Venerable (Monastic) · 17th century
Venerable Simon Abbot of Volomsk
Also known as Simon of Volomsk
A peasant's son who, after long pilgrimage and monastic struggle, founded a monastery in the Volomsk wilderness, where he was slain by robbers.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints