Venerable (Monastic) · 12th century
Venerable Barlaam of Khutyn
Also known as Barlaam of Novgorod · Barlaam of Khutin
A man of Novgorod who forsook wealth for the monastic life and founded the monastery of Khutyn on the Volkhov, a great wonderworker of the Russian north.
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Notes
Principal feast Nov 6; also commemorated Jun 24 and Feb 10.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints