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The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id
{'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
canonical_name
{'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
greek_name
{'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
tradition
{'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
entity_class
{'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
entity_type
{'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (934 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Free-text functional category (1,148 distinct values, not normalised — filter on entity_class instead)'}
primary_domains
{'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
evidence_confidence
{'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
chthonic_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
serpent_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
short_note
{'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}

44 rows where tradition = "Christian/Orthodox"

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  • saint 39
  • collective 3
  • deity 1
  • title 1

tradition 1

  • Christian/Orthodox · 44 ✖
entity_id ▼ canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ORTH_ALEXANDRA_FEODOROVNA Empress Alexandra Feodorovna   Christian/Orthodox Saint Passion-bearer / Royal Martyr Passion-bearing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Last Russian empress (1872-1918), wife of Nicholas II; executed at Yekaterinburg and glorified as a passion-bearer in 2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_ALEXEI_TSAREVICH Tsarevich Alexei   Christian/Orthodox Saint Passion-bearer / Royal Martyr Passion-bearing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Heir to the Russian throne (1904-1918), son of Nicholas II; executed at Yekaterinburg and glorified with his family as a passion-bearer in 2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_ATHANASIUS Athanasius of Alexandria   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father the defence of Nicene orthodoxy; monasticism   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great hierarch 0 0 0 Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, champion of Nicene orthodoxy and biographer of Antony. saint
ENT_ORTH_ATHONITE_ELDERS The Modern Athonite Elders   Christian/Orthodox Collective Elder (Geron) hub Hesychasm; monastic eldership; the Jesus Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the modern Athonite startsy / gerontes (Mount Athos): Silouan, Joseph the Hesychast, Paisios, Porphyrios, who renewed hesychast prayer and spiritual fatherhood in the 20th c. collective
ENT_ORTH_BASIL Basil the Great   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father liturgy; monasticism; charity; the Cappadocian theology   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name One of the Three Holy Hierarchs 0 0 0 Basil the Great of Caesarea, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs and the Cappadocian Fathers. saint
ENT_ORTH_CHRYSOSTOM John Chrysostom   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father preaching; the Divine Liturgy; almsgiving   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name One of the Three Holy Hierarchs 0 0 0 John Chrysostom ("Golden-mouthed"), archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs. saint
ENT_ORTH_CLIMACUS John Climacus   Christian/Orthodox Saint Monastic teacher ascetic ascent; the Ladder of Divine Ascent   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Sinai abbot, author of the Ladder 0 0 0 John of the Ladder, abbot of Sinai, author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent. saint
ENT_ORTH_CYRIL_METHODIUS Cyril and Methodius   Christian/Orthodox Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles the Slavic mission; the Glagolitic script   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Apostles to the Slavs 0 0 0 Cyril and Methodius, the Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers who evangelised the Slavs and devised their script. saint
ENT_ORTH_DEMETRIOS Demetrios of Thessaloniki   Christian/Orthodox Saint Great-martyr / warrior-saint protection in war; the city of Thessaloniki; myrrh-streaming   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great-martyr with major cultus 0 0 0 The myrrh-streaming great-martyr and warrior-saint, protector of Thessaloniki. saint
ENT_ORTH_ELIZABETH_FEODOROVNA Elizabeth Feodorovna   Christian/Orthodox Saint New Martyr / Grand Duchess Charity; monastic foundation; new-martyrdom   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Grand Duchess Elizabeth (1864-1918), founder of the Martha and Mary Convent; murdered by the Bolsheviks at Alapayevsk. New-martyr glorified 1981 (ROCOR) / 1992 (Moscow). saint
ENT_ORTH_GREGORY_THEOLOGIAN Gregory the Theologian   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father Trinitarian theology; sacred oratory   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name One of the Three Holy Hierarchs 0 0 0 Gregory of Nazianzus, "the Theologian," one of the Three Holy Hierarchs and the Cappadocian Fathers. saint
ENT_ORTH_IGNATIUS_BRIANCHANINOV Ignatius Brianchaninov   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / ascetic writer Asceticism; the Jesus Prayer; patristic spirituality   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian bishop (1807-1867), author of The Arena and On the Prayer of Jesus; major modern systematizer of patristic ascetic teaching. Glorified 1988. saint
ENT_ORTH_JOHN_KRONSTADT John of Kronstadt   Christian/Orthodox Saint Wonderworker / pastor Pastoral ministry; the Eucharist; healing; charity   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian parish priest (1829-1908), famed wonderworker and author of My Life in Christ; renowned for frequent communion and miracles of healing. Glorified 1990. saint
ENT_ORTH_JOHN_MAXIMOVITCH John Maximovitch (of Shanghai and San Francisco)   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / wonderworker Healing; ascetic episcopate; diaspora mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian Orthodox bishop (1896-1966) of the diaspora (Shanghai, Western Europe, San Francisco); ascetic wonderworker. Glorified 1994 (ROCOR). saint
ENT_ORTH_JOSEPH_HESYCHAST Joseph the Hesychast   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hesychast / Elder (Geron) Hesychasm; noetic prayer; Athonite monastic renewal   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Athonite elder (1897-1959) whose disciples repopulated many Athonite monasteries; key figure in the 20th-c. hesychast revival. Glorified 2020. saint
ENT_ORTH_JUSTIN_POPOVIC Justin Popovic   Christian/Orthodox Saint Theologian / confessor Dogmatic theology; patristic revival; christocentric spirituality   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Serbian theologian and archimandrite (1894-1979), author of the Dogmatics of the Orthodox Church and Lives of the Saints; disciple of patristic tradition. Glorified 2010. saint
ENT_ORTH_LUKE_SIMFEROPOL Luke of Simferopol (Voino-Yasenetsky)   Christian/Orthodox Saint New Confessor / hierarch Healing; medicine; confession under persecution   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian archbishop and surgeon (1877-1961), Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky, confessor who suffered Soviet imprisonment and exile while practicing surgery. Glorified 1995/2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_MARIA_SKOBTSOVA Maria Skobtsova (Maria of Paris)   Christian/Orthodox Saint New Martyr / monastic Social charity; new-martyrdom; ministry to the persecuted   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian emigre nun in Paris (1891-1945) who sheltered Jews and others under Nazi occupation; died at Ravensbruck. Glorified 2004 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_MARY_EGYPT Mary of Egypt   Christian/Orthodox Saint Penitent ascetic repentance; the desert; Great Lent   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great penitent with major cultus 1 0 0 The great penitent of the desert, model of repentance, commemorated on the fifth Sunday of Lent. saint
ENT_ORTH_MATRONA_MOSCOW Matrona of Moscow   Christian/Orthodox Saint Blessed wonderworker Healing; clairvoyance; consolation under persecution   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Blind Russian laywoman (1881-1952), Matrona Nikonova, venerated for healing and spiritual sight during the Soviet era; one of the most popular Russian saints. Glorified 1999/2004. saint
ENT_ORTH_MENAS Menas   Christian/Orthodox Saint Wonderworker-martyr wonderworking; the recovery of lost things; the Egyptian shrine   Orthodox   B candidate_verified_name Wonderworking martyr 0 0 0 The wonderworking Egyptian martyr Menas, whose Abu Mena shrine drew vast pilgrimage. saint
ENT_ORTH_NECTARIOS_AEGINA Nektarios of Aegina   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / wonderworker Healing; humility under slander; monastic founding   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Greek bishop (1846-1920), Metropolitan of Pentapolis, founder of the convent on Aegina; one of the most popular modern Greek wonderworkers and healers. Glorified 1961. saint
ENT_ORTH_NICHOLAS_II Tsar Nicholas II   Christian/Orthodox Saint Passion-bearer / Royal Martyr Passion-bearing; Christian rulership   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Last Russian emperor (1868-1918), executed with his family at Yekaterinburg; glorified as a passion-bearer (strastoterpets) in 2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_NIKODEMOS_HAGIORITE Nikodemos the Hagiorite   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hesychast / compiler Hesychasm; spiritual anthology; canon law   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Athonite monk (1749-1809), co-compiler of the Philokalia with Macarius of Corinth; foundational figure of the modern hesychast revival. Glorified 1955. saint
ENT_ORTH_NIKOLAI_VELIMIROVIC Nikolai Velimirovic   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / theologian Preaching; theology; spiritual writing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Serbian bishop (1880-1956), 'the Serbian Chrysostom', author of the Prologue of Ohrid; imprisoned at Dachau. Glorified 2003 (Serbian Orthodox Church). saint
ENT_ORTH_PAISIOS_ATHONITE Paisios of Mount Athos   Christian/Orthodox Saint Elder (Geron) / hesychast Spiritual counsel; the Jesus Prayer; discernment   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Greek Athonite elder (1924-1994), among the most beloved modern startsy; renowned for counsel and discernment. Glorified 2015 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_PALAMAS Gregory Palamas   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / mystic hesychasm; the uncreated energies; theosis   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Hierarch and hesychast theologian 0 0 0 Gregory Palamas of Thessaloniki, defender of hesychasm and the doctrine of the uncreated divine energies. saint
ENT_ORTH_PANTELEIMON Panteleimon   Christian/Orthodox Saint Unmercenary healer healing; medicine; the unmercenary cure   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great-martyr and healer 0 0 0 The Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon, chief of the Holy Unmercenaries (Anargyroi). saint
ENT_ORTH_PARASKEVA Paraskeva Pyatnitsa   Christian/Orthodox Saint (folk veneration) Saint Friday; spinning and weaving; women's work; wells   East Slavic folk Orthodoxy   B candidate_verified_name Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief, s.v. Paraskeva Piatnitsa 0 0 0 St Paraskeva ("Friday"), the East Slavic folk saint of spinning, women's work and wells; in Russian folk belief she absorbed functions of the pagan goddess Mokosh (Ivanits 1989). saint
ENT_ORTH_PARASKEVI Paraskevi   Christian/Orthodox Saint Great-martyr / healer healing of the eyes; Friday   Orthodox   B candidate_verified_name Great-martyr with major cultus 0 0 0 The great-martyr Paraskevi (Petka), healer of the eyes, much venerated in the Balkans. saint
ENT_ORTH_POKROV Protection of the Theotokos   Christian/Orthodox Marian veneration Theotokos cult-form the protecting veil of the Mother of God; intercession   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Major Orthodox Marian feast 0 0 0 The Pokrov: the Protection of the Mother of God, who spreads her veil over the faithful. title
ENT_ORTH_PORPHYRIOS_KAVSOKALYVIA Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia   Christian/Orthodox Saint Elder (Geron) / hesychast Clairvoyance; healing; spiritual counsel   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Greek elder (1906-1991) of Kavsokalyvia on Athos and later Athens; famed for charismatic gifts of insight and healing. Glorified 2013 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_ROYAL_MARTYRS The Royal Martyrs (Romanov Passion-Bearers)   Christian/Orthodox Collective New Martyr / passion-bearer hub Passion-bearing; new-martyrdom of the Russian Revolution   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Collective hub for Tsar Nicholas II and his family, glorified in 2000 by the Moscow Patriarchate as passion-bearers (strastoterptsy) following their 1918 execution at Yekaterinburg. collective
ENT_ORTH_SERAPHIM Seraphim of Sarov   Christian/Orthodox Saint Monastic wonderworker acquisition of the Holy Spirit; healing; joy   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great Russian wonderworker 0 0 0 Seraphim of Sarov, the most beloved Russian wonderworker, radiant with the light of the Holy Spirit. saint
ENT_ORTH_SERGIUS Sergius of Radonezh   Christian/Orthodox Saint Monastic wonderworker Russian monasticism; the Trinity Lavra; intercession for Russia   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great Russian wonderworker 1 0 0 Sergius of Radonezh, the great wonderworker of Russia and founder of the Trinity Lavra. saint
ENT_ORTH_SILOUAN_ATHONITE Silouan the Athonite   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hesychast / Elder (Geron) Hesychasm; the Jesus Prayer; love of enemies; 'Keep your mind in hell'   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian monk of St Panteleimon's Monastery on Athos (1866-1938); his life and teaching were transmitted by his disciple Sophrony. Glorified 1987. saint
ENT_ORTH_SIMEON_STYLITES Simeon Stylites   Christian/Orthodox Saint Pillar-ascetic extreme asceticism; the pillar; intercession   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Founder of the pillar-ascetics 0 0 0 Simeon the Stylite, who lived decades atop a pillar near Antioch, founder of the stylite ascetics. saint
ENT_ORTH_SOPHRONY_ESSEX Sophrony of Essex   Christian/Orthodox Saint Elder (Geron) / hesychast Hesychasm; the Jesus Prayer; monastic founding   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian-born archimandrite (1896-1993), disciple and biographer of Silouan the Athonite; founder of the Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex. Glorified 2019 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_SYMEON Symeon the New Theologian   Christian/Orthodox Saint Mystic the vision of the divine light; inner prayer   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great mystic 0 0 0 Symeon the New Theologian, the great Byzantine mystic of the vision of the divine light. saint
ENT_ORTH_THEODORE Theodore the Soldier   Christian/Orthodox Saint Great-martyr / warrior-saint protection of soldiers; deliverance   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great-martyr with major cultus 0 0 0 Theodore the Recruit/General, one of the great warrior-martyrs of the East. saint
ENT_ORTH_THEOPHAN_RECLUSE Theophan the Recluse   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / spiritual writer Prayer of the heart; spiritual direction; Philokalic translation   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian bishop (1815-1894) who retired into reclusion; translated the Philokalia into Russian (Dobrotolyubie) and wrote extensively on unceasing prayer. Glorified 1988. saint
ENT_ORTH_THREE_HIERARCHS Three Holy Hierarchs   Christian/Orthodox Holy collective The Ecumenical Teachers theology; preaching; the unity of the Fathers   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Joint feast of the great hierarchs 0 0 0 The Three Holy Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. collective
ENT_ORTH_UNCREATED_LIGHT Uncreated Light   Christian/Orthodox Divine manifestation Divine energies the Taboric light; the uncreated energies of God; theosis   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Palamite divine manifestation 0 0 0 The Uncreated Light, the divine energies of God seen at the Transfiguration and in hesychast prayer. deity
ENT_ORTH_VLADIMIR Vladimir   Christian/Orthodox Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles the baptism of Rus'; the conversion of the Slavs   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Equal-to-the-Apostles ruler 0 0 0 Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev, Equal-to-the-Apostles, who baptised the Rus' in 988. saint

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CREATE TABLE "entities" (
   [entity_id] TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
   [canonical_name] TEXT,
   [greek_name] TEXT,
   [tradition] TEXT,
   [entity_type] TEXT,
   [category] TEXT,
   [primary_domains] TEXT,
   [tags] TEXT,
   [cult_scope] TEXT,
   [primary_period] TEXT,
   [evidence_confidence] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [inclusion_basis] TEXT,
   [earth_association_score] INTEGER,
   [chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
   [serpent_flag] INTEGER,
   [short_note] TEXT,
   [entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entities_entity_class]
    ON [entities] ([entity_class]);
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