Ignatius Brianchaninov

Saint

Ignatius Brianchaninov
Ignatius Brianchaninov
Saint, Holy hierarch
Born(1807-02-15)15 February 1807
Pokrovskoye, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire
Died30 April 1867(1867-04-30) (aged 60)
Nicolo-Babaevsky Monastery, Bolshie Soli, Kostroma Governorate
Venerated inEastern Orthodox church
Canonized6 June 1988, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius by 1988 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, (Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow)
Major shrineTolga Monastery, Yaroslavl
FeastApril 30
AttributesVested as a bishop

Ignatius Brianchaninov (born Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov; Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Брянчанинов, IPA: [dmʲitrʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ brʲɪnʲtɕɪˈnʲinəf]; 15 February 1807 – 30 April 1867) was a bishop and theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church. He stands out as one of the greatest Eastern Orthodox patristic writers of the nineteenth century.[1]

He was glorified (canonized) as a saint by the 1988 meeting of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. His relics are preserved at the ancient Tolga Monastery on the Volga River near Yaroslavl.[2]

  1. ^ "Sayings of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov". Православие.RU. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ Maximovitch, St. John. The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God, St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1996. p. 20