Sophrony (Sakharov), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian monk, theologian and writer
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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Sophrony (Sakharov)
- Sophrony (Sakharov) (23 September 1896, in Moscow – 11 July 1993, in Tolleshunt Knights ) or Elder Sophrony was an archimandrite and one of the noted ascetic Christian monks of the twentieth century.
- He is best known as the disciple and biographer of St Silouan the Athonite and compiler of St Silouan's works, and as the founder of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St.
- John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, England.
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