Anastasii Modzalevskii

Anastasii Modzalevskii was a Russian hieroschemamonk of St Panteleimon Monastery, born in 1850 into a noble family in the Gdov district, St Petersburg province. He reposed on 15 November 1920. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Alexander Nikolaevich in the world, the son of Olga, he had a university education and worked in teaching. At thirty-⁠five he resolved to leave the world and give himself to God's service. In 1885 he reached Athos and entered St Panteleimon, where the following year, on 6 August, he was tonsured. Later he was tonsured into the schema and became ever more withdrawn; he directed all his thoughts to the Lord, and his heart was filled only with unceasing prayer. After thirty-⁠five years in the monastery, at seventy, he passed to the Lord on 15 November 1920.