hidden Adrian (Blinsky) (1722 - 1812), hieromonk, clergy figure Adrian, a hieromonk (in schema named Adrian; in the world - Vasily Ioannovich Blinsky; 1722 - 1812), a zealot of godliness, the superior of the Konevets Monastery. He was born in a noble family, early became an orphan and was disinherited.... more

hidden Israel (Andreyev) (1793-1884), archimandrite, clergy figure Israel (Ivan Andreyev; 1793, the village of Putilovo of the Shlisselburg uyezd - 1884, Konevets Island ), an archimandrite, clergy figure. Ivan Andreyev was born in the family of a sexton. From 1829 he was a monastic novice of the Valaam... more

hidden Konevets Munastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary The Konevets Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Konevets island, the Priozersk district). It is located in the southern part of the Konevets Island in seven kilometres from the West shore of Ladoga Lake. The monastery was founded in... more

hidden Pimen (Gavrilov) (1828/1829 - 1910), archimandrite, clergy figure Pimen (Pyotr Gavrilov, 1828 (29?) – 1910, Konevets Island ), archimandrite, clergy figure, spiritual writer. In 1852 he entered the Valaam Monastery, in 1858 he was professed as a monk, in 1861 he became a priest. He knew five foreign languages ... more

hidden Vasilisk (Gavrilov) (1734-1824), Saint, clergy figure Ioann (Ivan Matveyevich Snychev; 1927-1995), Metropolitan. He attended the Orsk College. From 1945 he lived and worked in Buzuluk: as a lay brother, then as a subdeacon of Manuel (Lemeshevsky), the bishop of Chkalovsk and Busuluk, as a deacon, in... more

hidden Zosima (Verkhovsky) (1767-1838), Saint, clergy figure Zosima (Zakhary Vasilyevich Verkhovsky, 1767-1838), the Venerable. Zakhary Vasilyevich Verkhovsky served in the Life Guards. In 1786 Verkhovsky left his estate, went to Bryansk forests to the scete of the elder hieromonk Adrian (Blinsky) where he... more