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Sophrony of Essex

Also known as Elder Sophrony · Sophrony Sakharov · Sergei Sakharov · Sophrony of Tolleshunt Knights

A Russian-born artist who returned to Orthodoxy, became a monk on Mount Athos under St Silouan, and founded the Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex, England (1959). His writings on prayer and the vision of God shaped modern Orthodox spirituality.

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Born in Moscow, 1896; reposed in Essex, Jul 11, 1993. Disciple and biographer of St Silouan the Athonite. Glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2019.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia; OrthodoxCanada; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; Ecumenical Patriarchate glorification (2019)