Sophrony (Sakharov)
Russian Orthodox monk
Died when: 96 years 291 days (1161 months)Star Sign: Libra
Saint Sophrony (23 September 1896, in Moscow – 11 July 1993, in Tolleshunt Knights), known also as Elder Sophrony or Father Sophrony was an archimandrite and one of the noted ascetic Christian monks of the twentieth century.
He is best known as the disciple and biographer of St Silouan the Athonite and compiler of St Silouan's works, and as the founder of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St.
John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, England.He was canonised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on 27 November 2019.
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