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St. Joseph of Volokolamsk
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St. Joseph of Volokolamsk

1439–1515 · Volokolamsk · Feast September 9

Joseph Sanin founded the monastery of Volokolamsk with a strict common rule. In famine years he fed thousands of the hungry, and he founded an orphanage and a school. He defended the right of monasteries to own land so they could serve the poor, and wrote The Enlightener against the heresies of his day.

  • Feast: September 9 (New Calendar)
  • Lived: 1439–1515
  • Place: Volokolamsk
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