Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Euphrosynusof Blue Jay Lake

of Novgorod

Venerable Martyr· Red: Colour of spilt blood

“We have vowed to live and die here in the wilderness …It is different for laymen, who are not bound by a vow. They must spare themselves for the sake of their children.”
St. Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake

Dates of commemoration for saint

Synaxes & other dates of commemoration

Birth

16th century

Karelia

Death

20 Mar (2 Apr) 1612

Novgorod, Tsardom of Russia

Life path

  • Schemamonk

Undertakings & Callings

  • Anchorism
  • Fasting
  • Asceticism
  • Elderhood
  • Founding a monastery

God's Gifts

  • Clairvoyance
  • Incorrupt relics

Sufferings

  • Murder

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