Athanasius of Novolotsk

Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk (Navolotsk) came from the Kargopol region and at the end of the sixteenth century went to the Olonets land, where he founded a monastery 78 versts from the place where the city of Petrozavodsk would later stand. He died in a settlement in the Verkholedsk suburbs, not far from Shenkursk.

Greek synaxaria add that he was a fool for Christ and lived in the town of Vaga between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, renouncing what other people count as achievements. He is commemorated on 18 January (new style; 31 January on the old calendar).