Andrei Putilin

Andrei Putilin was a Russian schemamonk of the Skete of St Andrew, born on 17 August 1829 at Fredrikshamn, Vyborg province, to noble and pious parents. He reposed on 15 February 1906. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Alexander Ivanovich in the world, he was inclined from childhood to prayer and quiet; his mother told him from the age of seven that he would be a monk. He was raised at St Petersburg, as a cantonist, and served in the army as a non-⁠commissioned officer. He then came to Athos, to the Skete of St Andrew. At the funeral the whole brotherhood of the skete was present, with the abbot Joseph at its head; on 17 February the service was sung in the cathedral of St Andrew, and then, after the last kiss, he was buried in the brotherhood cemetery.