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Venerable (Monastic) · 19th century

Saint Theophanes of the Roslavl Forests

Also known as Theodore Talunin · Schemamonk Theophanes

A former Cossack soldier who entered the monastic life and withdrew to the solitude of the Roslavl forests, a place of refuge for many seekers of stillness.

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