Venerable (Monastic) · 16th century
Venerable Maximus the Greek
Also known as Maximus the Greek of Vatopedi
A learned monk of Athos invited to Russia to translate the sacred books, who was unjustly imprisoned for many years yet bore it with patience and left a great body of spiritual writing.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Jan 21