Trifon Upornikov

Trifon Upornikov was a Russian schemaarchimandrite, born in 1837 into a family of free Cossacks of the Bukanovskaya stanitsa in the Don region, a monk of St Panteleimon Monastery and later a parish priest at Gurzuf. He reposed on 31 October 1910. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

He came to Athos at twenty-⁠six, in 1863, and entered St Panteleimon, where as Brother Timothy he was a model of diligence. After three years he was tonsured into the mantle with the name Trifon. He worked as a simple sailor on the monastery's steamer and between voyages sang in the choir. Quietly, under the elders' wise guidance, his inner life was built. Later he was in Russia, at Gurzuf in the Crimea, where he shepherded a parish; his diary and many letters colourfully describe parish life. Before his death he wished to be tonsured into the schema. Strengthened with the Holy Mysteries, he reposed in peace on 31 October 1910.