Boris and Gleb , the first saints canonized inKievan Rus' Thislist of saints in the Russian Orthodox Church includes only peoplecanonized assaints by theRussian Orthodox Church , or the precedingMetropolis of Kiev and all Rus' . The 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 eight more.[ 1]
Abraham and Coprius of Gryazovets (XV century), founders of themonastery inGryazovets Abraham the Laborious , 12th- and 13th-century monks from theKiev Pechersk Lavra Abraham of Bulgaria (d. 1229),Muslim -born convert fromVolga Bulgaria , killed for his conversion,[citation needed martyr Abraham of Galich ,hegumen , founder of four monasteries onLake Chukhloma inKostroma Oblast Abraham of Mirozha , a 12th-centuryabbot of theMirozhsky Monastery atPskov Abraham of Rostov , founder of the Abraham Epiphany Monastery inRostov Abraham of Smolensk , 12th-century monk and icon-painter, justified by a miracle[citation needed and acquitted against the charges leveled against himAdrian of Poshekhonye , monk andiconographer , the founder and firsthegumen of theDormition Monastery inPoshekhonye Agapetus of the Kiev Caves , 11th-century monk and doctor from theKiev Pechersk Lavra , who healed[citation needed PrinceVladimir Monomach Alexander Hotovitzky , Orthodox missionary in the United States, martyr executed byBolsheviks Alexander Nevsky ,Prince of Novgorod andGrand Prince of Vladimir , known for his command during theBattle of the Neva and theBattle of the Ice ,patron saint and considered by a poll[citation needed to bethe greatest person in Russian historyAlexander Schmorell , martyr, one ofWhite Rose founders, he was active against Germany'sNazi regime .[ 2] Alexander Svirsky , monk in theValaam Monastery and the founder ofAlexander-Svirsky Monastery Empress Alexandra Feodorovna , the lastTsarina , killed during theRussian Civil War with all her family; recently[when? the whole family were beatified asnew-martyrs .Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia , the only son ofNicholas II of Russia and the last Tsarevich of Russia.[ 3] Alexis of Wilkes-Barre , a missionary in theAmerican Midwest who converted approximately 20,000[citation needed Eastern Rite Catholics to theRussian Orthodox Church Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (1354–1378),[ 4] de facto regent of Moscow during PrinceDmitry Donskoy 's minority[ 4] Alypius of the Caves , 11th-century monk from theKiev Pechersk Lavra , one of the firstRussian icon painters Ambrose of Optina ,starets of theOptina Monastery , founder of theShamordino Convent Ambrosius Gudko , bishop ofSarapul andYelabuga before theRussian Revolution of 1917 Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia , the youngest daughter ofNicholas II of Russia .Andrew Rublev , most famous[citation needed Russianicon-painter , author of theTrinity Andronic Nikolsky , archbishop of Perm,hieromartyr [citation needed killed during theRussian Revolution of 1917 Anna of Kashin , medieval princess, wife ofMikhail of Tver , was twicecanonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives, having lost all her relatives due to wars[citation needed with theGolden Horde Anthony, John, and Eustathios , martyrs[citation needed executed by paganLithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Anthony of Kiev , co-founder of theKiev Pechersk Lavra , the firstmonastery in Kievan Rus'Anthony of Siya , founder of theAntonievo-Siysky Monastery Arsenius Matseyevich ,archbishop ofRostov who protested against the confiscation of the church's land by EmpressCatherine II in 1764, was deprived of his office and imprisoned in a fortress until his death[citation needed Artemius of Verkola , 16th-centurychild saint whose body showedno sign of decay [citation needed Athanasius of Brest , martyr[citation needed killed byCatholics for opposition to theUnion of Brest in thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Athanasius Sakharov , bishop of Kovrov, leader ofCatacomb Church , who joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1945Barbara Yakovleva ,nun andsister of mercy in the convent ofGrand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna , killed by theBolsheviks [citation needed along with severalRomanov PrincesBarlaam of Chikoy , 19th-centurymissionary inTransbaikal Barlaam of Kiev , the firstabbot of theKiev Pechersk Lavra Barlaam of Khutyn , founder of theKhutyn Monastery in theNovgorod Republic Barsanuphius of Optina,archimandrite , starets ofOptina Pustyn Basil the Blessed ,fool for Christ who gave his name toSt. Basil's Cathedral on theRed Square (actually the correct[citation needed name is the Cathedral of the Intercession orPokrovsky Sobor )Basil Kalika , 14th-century icon-painter andArchbishop of Novgorod who was elected by theveche and reinvigorated[citation needed the officeBasil of Pavlovsky Posad , mid-19th-century factory worker who turned multiple[citation needed Old Believers intoRussian Orthodoxy Benjamin of Petrograd , metropolitan ofPetrograd Boris and Gleb , children ofVladimir the Great , the first saints canonized by theMetropolis of Kiev and all Rus' , a predecessor of the Russian Orthodox Church[ 4] Daniel of Moscow , the firstPrince of Moscow , founder of the first Muscovite monasteries (Epiphany Monastery andDanilov Monastery )Herman of Alaska Daumantas of Pskov , prince ofPskov who made the city autonomous from theNovgorod Republic , defended Pskov from theLivonian Order [citation needed Demetrius Donskoy , Prince of Moscow who commanded the winning side in the 1380Battle of Kulikovo Demetrius of Rostov , a leading opponent of theCaesaropapist reform of the Russian Orthodox Church promoted byTheofan Prokopovich andPeter I , major[citation needed religious writerDemetrius of Uglich , son ofIvan the Terrible , mysteriously[citation needed died or killed, later impersonated by the impostorsFalse Dmitry I andFalse Dmitry II during theTime of Troubles Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna , senior sister of the last Russian EmpressAlexandra Feodorovna , became a prominent[citation needed nun after her husband was killed by revolutionaries,[citation needed founded theMarfo-Mariinsky Convent Ephraim of Pereyaslavl ,Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' in the late 11th centuryEpiphanius the Wise , a monk fromRostov , disciple ofSaint Sergius of Radonezh ,hagiographer ofSaint Sergius andSaint Stephen of Perm Eudoxia of Moscow , wife ofDmitry Donskoy , healer,[citation needed founded theAscension Monastery and the Church of theNativity of the Theotokos , the oldest surviving building in MoscowEuphrosyne of Polatsk , granddaughter of aprince of Polotsk ,Vseslav , owner ofCross of Saint Euphrosyne Euphrosynus of Pskov , 15th-century monk from Snetogorsky Monastery who founded amonastic community nearPskov Euthymius II of Novgorod ,Archbishop of Novgorod in the 15th century, major[citation needed patron of artsHerman of Alaska , one of the firstEastern Orthodox missionaries to theNew World ,patron saint of the Americas[ 6] Herman of Solovki , one of the founders of theSolovetsky Monastery Herman of Valaam , preached Christianity toKarelians andFinns , co-founder of theValaam Monastery Hermogenes Dolganyov ,hieromartyr ,[citation needed Bishop ofTobolsk andSiberia , killed during theRussian Revolution Hilarion of Kiev , the first non-Greek Metropolitan ofKiev , the author of theSermon on Law and Grace Slavonic texts knownHilarion Troitsky, archbishop ofVereya , considered to be one of the greatest Russian theologians of the early 20th century[ 7] Igor II of Kiev ,Grand Prince of Kiev turned monk, martyr[citation needed Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia , a member of theRomanov family , killed byBolsheviks [citation needed Ilia Muromets , a medieval warrior, and in later life a monk ofKiev Pechersk Lavra .Ignatius Bryanchaninov , bishop ofCaucassus , major[citation needed 19th-century spiritual writerInnocent of Alaska , a missionary toAlaska andMetropolitan of Moscow .Innocent of Irkutsk , a missionary toSiberia and the first bishop ofIrkutsk Ioakim Korsunianin , the first bishop ofNovgorod the Great and builder of the original woodenSaint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod Irenarch of Rostov , a 16th-centuryhermit ofRostov ,mystic andvisionary ,[citation needed a companion ofJohn the Hairy Isaiah of Rostov , 11th-century missionary, the second bishop ofRostov John of Kronstadt Job of Pochayiv , defender ofRussian Orthodoxy in Ukraine, a prominent[citation needed hegumen and builder ofPochayiv Lavra John the Hairy , 16th-centuryyurodivy (fool-for-Christ ), a companion ofIrenarch ofRostov John Kochurov , early 20th-century Orthodox missionary to the United States, laterhieromartyr [citation needed killed byBolsheviks during theOctober Revolution John of Kronstadt ,patron saint ofSt Petersburg , mystic and religious writerJohn of Moscow ,fool-for-Christ andwonderworker [citation needed of Moscow during the reign ofBoris Godunov John of Novgorod , highly venerated 12th-centuryArchbishop of Novgorod John of Pskov , a hermit living inPskov at the turn of the 16th to 17th centuryJohn the Russian , one of the most renowned[citation needed saints in theGreek Orthodox Church , 18th-century Russian prisoner of war in theOttoman Empire ,wonderworker respected even byMuslims John of Shanghai and San Francisco , wonderworker,[citation needed archbishop and most known[citation needed missionary ofRussian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Nicholas of Japan John of Tobolsk , founder of Chernigov Collegium, missionary inSiberia andmetropolitan bishop ofTobolsk Jonah of Manchuria ,diocesan bishop of theRussian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who served in Northern China in the years immediately following theBolshevik Revolution Jonah of Moscow ,[ 8] Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia appointed without the approval of thePatriarch of Constantinople Joseph Volotsky , prominent[citation needed caesaropapist ideologist , founder ofJoseph-Volokolamsk Monastery Juliana of Lazarevo , 16th-century saint, famous[citation needed for helping poor and needy people, protagonist in the book written by her sonJuvenaly of Alaska ,Protomartyr [citation needed ofAmerica , a member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries to Alaska killed byYupik natives[citation needed Macarius of Unzha , founder of several monasteries, including theMakaryev Monastery Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia , the third daughter ofNicholas II of Russia .Maria Skobtsova , noblewoman, poet,nun , and member of theFrench Resistance duringWorld War II (canonized by theEcumenical Patriarchate )Mark of the Caves , a famous[citation needed cave-digger in theKiev Pechersk Monastery Maxim Sandovich ,protomartyr of theLemko people, an Orthodox priest was executed by theAustro-Hungarian Empire as arussophile [citation needed Maximus the Greek , 16th-century scholar,humanist and translatorMichael of Chernigov , former prince of Kiev, executed byBatu Khan in 1246 for refusing to ritually submit by walking between two fires and kowtow before an idol ofChingis Khan [ 9] Michael of Kiev , first metropolitan of Kiev afterBaptism of Rus Michael of Klop , 15th-century fool-for-Christ and wonderworker[citation needed Michael of Tver , Grand Prince of VladimirSeraphim of Sarov Mongol-Tatars Mitrophan of Voronezh was 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[citation needed Nicetas of Novgorod , an 11th-century monk from theKiev Pechersk Lavra who becamewonderworker [citation needed and bishop ofNovgorod Nicetas Stylites , 12th-century hermit and healer[citation needed who bound himself in chains and enclosed himself within a pillar, thus the title 'stylites'Nicholas Salos of Pskov , 16th-centuryfool-for-Christ who reprimandedTsar Ivan the Terrible and saved[citation needed the city ofPskov from Tsar's atrocityNestor the Chronicler , traditionally attributed author of thePrimary Chronicle hagiographies Nicholas II of Russia , the last Russian Emperor, killed during theRussian Civil War with all his family; recently[when? the whole family were beatified asnew-martyrs Nicholas of Japan , archbishop and translator, who introduced theEastern Orthodox Church to JapanNikon the Dry , 11th-century monk from theKiev Pechersk Lavra , captured and enslaved bynomads and released by miracle[citation needed Nilus of Sora , founder ofNon-possessors movementPaisius Velichkovsky , 18th-century monk and theologian who helped[citation needed spreadstaretsdom or the concept of the spiritual elder to the Slavic world.Paisius Yaroslavov , 15th-century monk,starets and the author of theTake of theKamenny Monastery Paul of Taganrog , 19th-centurypilgrim andwonderworker [citation needed Peter the Aleut , 19th-centurymartyr inRussian America , allegedly a baptized native of theKodiak Island (one of theAleutian Islands ), killed by Spanish Catholics (canonized byOCA )[citation needed Peter and Fevronia , 12th-century Prince and Princess consort ofMurom , Holy Couple andwonderworkers [citation needed an ideal of the family love and fidelityPeter Mogila , 17th-centuryMetropolitan ofKiev , theologician, educator and printerPeter of Moscow , bornc. 1260 in the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia , Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' from 1308 to 1326;[ 4] [ 11] Peter Polyansky , Metropolitan ofKrutitsy ,locum tenens of Russian Orthodox ChurchProcopius of Ustyug , 13th-centuryfool for Christ andmiracle worker [citation needed Sergius of Radonezh Sabbas of Storozhi , founder ofSavvino-Storozhevsky Monastery Sabbatius of Solovki , co-founder of theSolovetsky Monastery Seraphim of Sarov , mystic andpatron saint of Russia, the greatest[citation needed of the 19th-centurystartsy Serapion of Novgorod ,Archbishop of Novgorod in the 16th century, known for his conflict withJoseph Volotsky Sergius of Radonezh , spiritual and monastic reformer in the Principality of Moscow, founder of theTrinity Lavra of St. Sergius , blessedDmitry Donskoy for theBattle of Kulikovo ; canonised in 1452.[ 4] [ 11] Sergius of Valaam , brought Christianity toKarelians andFinns , co-founder of theValaam Monastery Silouan the Athonite , Russian-born Atos monk, called: "the most authentic monk of the twentieth century" byThomas Merton [citation needed Simon Shleyovhieromartyr , bishop ofOkhta , theologian and the most notable[citation needed apologist ofedinoverie in the early 20th century Sophia of Suzdal , the first wife ofPrince of Moscow Vasily III Stephan of Perm , 14th-century missionary, credited with the conversion of theKomi Permyaks to Christianity[citation needed and the invention ofOld Permic script Sylvester of the River Obnora , 15th-century hermit who lived on the banks of theObnora River Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia , the second daughter ofNicholas II of Russia .Theodore the Black , 13th-century Prince ofYaroslavl ,Smolensk andMozhaysk , who ended his life as a monk and deeply repented his alliance withMongol invaders[citation needed Theodore the Varangian and his son John , the first known martyrs inKievan Rus' [citation needed Theodosius of Kiev , co-founder of theKiev Pechersk Lavra , the firstmonastery in Kievan Rus'[citation needed Theophan the Recluse , major[citation needed 19th-century theologian who played an important[citation needed role in translating thePhilokalia Church Slavonic into RussianTherapont 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[citation needed missionary, fighter against the so-calledLiving Church , first saint of the 20th century canonized by the Russian Orthodox ChurchTikhon of Zadonsk , bishop and spiritual writer, the most important[citation needed 18th-century religious educator in RussiaTryphon of Pechenga , founder of thePechenga Monastery on theKola Peninsula ^ Martin 2007 , p. 378.^ "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website" .www.synod.com . Retrieved24 October 2025 .^ "Nicholas II And Family Canonized For 'Passion' (Published 2000)" . 15 August 2000. Retrieved24 October 2025 .^a b c d e Possevino 2010 , p. 155.^ Vasiliev, P. P. (1893)."Gury, Archbishop of Kazan" .Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary . Vol. IXa. St. Petersburg. p. 912. {{cite encyclopedia }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )^ "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia's Decree on the Canonization of Father Herman of Alaska" .OrthoChristian.Com . Retrieved25 October 2025 .^ "Metropolitan John (Snychev) of St. Petersburg and Ladoga (†1995). The Life of Holy Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey / Православие.Ru" .www.pravoslavie.ru . Retrieved25 October 2025 .^ Martin 2007 , p. 377.^ Martin 2007 , p. 165.^ КИЕВО-ПЕЧЕРСКАЯ ЛАВРА , listed as "Онисим Затворник, 12-13 вв. Память 21.07/3.08 и 4/17.10."^a b Martin 2007 , p. 255.
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