the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan Nikon the Dry, 11th-century monk from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, captured and enslaved by nomads and released by miracle Nilus of Sora, founder of Non-possessors movement O Olga of Kiev, the first woman ruler of Rus' (regent), the first Christian among the Russian rulers Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, the eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and the oldest of Anastasia’s sisters. P Paisius Velichkovsky, 18th-century monk and theologian who helped spread staretsdom or the concept of the spiritual elder to the Slavic world. Paisius Yaroslavov, 15th-century monk, starets and the author of the Take of the Kamenny Monastery Paul of Taganrog, 19th-century pilgrim and wonderworker Peter the Aleut, 19th-century martyr in Russian America, allegedly a baptized native of the Kodiak Island (one of the Aleutian Islands), killed by Spanish Catholics (canonized by OCA) Peter and Fevronia, 12th-century Prince and Princess consort of Murom, Holy Couple and wonderworkers an ideal of the family love and fidelity Peter Mogila, 17th-century Metropolitan of Kiev, theologician, educator and printer Peter Polyansky, Metropolitan of Krutitsy, locum tenens of Russian Orthodox Church Procopius of Ustyug, 13th-century fool for Christ and miracle worker R Raphael of Brooklyn, bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in America and founder of the main cathedral of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America S Sabbas of Storozhi, founder of Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery Sabbatius of Solovki, co-founder of the Solovetsky Monastery Seraphim of Sarov, mystic and patron saint of Russia, the greatest of the 19th-century startsy Serapion of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod in the 16th century, known for his conflict with Joseph Volotsky Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia, spiritual and monastic reformer, founder of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, blessed Dmitry Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo Sergius of Valaam, brought Christianity to Karelians and Finns, co-founder of the Valaam Monastery Silouan the Athonite, Russian-born Atos monk, called: "the most authentic monk of the twentieth century” by Thomas Merton Simon Shleyov, hieromartyr, bishop of Okhta, theologisian and the most notable apologist of edinoverie in the early 20th century Sophia of Suzdal, the first wife of Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily III Stephan of Perm, 14th-century missionary, credited with the conversion of the Komi Permyaks to Christianity and the invention of Old Permic script Sylvester of the River Obnora, 15th-century hermit who lived on the banks of the Obnora River T