Venerable (Monastic) · 20th century
Barsanuphius of Optina
Also known as Barsanuphius the Elder of Optina · Paul Plikhankov
Born Paul Plikhankov, a military officer who left a worldly career to enter Optina Monastery, becoming one of its last great elders and a gifted spiritual guide and confessor.
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One of the Optina Elders; reposed 1913. Glorified by the Russian Church (Synaxis of the Optina Elders).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints