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Venerable (Monastic) · 15th century

Venerable Alexander Abbot of Kushta

Also known as Alexander of Kushta · Alexei

A monk schooled in the strict discipline of the northern monasteries who withdrew to the river Kushta and founded a community in the Vologda wilderness.

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