Blandina of Iași

Saint Blandina of Iași, a confessor, known as Mother Blandina, was a Romanian teacher and a survivor of Soviet detention. She was born on 24 February 1906 at Grușevița, in the Chernivtsi region (now in Ukraine), and died on 24 May 1971 at Iași. Her family name was Gobjilă.

She is remembered for her life of faith, sacrifice and confession under the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church canonized her at its session of 1 July 2025, with the title Saint Confessor Blandina of Iași, and set her feast on 24 May.