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St. Seraphim of Vyritsa
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St. Seraphim of Vyritsa

1866–1949 · Vyritsa · Feast March 21

Vasily Muravyov was a wealthy fur merchant in St. Petersburg who, with his wife, became a monk in 1920. He was confessor of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra during the terror. Ill and retired to Vyritsa, he prayed for a thousand nights on a stone before an icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov during the Second World War, for the salvation of Russia.

  • Feast: March 21 (New Calendar)
  • Lived: 1866–1949
  • Place: Vyritsa
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