Diadokh Druzhinin

Diadokh Druzhinin was a Russian schemamonk of St Panteleimon Monastery, born in 1866 into a family of townspeople at Rostov, Yaroslavl province. He reposed on 30 April 1940. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Dmitry Mitrofanovich in the world, he was raised by devout parents in faith and concord. From childhood he loved to go to church and awaited impatiently Saturday evening, when the whole family went to Compline and confession; while the other children ran noisily around, he went to the most hidden corners of the church and watched attentively from there. He became a monk on Athos. In a letter he wrote: God's grace, which gives to all generously, comforts me too, the unworthy; I become like a child with joy, and the sorrowful monastic life seems to me a paradise and I do not even feel it hard. He reposed on 30 April 1940.