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_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_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_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_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_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