entity_citations: CIT_ORTH_MATRONA_MOSCOW_FARLEY
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| CIT_ORTH_MATRONA_MOSCOW_FARLEY | ENT_ORTH_MATRONA_MOSCOW | SRC_SYNAXARION | A Daily Calendar of Saints (Farley) | A Daily Calendar of Saints (Farley) | APRIL 19 Blessed Matrona of Moscow Matrona was born in 1881 to a poor family in the village of Sebino- Epifaniskaya, in the Tula region. She was blind from birth, having no pupils in her eyes. From the age of about six, God gave the child extraordinary gifts of prophecy and healing. When she was taken to see the then-famous Fr. John of Kronstadt, the saint cried out, "Matrona, come here!" adding that she would be his heir and a pillar of Russia. | Lawrence Farley | 2018 | None | primary-verbatim | 2026-06-18 | name-anchored (note-keyword scored) + substring gate; locus per attestation | 1 | 1 | Located by name in an Orthodox synaxarion; brief flagged excerpt; verify the commemoration. |