Venerable
Mikhail Dmitriev
of St Andrew's Skete (Serai)
A Russian schema-archimandrite of St Andrew's Skete, reposed in 1965; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Reposed
- 196520th century
- Place
- St Andrew skete (Serai), Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Mikhail Dmitriev was a Russian schemaarchimandrite of the Skete of St Andrew, born in 1887 at Novorzhev, Pskov province, who died on 18 October 1965. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.
Named Mikhail Dmitrievich in the world, he finished gymnasium, but civil service did not attract him, for from childhood he dreamt of being a man of God, a monk. In 1911 he came to Athos and entered the Skete of St Andrew, where in 1914 he was tonsured a rassophore with the name Mina, in 1920 into the mantle with the name Mikhail; on 16 August 1920 he was ordained hierodeacon, and on 11 June 1942 hieromonk. In his last six years he shut himself in entirely, communicating with no one. Only in July 1963 did he receive in the skete the delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate, led by Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), which came to Athos for the celebration of the thousand years of Athos. He reposed on 18 October 1965.