Sebastian of Poshekhonye

Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, also called of Sokhota, founded a monastery in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord on the river Sokhota, ninety versts from the city of Romanov (now Tutaev) in the Yaroslavl district. The monks cultivated the soil themselves and lived from the work of their own hands, taught by the founder through example and guidance. Sebastian reposed about the year 1500.

The Sokhota monastery was later annexed to the Cherepovets Ascension Monastery and was closed in 1764. In the mid-⁠nineteenth century a stone church was built over the saint's relics. He is commemorated on 26 February (new style; 11 March on the old calendar) and on 18 December.