Hierarch · 18th century
Saint Philotheos Metropolitan of Tobolsk
Also known as Philotheus Leschinsky · Enlightener of Siberia
A learned hierarch who, as metropolitan of Tobolsk, gave himself to the enlightenment of the peoples of Siberia, baptizing many thousands and building churches across the vast land.
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Notes
Also commemorated Jun 10 with the Synaxis of the Saints of Siberia.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints