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This is a partial list of recognized Saints of the Eastern Orthodox communion.

Saint Died Feast (NS) Title/Legacy

Abo of Tiflis 786 (circa) 8 January Martyr

Abraham Patriarchal Age 9 October The Holy Patriarch, righteous[1]

Abraham of Rostov 1045 - 1074 29 October Monk

Abraham of Smolensk 1222 21 August Russian hieromonk and wonderworker

Adelaide of Italy 999 16 December Holy Roman Empress

Adeodatus I 618 8 November Bishop of Rome

Afan 501–600 17 November Founded the church of Llanafan in Wales (6th century)

Agapitus I 536 6 August Bishop of Rome

Agapetus of Pechersk 1001–1100 14 June Doctor and monk in Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Agatho 681 20 February Bishop of Rome

Ahmet the Calligrapher 1682 3 May / 24 December New Martyr

Aidan 651 31 August Irish monk and missionary, also known as the Apostle of Northumbria;
converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria.

Alena of Belgium 640 18 June Martyr, Confessor[2]

Alexander Schmorell 1943 13 July Passion Bearer

Alexandra of Hesse 1918 17 July Canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint
Alexandra the Passion Bearer. Empress of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II.

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia 1918 17 July Last heir of the last imperial family
of Russia; passion-bearer
Alexis Toth 1909 7 May Responsible for the conversions of approximately 20,000 Eastern Rite
Catholics to the Russian Orthodox Church; contributed to the establishment of the Orthodox Church in
America.

Alypius the Stylite 640 26 November Monastic founder, an intercessor for the
infertile, and a protector of children.

Alipy of the Caves 1114 (circa) 30 August Monk and famous painter of icons

Alphege 1012 19 April Martyr

Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos 1970 16 April Priest-monk who lived on the island of Patmos
(Greece).

Anastasia of Russia 1918 17 July Youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia; Passion-
bearer

Anastasius Sinaita 700 (circa) 21 April Greek ecclesiastical writer

Andrei the Iconographer 1430 (circa) 29 January / 4 July Famed medieval Russian painter of Orthodox
Christian icons and frescos.

Andrew of Constantinople 936 15 October Fool for Christ.

Andrew of Crete 650–800 4 July Bishop, theologian, homilist, and hymnographer

Andrew Stratelates 300 19 August Martyr[3]

Andrew the Apostle 62 30 November Apostle, The First-Called, Martyr

Anne 1st century 9 September Mother of the Virgin, righteous[5]

Ansgar 865 3 February Apostle of the North

Anthony of Kiev 1073 23 July Monk and founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'

Augustine of Canterbury 604 (circa) 26 May Apostle to the English

Barbatus of Benevento 682 19 February Bishop of Benevento

Barlaam Legendary 30 May Legendary saint

Barsanuphius 543 (circa) 6 February Desert Father and author (together with John the Prophet)
of over 800 letters giving spiritual direction that influenced Byzantine monasticism [7]

Bartholomew the Apostle 70 (circa) 11 June Apostle, martyr[8]

Basil the Great 379 1 January One of the three Great Hierarchs. Influential theologian who
supported the Nicene Creed and opposed the heresies of the early Christian church, fighting against both
Arianism and the followers of Apollinaris of Laodicea.
Basil the Blessed 1552 or 1557 15 August Fool for Christ.

Basil of Ostrog 1671 12 May Serbian Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje

The Venerable Bede 735 27 May Helped popularize the practice of dating forward from the
birth of Christ (Anno Domini – in the year of our Lord). Dubbed "The Father of English History".

Benedict of Aniane 747 12 February Monastic reformer,

Benedict of Nursia 543 14 March Founder of the Benedictine Order

Benedict II 685 7 May Bishop of Rome

Birinus 649 or 650 3 December Apostle to the West Saxons

Boniface 754 5 June Apostle to the Germans

Boniface IV 608 8 May Bishop of Rome

Boris I 907 2 May King and baptizer of Bulgaria, and Equal-to-the-Apostles,

Brendan of Birr 573 (circa) 29 November One of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland

Brendan the Navigator 578 (circa) 16 May One of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland

Brigid of Kildare 525 1 February First Irish nun

Bruno of Querfurt 1009 15 October Bishop and Martyr; Second Apostle of the Prussians

Chad of Mercia 672 2 March Helped introduce Christianity to the Mercian Kingdom

Charity 2nd century 17 September Virgin Martyr[9]

Christopher 250 9 May Martyr[10]

Clement of Ohrid 960 27 July One of the Seven Apostles of Bulgaria, Disciple of St. Cyril
and St. Methodius

Columba 597 9 June Apostle of the Picts

Columbanus615 23 November Irish missionary.

Constantin Brâncoveanu 1714 16 August Holy Prince of Wallachia, Martyr[11]

Constantine of Murom 1129 21 May Wonderworker

Constantine the Great 337 21 May Equal-to-the-Apostles, Emperor of Byzantine[12]

Cosmas of Maiuma 701–800 14 October Hymnographer

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne 687 20 March Monk, bishop, and hermit.

Cyriacus the Anchorite 557 29 September Hermit

Cyril 869 24 May Equal-to-the-Apostles, teacher of the Slavs

Daniil Sihastrul 1488 18 December Monk, ascetic, spiritual father for Stephen the
Great

Danilo II 1301–1400 2 January Archbishop of Serbs

David (Dewi) of Wales 589 (circa) 1 March Bishop

Declan 401–500 24 July early Irish saint, remembered for having converted the Déisi in the late
5th century

Dimitrije Nemanjić David 1286 7 October Venerable

Dimitry of Rostov 1709 28 October Hierarch

Dionysius of Vattasseril 23 February 1934 24 February Vattasseril Thirumeni

Dismas 30-33 25 March The Penitent Thief[citation needed][13]

Dorotheus of Gaza 565 (circa) 18 June Monk and Abbot

Dunstan 988 19 May Archbishop of Canterbury

Dymphna 601–700 15 May "The Lily of Éire"

Edmund the Martyr[14] 978 or 979 18 March / 3 September King of the English

Edward the Martyr 979 18 March Martyr, King of England[15]

Edwin of Northumbria 633 12 October King of Deira and Bernicia and Convert

Egbert of Northumbria 729 24 April Monk and Bishop

Eligius 659 or 660 1 December Bishop and Confessor

Elijah 900 BC (Circa) 20 July Holy Glorious Prophet[16]

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse 1918 5 July Princess and Holy Martyr

Elisha 900 BC (Circa) 14 June Holy Prophet[17]

Ephrem the Syrian 373 28 January Venerable, Hymn Writer[18]

Ethelbert of Kent 616 25 February First English king to convert to Christianity.

Etheldreda of Ely 679 23 June East Anglian princess

Eulogius of Alexandria 608 13 September Bishop and Confessor

Euphrosyne of Polatsk 1173 23 May Nun; the only virgin saint of East Slav origin.

Euthymius the Great 473 20 January Abbot

Faith 2nd century 17 September Virgin Martyr[19]

Fevronia of Murom 1228 8 July Princess of Murom and Wonderworker

Felix III 492 1 March Bishop of Rome

Felix IV 530 30 January Bishop of Rome

Frideswide 735 (circa) November 1 English princess and abbess.

Gall 646 (circa) 16 October According to hagiographic tradition, Saint Gall was a disciple and one of
the twelve companions of Saint Columbanus.

Genevieve 512 21 November Nun

George 23 April 303 23 April George of Lydda

Gerasimus of the Jordan 451 4 March Monk and Abbot

Saint Gervasios of Patras 1964 30 June

Ghislain 680 9 October Confessor and anchorite

Godehard (Gotthard) of Hildesheim 1038 5 May German bishop

Gregory Palamas 1359 14 November Archbishop of Thessalonica, Church Father,

Pillar of Orthodoxy

Gregory of Tours 594 17 November Bishop of Tours

Gregory I 604 12 March Bishop of Rome

Gregory II 731 11 February Bishop of Rome

Gregory III 741 10 December Bishop of Rome

Helena of Constantinople 327 21 May Equal-to-the-Apostles, Holy Empress[20]

Helier 555 16 July Ascetic hermit

Herman of Valaam 901–1500 28 June Co-founder of the Valaam Monastery with Sergius Valaam

Herman of Alaska 1837 13 December Venerable, Wonderworker

Hilarion 371 21 October Desert Father and founder of Palestinian monasticism[21]

Hilda of Whitby 680 17 November Abbess of Whitby

Hope 2nd century 17 September Virgin Martyr[22]

Hubertus 727 3 November Apostle of the Ardennes

Innocent of Alaska 1879 13 April Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia

Irene of Lesvos 1463 Bright Tuesday New Martyr

Isaac of Nineveh 700 28 January Bishop and theologian best remembered for his written
works on Christian asceticism.

Ita 570 15 January Irish nun

Joachim 1st century 9 September Father of the Virgin, righteous[23]

Job of Pochayiv 1651 28 October Hegumen

John I 526 18 May Bishop of Rome

John Chrysostom 407 27 January Archbishop of Constantinople[24]

John Climacus 606 30 March John of the Ladder

John of Damascus 749 4 December Byzantine monk and polymath

John of Kronstadt 1908 20 December Righteous

John of Pskov 1616 24 October Hermit

John of Shanghai and San Francisco 1966 July 2 Bishop of Shanghai, Archbishop of Western
Europe, Archbishop of San Francisco

John of Sonkajanranta 1918 13 July Martyr, confessor, enlightener

John of Tobolsk 1715 10 June Metropolitan of Tobolsk

John the Apostle 100 26 September Apostle, Evangelist, Theologian, Beloved Friend
of Christ

John the Baptist 36 7 January Prophet, Baptiser of Christ

John the Prophet 543 (circa) 6 February Desert Father and author (together with Barsanuphius) of
over 800 letters giving spiritual direction that influenced Byzantine monasticism[7]

Josaphat Legendary 26 August Legendary saint

Joseph the Hesychast 1959 16 August Greek monk at Mount Athos who practiced asceticism

Juliana of Lazarevo 1604 2 January Known for her charity toward the poor.

Justinian I 565 14 November Eastern Roman emperor

Juvenaly of Alaska 1796 24 September Protomartyr of America, hieromartyr

Kassia 867 7 September Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer.

Kevin of Glendalough 618 3 June First abbot of Glendalough

Kirill of Beloozero 1427 9 June Monk and saint

Laura of Cordoba 864 19 October Martyr[31]

Lazar of Serbia 1389 15 June Medieval Serbian ruler

Lazarus of Bethany 1st century 17 March Friend of Christ

Leo the Great 461 18 February Bishop of Rome

Leo II 683 3 July Bishop of Rome

Leo III 816 12 June Bishop of Rome

Leodegar of Autun 679 2 October Bishop of Autun; Martyr

Longinus 1st century 16 October Martyr

Lucy 2nd century 6 July Virgin martyr[34]

Lucy of Syracuse 304 13 December Virgin martyr

Grand Duchess Maria Romanov 1918 17 July Third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and
Alexandra Fyodorovna; passion-bearer

Mark of Ephesus 1444 19 January Archbishop of Ephesus

Macarius, Abbot of Pelekete 840 1 April Abbot of the Monastery of Pelekete

Martin I 655 27 April Pope and Martyr

Mary After c. 30/33 AD 15 August Mother of God

Mary Magdalene After 30-33 AD 22 July and 4 August Equal-to-the-Apostles,

Myrrhbearer[36]

Mary of Egypt 421 4 April Venerable, Ascetic

Maximilian of Tebessa 295 12 March Early Christian martyr and conscientious objector.

Maximus of Turin 465 25 June Bishop and theological writer.

Maximus the Confessor 662 13 August Confessor, theologian, homologetes

Maximus the Greek 1556 21 January Monk

Melito of Sardis 180 1 April Apologist and Bishop of Sardis

Methodius 885 24 May Equal-to-the-Apostles, teacher of the Slavs

Milburga of Wenlock 715 23 February Abbess

Moses the Black 405 28 August Holy Father, Desert Father, priest[38]

Mother Maria 1945 20 July Righteous Martyr

Naum of Preslav 910 23 December Wonderworker, Apostle of the Slavs

Neot 870 (circa) 31 July Hermit

Nikephoros I of Constantinople 828 13 March Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Nicholas of Japan 1912 3 February Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan

Nicholas of Lesvos 1463 Bright Tuesday New Martyr

Tsar Nicholas II 1918 17 July Emperor of All Russia; Passion-bearer

Nikolai of Žiča 1956 3 May Bishop

Nil Sorsky 1508 7 May Great ascetic of the Russian Church,

Nilus the Younger 1005 26 September Abbot and Confessor

Nothelm of Canterbury 739 17 October Archbishop of Canterbury.

Odile 720 13 December Abbess of Hohenburg

Odo of Cluny 942 18 November Abbot of Cluny

Olaf of Norway 1030 29 July Martyr, King of Norway[39]

Grand Duchess Olga 1918 17 July Eldest child of the last Tsar; Passion-bearer

Or of Nitria 390 (circa) 7 August Elder and Desert Father of Egypt

Oswald of Northumbria 642 5 August King of Northumbria

Osyth 653 7 October Abbess and nun

Ouen 684 24 August Bishop

Paisios of Mount Athos 1994 12 July Ascetic from Mount Athos

Paraskeva the Younger 1001–1100 27 October Ascetic female saint

Patrick 493 17 March Apostle of Ireland

Paulinus of York 584 10 October Bishop of York

Peter of Murom 1228 8 July Prince of Murom and Wonderworker

Pavel of Taganrog 1879 21 November Blessed starets

Peter the Aleut 1815 (circa) 24 September Martyr of San Francisco and Protomartyr of
America

Peter the Apostle 64 29 June Apostle, Bishop of Rome, Martyr

Petroc 564 4 June Abbot of Lanwethinoc

Philip of Agira 401–500 (circa) 12 May Confessor

Philip the Apostle 1st century 14 November Apostle, martyr[41]

Philothei 1589 19 February Greek nun and martyr

Photini 1st century 20 March The Samartian Woman, martyr[42]

Photius the Great 893 6 February The Great, Confessor of the Faith, Equal to the Apostles,
Pillar of Orthodoxy[43]

Piran 501–600 5 March Cornish abbot

Pope Leo II 683 3 July Bishop of Rome

Pope Leo III 816 12 June Bishop of Rome

Praejectus 676 25 January Bishop of Clermont

Raphael of Lesvos 1463 Bright Tuesday New Martyr

Raphael of Brooklyn 1915 27 February Bishop of Brooklyn

Remigius of Reims (or Remy, Remi) 533 13 February Bishop and Confessor

Romanos the Melodist 556 1 October Melodist, hymnographer, composer of thousands of

hymns[44]

Romuald 1027 19 June Abbot

Sabbas the Sanctified 531/532 5 December Venerable Father; Abbot

Saethryth 601–700 7 January Nun and abbess

Sava of Serbia 1236 27 January Equal-to-the-Apostles, Illuminator

Scholastica 543 10 February Foundress of the Benedictine nuns.

Sebastian 295-296 18 December Martyr

Seraphim of Sarov 1833 2 January Confessor and Wonderworker

Sergius of Valaam 901–1400 28 June Greek monk and wonderworker

Sergius of Radonezh 1392 25 September Abbot of Radonezh, Miracle Worker of all

Russia

Seridus of Gaza 543 (circa) 13 August Abbot of a monastery and confidant of Barsanuphius of
Gaza[46]

Silas 1st century 30 July Apostle, disciple, and Bishop of Rome

Silouan the Athonite 1938 24 September Athonite, venerable, monastic, staretz[48]

Silverius 537 20 June Bishop of Rome

Simeon Mirotocivi 1199 26 February Grand Prince of Serbia. Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox
Church under the name Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming (Свети Симеон Мироточиви).

Simeon Stylites 459 1 September Venerable Father

Simplicius 483 10 March Bishop of Rome

Sophia of Milan 2nd century 17 September Virgin Martyr[49]

Sophia of Slutsk 1612 19 March Princess of Slutsk

Sophronius 638 11 March Patriarch of Jerusalem

Sophrony of Essex 1993 11 July Athonite, ascetic, archimandrite[50]

Stephen of Hungary 1038 20 August King of Hungary

Stephen of Piperi 1697 20 May Ascetic and Abbot

Stephen the Great 1504 2 July Prince of Moldavia

Stylianos of Paphlagonia 501–700 26 November also known as Stylianos the Hermit

Swithun of Winchester 862 15 July Bishop of Winchester

Symeon Metaphrastes 901–1000 9 November Author of the 10-volume medieval Greek menologion

Symeon the New Theologian 1022 12 March Theologian

Tarasios of Constantinople 806 25 February Hierarch; Bishop and Confessor

Tatiana of Russia 1918 17 July Second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II; Passion-bearer

Theodora (6th century) 500–548 14 November Empress of the Byzantine Empire

Theodore the Studite 826 11 November Monk

Theodosius of Kiev 1000 to 1100 3 May

August 14 (Translation of relics)

Venerable Father

Theophan the Recluse 1894 January 6 or January 10 Well known for his writings on the spiritual life

Theophanes the Confessor 810s 12 March Confessor

Thomas the Apostle 21 December AD 72 3 July Didymus

Tikhon of Moscow 1925 7 April Confessor, Patriarch of Moscow, and Apostle to America

Ulrich of Augsburg 973 4 July Bishop of Augsburg

Valentine 269 6 July Martyr, bishop

Varvara Yakovleva 1918 18 July New Martyr

Vladimir of Kiev 1015 15 July Grand Prince of Kiev

Werburgh 699 3 February Princess and nun

Wilfrid of Ripon 709 12 October or 24 April Bishop of York

Willibrord 739 7 November Apostle to the Frisians

Wolfeius 1001–1100 9 December Hermit

Wolfgang of Regensburg 994 31 October The Almoner

Xenia of Saint Petersburg1803 24 January Blessed, Fool for Christ

Xenia the Righteous of Rome 401–500 24 January Venerable, Deaconess of Rome

Xenophon of Robika 1262 26 January Russian Orthodox monk

Yaropolk Izyaslavich 1087 22 November King of Rus

Yegor Chekryakovsky 1928 19 April (repose) Russian Orthodox priest and a starets.

Yrieix 591 25 August Abbot

Zachary 752 15 March Last pope of the Byzantine Papacy.

Zosimas of Palestine 560 4 April Venerable (Monk)

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