Feast of All Saints of Russia
The Feast of All Saints of Russia, also known as The Feast Day of All Russian Saints Resplendent in the Russian land, is a day of remembrance celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church on the second Sunday after Pentecost. It is dedicated to all List of [saints in the Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox saints]: those who are canonized, and those whose deeds are unknown.
History
Macarius councils
After becoming Metropolitan of all Rus' in 1542, Macarius convened councils in Moscow in 1547 and 1549 to consider the glorification of Russian saints. Thirty church-wide saints and nine locally venerated saints were canonized at the councils. The issue of future canonization was also resolved, with veneration now subject to the church's collective judgment.Church-wide saints glorified by the 1547 council include:
- Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
- John, Archbishop of Novgorod
- Macarius of Kalyazin
- Paphnutius of Borovsk
- Alexander Nevsky
- Nikon of Radonezh
- Paul of Komel and Obnora
- Michael of Klopsk
- Sabbas of Storozhi
- Zosimas of Solovki
- Sabbatius of Solovki
- Dionysius of Glushitsa
- Alexander of Svir
- Blessed Maximus of Moscow
- Constantine of Murom and his children, Michael and Theodore
- Peter and Fevronia of Murom
- Arsenius of Tver
- Blessed Procopius and John of Ustyug
- Niphon, Archbishop of Novgorod
- Jonah and Euthymius of Novgorod
- James, Bishop of Rostov
- Stephen of Perm
- Vsevolod of Pskov
- Michael of Tver
- Abraham of Smolensk
- Anthony, John, and Eustathius of Lithuania
- Euthymius of Suzdal
- Gregory of Pelshema
- Sabbas of Vishera
- Euphrosyne of Pskov
- Ephraim of Perekom
- Abraham of Bulgaria
- Arsenius of Serbia