Locally venerated saint

Bogolep of Chorny Yar, venerated in Chyorny Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

A locally venerated saint or local saint (Russian: местночтимый святой, romanizedmestnochtimy svyatoy) is a saint who was canonized within a particular diocese or venerated only in a certain region.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ Poyarkov, Juvenal (6–9 July 1988). "О КАНОНИЗАЦИИ СВЯТЫХ В РУССКОЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ - ДОКЛАД МИТРОПОЛИТА КРУТИЦКОГО И КОЛОМЕНСКОГО ЮВЕНАЛИЯ НА ОСВЯЩЕННОМ ПОМЕСТНОМ СОБОРЕ РУССКОЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ, ПОСВЯЩЕННОМ 1000-ЛЕТИЮ КРЕЩЕНИЯ РУСИ" [ON THE CANONIZATION OF SAINTS IN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH - REPORT BY METROPOLITAN JUVENAL OF KRUTITSKY AND KOLOMENSKOYE AT THE CONSECRATED LOCAL COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, DEDICATED TO THE 1000TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAPTISM OF RUS']. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ ""АиО": Архим. Георгий (Тертышников). Критерии канонизации местночтимых святых..." aliom.orthodoxy.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2025-08-19.

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