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Venerable (Monastic) · 16th century

Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake

Also known as Serapion of Kozheozersk · Sergius

A Tatar prince taken in war and baptized with the name Sergius, who embraced the monastic life and withdrew to the wilds of Kozhe Lake, where a monastery grew around him.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints