Patron Saint of Russia

11 saints found

Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

Feast Day: November 23

Patron of: Russia, soldiers, military leaders, princes, national defenders

Prince-warrior whose military victories and diplomacy preserved Orthodox Russian independence.

Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the Apostle

Feast Day: November 30

Patron of: Scotland, Russia, Greece, fishermen, rope makers, women wanting children

First apostle and brother of Peter, devoted missionary martyr of early Christianity.

Andrzej Bobola

Andrzej Bobola

Feast Day: May 16

Patron of: Poland, Russia, Jesuits, missions, unity of Christians

Polish Jesuit missionary martyred for converting Eastern Europeans to Catholicism.

Dimitry of Rostov

Dimitry of Rostov

Feast Day: October 28

Patron of: Rostov, theologians, spiritual writers, Russia, those seeking enlightenment

Russian Orthodox metropolitan whose hagiographical and theological works shaped Orthodox Christian learning.

John of Kronstadt

John of Kronstadt

Feast Day: December 20

Patron of: Russia, Kronstadt, priests, healing, the suffering, penitents

Russian archpriest whose daily liturgies and miracles made him the nation's beloved spiritual father.

Mitrophan of Voronezh

Mitrophan of Voronezh

Feast Day: November 23

Patron of: Voronezh, Russia, spiritual guidance, hermits, ascetics

First bishop of Voronezh whose miracles and spiritual leadership shaped Russian Orthodox expansion.

Olga of Kiev

Olga of Kiev

Feast Day: July 11

Patron of: Russia, widows, converts, Christian women

Medieval Rus regent whose Christian conversion planted seeds for Eastern European Orthodox civilization.

Seraphim of Sarov

Seraphim of Sarov

Feast Day: January 2

Patron of: Russia, hermits, spiritual contemplatives, those seeking reconciliation

Russian Orthodox mystic whose radical asceticism revolutionized Eastern spiritual practice.

Sergius of Radonezh

Sergius of Radonezh

Feast Day: September 25

Patron of: Russia, monasticism, education, reconciliation, spiritual seekers

Russian monastic reformer whose spiritual vision unified and strengthened medieval Russia.

Tikhon of Moscow

Tikhon of Moscow

Feast Day: April 7

Patron of: Russia, Moscow, the Orthodox Church, Christian unity

Patriarch who led the Russian Church through Bolshevik persecution with unwavering faith.

Vladimir the Great

Feast Day: July 15

Patron of: Russia, conversions, Ukraine, courage, faith, rulers

Grand Prince who converted Kievan Rus to Orthodox Christianity, reshaping Eastern Europe forever.