Evdokim Evdokimov

Evdokim Evdokimov was a Russian hieroschemamonk of the Skete of St Andrew, born at Turbichevo near Dmitrov, Moscow province. He reposed on 16 March 1943, of dropsy. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Grigory Vasilievich in the world, he was the son of Nina, who, after her only son entered the monastery and her husband died, became a nun herself, with the name Charalampia (she reposed in 1938); Grigory's sister followed too. Evdokim was ill for a long time at the end and hardly left his cell. At his funeral the whole brotherhood of the Skete of St Andrew and many monks from nearby cells came to see off their friend and guide, a true Christian, whose life was a bright example of brotherly love.