SAINT
saint-therapont-of-white-lake
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Therapont of Belozersk, also known as Therapont of Mozhaysk, known to the world as Feodor Poskochin, was a Russian Orthodox monk credited with the foundation of the Ferapontov Monastery in Northern Russia, now close to Kirillov in Vologda Oblast, and the Luzhetsky Monastery in Mozhaysk close to Moscow. Therapont is venerated as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
feast Day
05-27
birth Date
1337
death Date
27 May 1426
canonization Status
venerable
canonization Date
1549
feast Month
5
feast Day Of Month
27

