Nazarius of Olonets

Venerable Nazarius of Olonets (of Murma) is commemorated together with Venerable Eleazar, they being the founders of the monastery of Saint John the Forerunner on the island of Murma, on Lake Onega. In the manuscript synaxaria they are sometimes called Greeks, which allows them to be reckoned disciples of Venerable Lazarus of Murma, who came from Constantinople. The commemoration of Venerable Eleazar and Nazarius is also kept on 4 June (by the Greek calendar). Nazarius is commemorated on 11 July, a movable day, with the Synaxis of the Saints of Novgorod, in the new style. The Azbyka page gives no other details.