Venerable Martyr
Gerasim of Uglich
A monk of Uglich, commemorated as a martyr in the Russian calendar.
- Reposed
- 160917th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Venerable Martyr Gerasim of Uglich, an archimandrite, died in the year 1609, when the troops from the camp of Tushino laid waste the monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God at Uglich. He suffered then together with Hegumen Anthony and other martyrs of the monastery.
The calendar page we rely on gives no further details of his life and states no day of commemoration.