Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Optina

Today the Church honors the memory of the Holy Elders of Optina Monastery:

Leonid (October 11, 1841)

Makarios (September 7, 1860)

Moses (June 16, 1862)

Anthony (August 7, 1865)

Hilarion (September 18, 1873)

Ambrose (October 10, 1891)

Anatole I (January 25, 1894)

Isaac I (August 22,1894)

Joseph (May 9, 1911)

Barsanuphios (April 1, 1913)

Anatole II (July 30, 1922)

Nektarios (April 29, 1928)

Nikon (June 25, 1931)

Isaac II (December 26, 1938)