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Saints of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Metropolitan Ilarion Ohienko of Blessed Memory wrote that the Saints of Ukraine are Her highest Protection before the Throne of Almighty God. While we honour all the Saints, those who lived and worked and were glorified in Ukraine occupy a special place in the hearts of all Ukrainians. Our Choir of Saints confirms the salvific holiness of the Kyivan Church and Kyivan Christianity.

The list was originally compiled by Dr. Alexander Roman and is based on the work of Metropolitan Ohienko, supplemented wherever possible with new information and newly Glorified Saints in contemporary times.

• The Glorification of Saints in the Orthodox Church

• Early Saints of Rus'-Ukraine

  • Our Apostolic Founders

  • Cyrillo-Methodian Heritage of Kyiv

  • Crimean Choir of Saints

• Royal Saints of Kyivan Rus'-Ukraine

  • Princely Enlighteners and Defenders of the Church

  • Early Missionary Outreach Across Asia

  • Saint Volodymyr Monomakh and the English Connection

  • Royal and Venerable Women Saints of Kyivan Rus'

  • Kyiv - The Mother of Churches

  • Kyiv - A Royal Fount of Holiness

  • Kyivan Patrons of Newly-Weds

  • Royal Patrons of the Married Life in Christ

  • Missionary Work as a Family Affair

• Saints of the Kyivan Caves Lavra

• The Venerable Fathers of the Nearer Caves of St. Anthony

• The Venerable Fathers of the Far Caves of St. Theodosius

• New but Old Ukrainian Saints - the Venerable-Martyrs of Zverynetsky Monastery

• Recently Glorified Fathers of the Kyivan Caves

• Saints Tonsured at and Associated with the Kyivan Caves Lavra

• Other Ukrainian Saints

  • Patron of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

  • Kozak Saints of Ukraine

  • Choir of all Martyrs of the Kyivan Church

  • Saints of Orthodox Volyn

  • Go East, Holy Man. . .

  • Choir of all Blessed Fools-for-Christ's Sake and Miracle-Workers

  • Ukrainian Servants of Christ and His Church

  • Sainted Ukrainian Primates

• Saints of the Kyivan Baroque Period

  • Holy Ukrainian Hierarchs of Kozak Ancestry

  • The Impact of Gospel Simplicity and Devotion

  • A Northern Base of Kyivan Christianity

  • Choir of All Holy Kyivan Hierarch-Saints

  • Saints Who Weren't Ukrainian, but Should Have Been. . .

• Saint Paisius Velichkovsky and the Hesychast Tradition

  • A Great Renewer of Christian Faith and Life

  • The Choir of Saints of the Jesus Prayer

• Ukrainian Mission Outreach to East and West

  • Alaska Warms to Kyivan Christianity

  • Ukraine Honours a Patriarch-Martyr

  • Choir of our Holy and Righteous Fathers and Mothers

  • Defenders of Holy Orthodoxy

  • Apostles to the Diaspora

  • First-Fruits of Missionary Outreach

  • A Martyr of Nazi Oppression

• New Martyrs and Confessors of the Soviet Yoke

  • List of Glorified Ukrainian Orthodox New Martyrs and Confessors

  • Martyric Heroism Beyond All Proportions

  • Future Saints

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Listing of other articles on Saints on this web site

More or less in alphabetical order:

• Saint AMPHILOKHY of Pochaiv: Holiness for modern times

• St ANDREW and St CLEMENT: Apostolic Founders of Kyivan Christianity

• The Conception by St ANNA of the Most Holy Theotokos

• St ATHANASIUS of Brest:  A Martyr for True Church Unity

• Saint BARBARA

• St BENEDICT, His Rule and Orthodox Laity

• St. DEMETRIUS of Rostov

• St DEMETRIUS and the Dead

• Nameday: DIMITRIS

• St EUPHROSYNOS the Cook: The kitchen as focal point of communion

• The righteous shall never see corruption: St GABRIEL of Kyiv and Athos

• Saint GEORGE and the Serpent

• St GEORGE and the . . . Environment

• Saint GORAZD II

• More information about the very first St. INNOCENT of Irkutsk

• Archaeology finds itself in an interesting box: St JAMES, the Brother of the Lord

• Sts. JOACHIM and ANNA

• St JOHN the Ukrainian Confessor: Our historic relations with the Muslims

• St JOHN of Suchava:  Pilgrimage as enduring theme of the Christian life

• St JOHN of the Ladder: When so many Rungs make a Rite

• An Elderly JOSEPH

• St HERMAN of Alaska and the Kyivan Missionary Vision

• St. LUKE, a Secretary who got the credit he deserved

• St. Lucian of Kyiv

• Saint MARKIAN

• St MARY of Egypt: When Women Refuse to "Know Their Place"

• ST. MICHAEL the Archangel

• St MICHAEL the Archangel at Chonae

• St. MICHAEL of Tver and Mykulyn

• St NICHOLAS, sleighs and presents: The essence of the day all wrapped up

• St. NICHOLAS Is On His Way . . .

• Saint OLHA the Great: Never send a man to do a woman's job . . .

• St. ONUFRIUS

• St. PARASKEVI

• Another PATRICK: Either Way, He Saves Us!

• St. PAUL, Sts. PRISCILLA and AQUILA, and Ukrainian Orthodox Jurisdictions

• St PAISIUS Velichkovsky and the Prayer of the Heart

• St. PATRICK  of Ireland St. CYRIL of Jerusalem

• Thou art PETER: Kyivan Christianity on the Rocks

• Crucifixion of St. PETER

• PETER, PAUL and the Church: Seeing the Whole in the Part

• St. Philoteos Leschinsky

• St. PULCHERIA

• St SERAPHIM of Sarov and the Uncreated Light

• The Prayer Rule of St Seraphim of Sarov: A Rosary By Any Other Name . . .

• Saint SVYATOSAV

• Saint THEOPHANE the Recluse:  Of Prayer and Fire

• St THEOPHILUS the Fool for Christ's Sake:  Strange People In Our Midst

• Saint VOLODYMYR the Baptizer: Wetting cultural appetites for the Gospel

• Sts. ZACHARIAS and ELIZABETH

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• Roman Catholic Saints

• New Ukrainian Saints including: A Greek bearing Gifts

• All Saints of the Kyivan Caves Laura

• New Fruits of the Spirit: Two Saints and an Icon

• New Ukrainian Saints:
  Recalling history in a Knot-Shell

• The Veneration of Relics: Making the Holy Spirit "matter"

• Anchored in Christ: A celebration of Ukraine`s Pope

• Holy Ann Preston of Thornhill: The Story of Toronto's Saint

• Saints in our Home Churches: Dad, pray unto God for me! 

• Who is your Namesday Saint? Those hard to find ones . . .

• The Kyivan Caves Lavra:  The greatest Shrine of the Kyivan Church and Eastern Europe

• Sacrificing one's life for God: Of martyrdom and religious ideology

• Relics of the Saints: Connecting with the Holy

• Kozak Martyrs, Siberian Saints and Chinese Missionaries: Ukrainians do get around!

• The Fast of the Apostles: On being sent into the world

• Winnipeg to get two Ukrainian patron saints:  A vindication of the Pioneers

• Canada's first Ukrainian saint:  When loyalties collide

• Ukrainian Saints:  Heavenly people and uplifting culture

•  The Oil of Gladness: Getting into the Spirit of things . . .

• Thou wilt not let Thy Holy One see corruption: Relics of the past - and present

• Pope to glorify Ukrainian Priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust

• Saints Preserve Us:  The Vatican Gives Haloes to Ukrainians

• Of Pilgrims and the Jesus Prayer: Amazing Grace

• The Birth of Christ and It's Impact

• Taras Shevchenko and Ilya Chavchavadze:  Christian Visionaries

• Confession and our Spiritual Father

• Romanov Saints

• RC Saints removed from the Calendar

• A Saint with a Ukrainian Connexion

• John Cassian, Egypt and Europe

• New Martyr Nestor Savchuk

• The Holy Man of Assisi

• Latvia's Martyred Primate

• A Married Priest for our times

• The French Connection

• A Royal Priesthood in more ways than one

• Our Fathers among the Saints

• An Apostle's doubtless sincerity

• The Seed of Martyrs

• The Kyivan Fathers of the Near Caves of St Anthony

• A Woman in Monk's Clothing

• The Beloved Disciple of the Lord

• A Fool versus the Wise Guys

• The Staff of Life

• The "prayer-active" approach to healing

• All Saints of Ireland

• Missionary Destination:  Siberia

• Saints and Shrines of Poltava

• New Ukrainian Saints: Orthodox New Martyrs of Kholm glorified

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