Venerable (Monastic) 18th century
Venerable Leonid of Optina
Also known as Leo Nagolkin
The first of the great Optina Elders, who established the tradition of eldership and spiritual guidance at the Optina hermitage.
Feast Day
October 11
Their life
The first of the great Optina Elders, who established the tradition of eldership and spiritual guidance at the Optina hermitage.
Notes
Glorified among the Optina Elders.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints