Arcadius Lyubovikov

Arcadius Lyubovikov was a Russian schemamonk of St Panteleimon Monastery, born in 1830 in the village of Svyatopolye, Glazov district, Vyatka province, a priest's son. He reposed in October 1909. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Alexei Alexeevich in the world, he was prepared for the priesthood and attended the church school at Glazov and the seminary at Vyatka. In 1847 he was drawn towards Athos by the book of Sergius Vesnin. In January 1851, with a foreign passport, he took leave of his homeland and parents. In 1852 he was tonsured into the mantle with the name Arcadius. The death of Sergius Vesnin, on 17 December 1853, shook him deeply. He translated from Greek and published in 1871 at St Petersburg the vigil service of the new martyrs of Athos, the venerable Euthymios, Ignatios and Acacius. He laboured much for the glorification of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God. In the summer of 1909 he fell ill with the weakness of old age and died quietly in the afternoon. The funeral was held on 22 October, the feast of this icon. He was a good monk, humble, simple and useful to the monastery.