Zosimas of Solovki

Also known as Zosima of Solovki · Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki

Zosimas, abbot of Solovki, established cenobitic monastic life on the remote Solovki islands in the Russian North and became one of the great luminaries of northern Russian monasticism. He reposed in 1478.

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Notes

Principal feast is Aug 8 (his repose); Apr 17 is a secondary commemoration. Likely already present in the database under his principal feast.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org (Zosima of Solovki)