Fool-for-Christ14th century
Blessed Procopius of Ustyug
Also known as Procopius of Ustiug · Prokopy of Ustyug · Procopius the Wonderworker of Ustyug
A German merchant of Lübeck who, moved by the beauty of Orthodox worship in Novgorod, forsook his wealth and former creed and took up the hard ascesis of folly for Christ at Veliky Ustyug — honoured as the first fool-for-Christ of the Russian land.
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A German merchant of Lübeck who, moved by the beauty of Orthodox worship in Novgorod, forsook his wealth and former creed and took up the hard ascesis of folly for Christ at Veliky Ustyug — honoured as the first fool-for-Christ of the Russian land.
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Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia (Procopius of Ustyug); OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)