Alexander Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir, military hero famous for the Battle of Neva and the Battle of the Ice, patron saint and considered by a poll to be the greatest person in Russian history
Ambrose of Optina, starets of the Optina Monastery
Andrei Rublev, most famous Russian icon-painter, author of the Trinity
Anthony of Kiev, co-founder of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the first monastery in Russia
Barlaam of Kiev, the first abbot of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra
Basil Fool for Christ, yurodivy who gave his name to St. Basil’s Cathedral on the Red Square (actually the correct name is the Cathedral of the Intercession or Pokrovsky Sobor)
Boris and Gleb, children of Vladimir the Great, the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus’
Daniel of Moscow, the first Grand Prince of Moscow, founder of the first Moscow monasteries (Epiphany Monastery and Danilov Monastery)
Herman of Alaska
Daumantas of Pskov, ruler of Pskov who made the city independent from Novgorod Republic, defender of Russia from the Livonian Order
Tsarevich Dmitry, son of Ivan the Terrible, mysteriously died or killed, later impersonated by the impostors False Dmitry I and False Dmitry II during the Time of Troubles
Dmitry Donskoy, war hero, the first Prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia, famous for the Battle of Kulikovo
Eudoxia of Moscow, the wife of Dmitry Donskoy, healer, founded the Ascension Monastery and the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, the oldest surviving building in Moscow
Feodor Kuzmich, starts who according to a legend was, in fact, Alexander I of Russia who faked his death to become a hermit
Fyodor Ushakov, the most illustrious Russian Admiral of the 18th century, did not lose a single ship in 43 battles
John of Kronstadt
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, the senior sister of the last Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, became a prominent nun after her husband was murdered by revolutionary terrorists, founded the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent
Gennady of Novgorod, compiled the first complete codex of the Bible in Slavic, the Gennady Bible
Herman of Valaam, preached Christianity to Karelians and Finns, co-founder of the Valaam Monastery
Herman of Alaska, one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, patron saint of the Americas
Ioakim Korsunianin, the first bishop of Novgorod the Great and builder of the original wooden Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
Job of Pochayiv, defender of Russian Orthodoxy in Ukraine, a prominent hegumen and builder of Pochayiv Lavra
John of Kronstadt, patron saint of St Petersburg, mystic and religious writer
John of Shanghai and San Francisco, a leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Nicholas of Japan
Joseph Volotsky, caesaropapism ideologist, the founder of Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
Kirill of Beloozero, founder of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky, outstanding surgeon, the founder of purulent surgery, bishop, spiritual writer
Luka Zhidiata, the first Russian-born bishop of the Russian church (all previous ones had been Greek)
Macarius of Unzha, founder of several monasteries, including the Makaryev Monastery
Maria Skobtsova, noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II
Maximus the Greek, 16th century scholar, humanist and translator
Michael of Chernigov, powerful Kievan Prince killed by Mongol-Tatars for his adherence to the Christian faith
Mikhail of Tver, Grand Prince of Vladimir
Seraphim of Sarov killed by Mongol-Tatars
Nestor the Chronicler, author of the Primary Chronicle (the earliest East Slavic chronicle) and several hagiographies
Nicholas II of Russia, the last Russian Emperor, killed during the Russian Civil War with all his family; recently the whole family were beatified as new-martyrs
Nicholas of Japan introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan
Nil Sorsky, leader of Non-possessors movement
Olga of Kiev, the first woman ruler of Rus’ (regent), the first Christian among the Russian rulers
Pavel Florensky, theologian, philosopher, mathematician, electrical engineer, inventor and new-martyr
Peter and Fevronia, saint married couple, an ideal of the family love and fidelity
Savvatiy, co-founder of Solovetsky Monastery
Sergius of Radonezh
Seraphim of Sarov, mystic and patron saint of Russia, the greatest of the 19th-century
Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia, spiritual and monastic reformer, founder of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, blessed Dmitry Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo
Sergius of Valaam, brought Christianity to Karelians and Finns, co-founder of the Valaam Monastery
Stephan of Perm, 14th-century missionary, credited with the conversion of the Komi Permyaks to Christianity and the invention of Old Permic script
Theodosius of Kiev, co-founder of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the first monastery in Russia
Vladimir I of Kiev “the Great”, Kievan Prince who turned from pagan to saint and enacted the Christianization of Kievan Rus’
Xenia of Saint Petersburg, fool for Christ, patron saint of St Petersburg who gave all her possessions to the poor and wandered for 45 years around the streets
