Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Theophanthe Recluse

Bishop of Tambov

Govorov

Holy Hierarch· Gold: Colour of the kings

“He cut off all relationships with people (except for his confessor) and no longer left his cell to attend church... the last eleven years of his life he served every day by himself.”
St. Theophan the Recluse

Dates of commemoration for saint

Synaxes & other dates of commemoration

Birth

10 Jan (23 Jan) 1815

Russian Empire

Death

6 Jan (19 Jan) 1894

Ryazan, Russian Empire

History

Translation of relics
Unknown

Life path

  • Monk
  • Bishop
  • Professor
  • Author
  • Distributed possessions
  • Iconographer
  • Carpenter

Undertakings & Callings

  • Anchorism

Higher Education

  • Theology

Places

  • Jerusalem, Holy Land
  • Constantinople, Turkey

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