Theodosius of Cherepovets

Holy Venerable Theodosius of Cherepovets, together with the Venerable Athanasius, called "Iron Staff," was a disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. The two settled in the Novgorod region, in the place called Cherepovets, at the confluence of the river Yagorba with the Sheksna, in a very beautiful place, among thick impassable forests, and struggled there in monastic labours. They built a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity and founded the Resurrection monastery of Cherepovets. They reposed around the year 1388 and were buried in the main church of the monastery.

Nothing certain is known of Saint Theodosius, and of the Venerable Athanasius almost no information has survived, apart from a note in the chroniclers' calendars. The Resurrection monastery of Cherepovets was destroyed to its foundations during the Lithuanian invasion, so no information has survived about its blessed founders, apart from an inscription in a donation book of 1568: "This book of the holy monastery of the Resurrection of Christ and of the Holy Trinity and of the holy venerable wonderworkers Sergius and Nikon, and of the founders of this holy monastery, our venerable fathers Theodosius and Athanasius."

The relics of the Venerable Athanasius and Theodosius rest at Cherepovets, under the ground, in the Resurrection cathedral. Their commemoration is held on 18 July (5 July, old style), on 8 October (25 September, old style) and on 9 December (26 November, old style). Theodosius is also commemorated on 11 July, on a movable day, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Vologda, and on 19 July, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.