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Saints Zosima (left) and Savvatiy (right) with their lives. The 16th century icon is now located in the Russian Museum in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Zosimas of Solovki (Russian: Зосима Соловецкий; died 1478) was a Russian hermit. He was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery,^[1] which was established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia. He is venerated as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church.

^ "Зосима Соловецкий. Преподобный, основатель Соловецкой обители и её первый благоустроитель" (in Russian). Solovki Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 25 August 2011.