Bogolep of Uglich

Venerable Bogolep was a disciple of Venerable Paisius of Uglich and the monastery baker in the sixteenth century. He is commemorated on 22 August and 23 May, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl.

Bogolep did his obedience as baker at the Epiphany monastery (later the Intercession monastery) in Uglich. The Yaroslavl Paterikon ascribes to him the finding, in 1482, of the wonderworking icon of the Protection of the Mother of God. For his piety he was found worthy of ordination to the priesthood, and before his death he received the schema.

The beginning of the local veneration of Bogolep is not known. His local canonization was confirmed by the inclusion of his name in the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl, whose commemoration was established in 1964 by the decision of Patriarch Alexis I and the Holy Synod. He is therefore venerated locally.