Juliana Olshanskaya | |
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| Born | c. 1525 |
| Died | c. 1540 (age 16) |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Near Caves |
| Feast | 28 September |
Juliana Olshanskaya (c. 1525 – c. 1540; Ukrainian: Юліанія Юріївна Ольшанська Дубровицька, romanized: Yulianiia Yuriivna Olshanska Dubrovytska) was a member of the Olshanski noble family who became a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Dying a virgin around 16 years of age, she was buried in the monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Decades later, her body was uncovered during the digging of a new grave. It is claimed that her remains were in a state of incorruptibility; relics were taken and she was venerated as a saint. The early 17th-century Archimandrite Peter Mogila claimed to have had a vision of Saint Juliana in which she reproached him for a lack of respect given to her relics. He arranged for nuns to create a new reliquary. The relics survived a fire in 1718 and are now in the church of the Near Caves. Her feast day is 28 September.