- Nicholas II of Russia II of Russia
Nicholas II of Russia (Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov) ("Nikolay II") was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. He ruled from 1894 until his forced abdication in 1917. Nicholas proved unable to manage a country in political turmoil and command its army in World War I. His rule ended with the Russian Revolution of 1917, after which he and his family were executed by Bolsheviks. - Alexandra Fyodorovna
Alexandra Fyodorovna, born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918, was Empress consort of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire. Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, she assumed the name Alexandra Feodorovna upon blessing into the Russian Orthodox Church, which canonised her as Saint Alexandra in 2000. Alexandra is best remembered as the last Tsaritsa of Russia, … - John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom (349- ca. 407,, "Ioannes Chrysostomos") was the archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the "Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom", and his ascetic sensibilities. After his death he was given the Greek surname "chrysostomos", "golden mouthed", rendered in English as Chrysostom. - Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas (" Agios Nikolaos", "victory of the people") is the common name for Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (in modern day Antalya province, Turkey), a Lycian saint who had a reputation for secret gift-giving, but is now commonly identified with Santa Claus. In 1087 his remains were abducted and removed to Bari in southern Italy, so that he is also Saint Nicholas of Bari. - Gregory Palamas
Gregory Palamas was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later Archbishop of Thessalonica known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. He is venerated as a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. Some of his writings are collected in the Philokalia. The second Sunday of the Great Lent is called the Sunday of Gregory Palamas in those Churches that commemorate him. - Leonid Feodorov
Leonid Ivanovich Feodorov (1879 - 1935) was a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, in addition to being a survivor of the GULAG. After painstaking investigation, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 27 2001. - Anthony The Great
Saint Anthony the Great (ca.251 - 356), also known as Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Anthony of Egypt, Saint Anthony of the Desert, Saint Anthony the Anchorite, and The Father of All Monks, was an Egyptian Christian saint and the outstanding leader among the Desert Fathers, who were Christian monks in the Egyptian desert in the 3rd and 4th centuries. - Mary Of Egypt
Venerable Mary of Egypt (ca. 344 – ca. 421) is revered as the patron saint of penitent women, most particularly in the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, but also in the Roman, Eastern Catholic and Anglican churches. - Seraphim Of Sarov
Saint Seraphim of Sarov, born Prokhor Moshnin (Прохор Мошнин), is one of the most renowned Russian monks and mystics in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is generally considered the greatest of the nineteenth century startsy, and arguably the first. He is remembered for extending the monastic teachings of contemplation and self-denial to the layperson, and taught that the purpose of the Christian life was to acquire the Holy Spirit. - Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaievna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaievna Romanova, (May 29 (O.S.)/June 10 (N.S.), 1897 - July 17, 1918), was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last autocratic ruler of Russia, and of Tsarina Alexandra. She was better known than her three sisters and headed Red Cross committees during World War I. She nursed wounded soldiers in a military hospital from 1914 to 1917, … - Basil Of Caesarea
Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, was Bishop of Caesarea, a leading churchman in the 4th century. The Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches consider him a saint and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, together with Gregory Nazianzus and John Chrysostom. Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, and Basil's brother Gregory of Nyssa are called the Cappadocian Fathers. The Roman Catholic Church considers him a saint and a Doctor of the Church. - John Of Damascus
John of Damascus (Greek: Ιωάννης Δαμασκήνος/Ioannês Damaskinos; Arabic: Yaḥyā ibn Manṣūr; Latin: "Iohannes Damascenus" or "Johannes Damascenus" also known as "John Damascene, Χρυσορρόας/Chrysorrhoas," "streaming with gold"-i.e., "the golden speaker") (c. 676 - December 5, 749) was a Syrian monk and presbyter. He was born and raised in Damascus and died (in all probability) at the monastery of Mar Saba, … - John Climacus
John Climacus, also known as John of the Ladder, "John Scholasticus" and "John Sinaites", was a 6th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches. He was born in Syria, and came to the monastery and became a novice when he was about 16 years old, taught by monk named Martyrius. - Gregory Of Nazianzus
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (329 - January 25, 389), also known as Saint Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was a 4th century Christian bishop of Constantinople. Gregory is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. As a classically trained speaker and philosopher he infused Hellenism into the early church, establishing the paradigm of Byzantine theologians and church officials. - Gregory Of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa غريغوريوس النيصي was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great, and a good friend of Gregory Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity. Some historians identify Theosebia the deaconess as his wife, others hold that she, like Macrina the Younger, was also a sister of Gregory and Basil. - Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Of Russia
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov, full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna. His mother's reliance on the starets Grigori Rasputin to treat Alexei's haemophilia helped bring about the end of Imperial Russia. - Ignatius Of Antioch
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (also known as Theophorus) (ca. 35-107) was the third Bishop or Patriarch of Antioch and a student of Apostle John. En route to his martyrdom in Rome, Ignatius wrote a series of letters which have been preserved as an example of the theology of the earliest Christians. Important topics addressed in these letters include ecclesiology, the sacraments, and the role of bishops. - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia ("Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanova", (— July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna. Anastasia was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Maria, and was an elder sister of Alexei Nikolaievitch, Tsarevitch of Russia. - Ephrem The Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian (Syriac: ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, '; Greek: ; Latin: Ephraem Syrus; ca. 306 – 373) was a deacon, prolific Syriac-language hymn writer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christians throughout the world, and especially among Syriac Christians, as a saint. Ephrem wrote a wide variety of hymns, poems and homilies in verse, as well as prose biblical commentaries. - Melito Of Sardis
Saint Melito of Sardis (died c.180) was the bishop of Sardis, near Smyrna in Asia Minor, and a great authority: Jerome, speaking of the Old Testament canon established by Melito, quotes Tertullian to the effect that he was esteemed a prophet by many of the faithful. His feast is celebrated on April 1. Aside from a homily "Concerning the Passover" in the Bodmer Papyri, only fragments of his works survive, Melito was a prolific early Christian writer, … - Mark Of Ephesus
Mark of Ephesus, in Greek Μάρκος Ευγένικος, a 15th century bishop of Ephesus, is famous for his defense of Eastern Orthodoxy at the Council of Florence (1438-1445 A.D.) in spite of Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus and Pope Eugene IV. He held Rome to be in schism and heresy for its acceptance of the Filioque clause added to the Nicene Creed and for the claims of the papacy to universal jurisdiction over the Church, … - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, (November 3 (O.S.)/November 15 (N.S.) 1895 – July 17, 1918), was the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last autocratic ruler of the Russian Empire, and of Empress Alexandra of Russia. During her lifetime, Olga's future marriage was a matter of great speculation within Russia. Matches were rumored with Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Crown Prince Carol of Romania, … - Stephen Of Perm
Saint Stephen of Perm (1340-96) was a fourteenth century missionary credited with the conversion of the Komi Permyaks to Christianity and the establishment of the Bishopric of Perm'. Stephen also created the Old Permic script, which makes him the founding-father of Permian written tradition. "The Enlightener of Perm" or the "Apostle of the Permians", as he is sometimes called, is commemorated by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches on April 26. - Theodore Romzha
Blessed Theodore Romzha was the Greek Catholic bishop of Mukačevo (Zakarpatska oblast, Ukraine). Martyred by Russian communists, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001. - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, (June 14 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1899 – July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church. - Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna
HIH The Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, (1 November 1864 - 18 July 1918) was a German princess of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse and was the wife of the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and the Rhine. Elizabeth was also the elder sister of Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Russian empress, and was known in Russian society for her beauty, charm and good works among the poor. - Catherine Of Alexandria
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Greek "'"') is a Christian saint and martyr claimed to have been a noted scholar in the early 4th century. She was one of the saints to speak to Saint Joan of Arc. The Orthodox Churches venerate her as a "great martyr," and in the Roman Catholic Church, she is traditionally revered as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. - Constantine XI
Constantine XI Palaiologos or Palaeologus was the last reigning Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, from 1448 to his death. - Zosimas Of Palestine
Venerable Zosimas of Palestine, also called Zosima, is commemorated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches on April 4. Saint Zosimas was born in the second half of the fifth century, during the reign of Emperor Theodosius the Younger. He became a monk in a monastery in Palestine at a very young age, gaining a reputation as a great elder and ascetic. At the age of fifty-three, now a hieromonk, … - Simeon Stylites
St Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (c. 390 - 2 September 459) was a Christian ascetic saint who achieved fame because he lived for 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar in Syria. Several other stylites later followed his model (the Greek word "style" means "pillar"). - Severus Of Antioch
Severus, Patriarch of Antioch (AD 512 - 518), born approximately 465 in Sozopolis in Pisidia, was by birth and education a pagan, who was baptized in the "martyry" of Leontius at Tripolis (Evagr. H. E. iii. 33; Philippe Labbe, v. 40, 120). He almost at once openly united himself with the Acephali, repudiating his own baptism and his baptizer, and even the Catholic church itself as infected with Nestorianism (Labbe, u.s.). Upon embracing Miaphysite doctrines, … - Epiphanius Of Salamis
Epiphanius (ca. 310-320 - 403) was a Church Father, a heresiologist who was a strong defender of orthodoxy, known for tracking down deviant teachings (heresies) wherever they could be traced, during the troubled era in the Christian Church following the Council of Nicaea. - Saint Cyril
Saint Cyril was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, theologian, and linguist. He is best known today for his work in Christianising the Slavs and, with his brother Saint Methodius, is credited with devising the Glagolithic and rarely also with devising the Cyrillic alphabet. He was known during his life as Constantine (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Konstantínos); the Greek name Cyril seems to have been given to him only shortly before his death, if not after. - Sergius Of Radonezh
Venerable Sergii Radonezhsky, also translated as "Sergey Radonezhsky" and "Sergius of Radonezh" or "Serge of Radonezh", (1322 - September 25, 1392) was the greatest spiritual leader and monastic reformer of medieval Russia. Together with Seraphim Sarovsky, he is the most venerated of Russian saints. The date of his birth is unclear: it could be 1314, 1319, or 1322. As his medieval "Life" states, he was born to a boyar family near Rostov Velikiy, … - Maximus The Confessor
Saint Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople) (c. 580 - 13 August, 662) was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. However, he gave up this life in the political sphere to enter into the monastic life. - Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara, known as the Great Martyress in Orthodox churches, was a Christian saint and martyr, who lived in the third century. - Saint Spyridon
Saint Spyridon is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Spyridon was born in Askia in Cyprus. He worked as a shepherd and was known for his great piety. He married and had one daughter, Irene. Upon the death of his wife, Spyridon entered a monastery, and their daughter, a convent. Spyridon eventually became the Bishop of Trimythous, near Paphos and a was a vocal opponent of Arianism. - Saint Pancras
St Pancras was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of just 14 around the year 304. Some of his relics found their way to England, which is why many of the nation's churches are dedicated to this saint. His name is Greek and literally means "the one that holds everything". St Pancras is normally invoked against cramp, false witness, headache, and perjury. He is a patron saint of children. - Saint Methodius
Saint Methodius was a Byzantine Greek scholar, archbishop of Great Moravia, and the main translator of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic using the Glagolitic alphabet created by his brother and collaborator Saint Cyril. Since 1980 the two brothers are the patron saints of Europe. - Theodore The Studite
Theodore the Studite, also called "St Theodore of Stoudios" or "St Theodore of Studium" (759 - 826), was a Byzantine monk and abbot of the Stoudios monastery in Constantinople. He played a major role in the revivals both of Byzantine monasticism and of classical literary genres in Byzantium. He is known as a zealous opponent of iconoclasm, one of several conflicts that set him at odds with both emperor and patriarch.
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