Damian Vyukov

Damian Vyukov was a Russian hieroschemamonk of St Panteleimon Monastery, born in 1832 at Zaraisk, Ryazan province, in a rich merchant family. He reposed at Constantinople on 18 August 1888 and was buried on Athos. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Dmitry Nikolaevich in the world, he read the Holy Mountain book of Sergius Vesnin by chance and could think of nothing but Athos. His relatives, who saw him as heir to the business, resolutely opposed it, but he overcame every obstacle and became a monk. At the end he was ill; Father Macarius wished to send him for treatment to the Russian hospital at Constantinople, but God was calling him, and Damian went humbly to meet the call. He died at Constantinople on 18 August 1888, and Macarius ordered that he not be buried there but brought to Athos; he was buried in the brotherhood cemetery of the monastery.