Locally venerated saint

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A locally venerated saint or local saint (Russian: местночтимый святой, romanized: mestnochtimy svyatoy) is a saint who was canonized within a particular diocese or venerated only in a certain region.

Examples

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• Basil of Pavlovsky Posad
• Bogolep of Chorny Yar
• Seraphim Rose

See also

• Cult of saints in Anglo-Saxon England
• List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles
• Beatification

References

Further reading

• Тертышников, Георгий (1999). "Критерии канонизации местночтимых святых в Русской Православной Церкви". Альфа и Омега (in Russian). 3 (21): 186–193.
• Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West, Alan Thacker and Richard Sharpe (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2002
• Воробьёв, Владимир (2010). "Некоторые проблемы прославления святых к местному и общецерковному почитанию в конце XX - начале XXI в" (PDF). Вестник ПСТГУ. Серия II: История. История Русской Православной Церкви (in Russian). 2 (35): 79–90.
• Орловский, Дамаскин (2016). "Проблематика канонизаций местночтимых новомучеников в Русской Православной Церкви заграницей". Вестник архивиста (in Russian) (1): 273–288.
• Orthodox Church in America (2023). Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs: A Manual for Adult Instruction. 67–69.

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