Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – 21/4/1109) – philosopher and scholar, was born in Aosta, in Piedmont, in 1033, he entered the monastery in 1060, Mr., at the request of a godly mother Ermenbergi, in 1073 became rector (PRIOR) and scholasticism in 1078-abbot of the monastery Norman Beck, where his fame attracted famous Lanfranco, and in [...]

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Cornelius – the abbot and founder of the Vologda Kornilieva Komel convent, a native of Rostov served at the court of Grand Duke Vasily Vasilyevich Dark, a haircut at the St. Cyril Belozersky Monastery, where in excess of monastic obedience involved in rewriting the service books for the churches. In 1497 he founded his monastery [...]

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Demetrius of Thessalonica – the holy great martyr, the victim at the time of Emperor Diocletian. On the life, suffering and miracles it is the story of our Saints, under the 26 day of the month of October.

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Gerasim (Abbot Spassova Desert) (died 1700) – Hieroschemamonk, former rector of the desert Spasov (now the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery at 5 miles from Krasnoslobodsk Penza Province.), C. 1655, a young man came to the "black elder," Dionysius, "vozgrazhdavshemu "while Spassova deserts. Postrigshis in 1660, Gerasim went over the 80 miles of desert in the virgin forest [...]

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Slavinetsky Epiphanius (died 1676) – monk, scholar and preacher. A native of Little Russia, he studied at the Kiev sister school to transform it Petro Mohyla, so that was a stranger to scholastic philosophy and dialectics. Nevertheless, he was in "philosophy and theology didaskal elegant, sophisticated in Elin Greek and Slavic dialects. He studied abroad, [...]

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Radivilovsky Anthony – Abbot of the Kiev-Nikolaev Desert Monastery, wrote two books on the Russian-Polish: 1) Under the name of the Virgin Mary Ogorodok, or lectures at the Marian Days celebration and the Saints, published in the worksheet in 1676 in Kiev, and published Innocent Gisela; 2) The crown of Christ, to preach weekly, like [...]

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Anthony (Rev. Novgorod) (1,067) – Reverend, Roman, was born, as he told his disciple, Andrew, in Rome about 1067, from the rich Orthodox parents who passed away 3rd August 1147 Upon the death of parents, seeing the world only unrest and strife, Anthony gave his possessions to the poor and took monastic vows, settling first [...]

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