhutyn Monastery

Y

• Yegor Chekryakovsky,priest and astarets,spiritual heir ofSaint Ambrose of Optina
• Yuri II of Vladimir,Grand Prince of Vladimirduring theMongol invasion of Rus',died in theBattle of the Sit River

Z

• Zosima of Solovki,one of the founders of theSolovetsky Monastery

See also

• List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow
• List of saints
• List of American Eastern Orthodox saints
• List of saints of the Canary Islands