Adrian Safonov

Adrian Safonov was a Russian hieroschemamonk of St Panteleimon Monastery, born in 1863 at Kozlov, Tambov province, in a family of townspeople. He reposed on 12 January 1933. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Andrei Vasilievich in the world, he was well educated, judging by his letters. In 1889, aged twenty-⁠six, he came to Athos and entered St Panteleimon, where on 2 March 1890 he was tonsured a rassophore with the name Adrian and on 23 February 1895 into the mantle. On the day of his tonsure into the schema he had a vision of the Lord Himself, after which until his death he spoke with no one except his spiritual father. He shut himself in his cell and devoted the rest of his life to even greater repentance. He reposed on 12 January 1933.