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title: "Lives of saints — Orthodoxy"
description: "Short lives of saints and notable figures of the Church. The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on spas.life."
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# Lives of saints

Short lives of saints and notable figures of the Church.

- [St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia c. 270 – c. 343 · Lycia (Asia Minor, modern Turkey)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/nicholas)
- [St Sergius of Radonezh c. 1314 – 1392 · Muscovite Rus](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/sergius)
- [Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir c. 956 – 1015 · Kievan Rus](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/vladimir)
- [Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Princess Olga c. 920 – 969 · Kievan Rus](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/olga)
- [St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople c. 347 – 407 · Antioch; Constantinople](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/john-chrysostom)
- [St Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia c. 330 – 379 · Cappadocia](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/basil-the-great)
- [St Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople c. 329 – 390 · Cappadocia; Constantinople](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/gregory-theologian)
- [St Seraphim of Sarov 1754 (or 1759) – 1833 · Sarov Hermitage (Nizhny Novgorod province)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/seraphim)
- [Holy Apostle Andrew the First-called 1st century · Galilee; Black Sea region; Patras (Greece)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/andrew)
- [St Mary of Egypt 5th–6th century (according to the Life) · Alexandria; the desert beyond the Jordan](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/mary-of-egypt)
- [St Andrei Rublev, Iconographer c. 1360 – c. 1428 · Muscovite Rus](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/rublev)
- [St Ephrem the Syrian c. 306 – 373 · Nisibis; Edessa (Syria)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/ephrem)
- [Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer † c. 303 · Cappadocia; Nicomedia; Lydda](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/george)
- [Holy Martyr Tatiana of Rome † c. 226 · Rome](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/tatiana)
- [Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg 18th century (c. 1730 – c. 1803) · St Petersburg](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/xenia)
- [Holy Right-believing Great Prince Alexander Nevsky 1221 – 1263 · Novgorod; Vladimir](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/alexander-nevsky)
- [Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine the Great c. 272 – 337 · Roman Empire; Constantinople](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/constantine)
- [Theophanes the Greek, Iconographer c. 1340 – c. 1410 · Byzantium; Novgorod; Moscow](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/theophanes-greek)

## Articles

- [The Life of St Nicholas the Wonderworker](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saint-nicholas)
- [The Life of St Sergius of Radonezh](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saint-sergius)
- [The Life of St Seraphim of Sarov](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saint-seraphim)
- [St John Chrysostom](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saint-chrysostom)