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Venerable (Monastic) · 14th century

Venerable Sylvester Abbot of Obnora

Also known as Sylvester of Obnora

A monk in the tradition of St Sergius of Radonezh who withdrew into the wilderness of the Obnora River, where he gathered a brotherhood; a contemporary of St Alexis of Moscow.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints