Venerable Martyr
Visarion of Lainici
Abbot of Lainici Monastery
Archimandrite, abbot of Lainici from 1929 to 1951, who died a martyr in 1951; canonized by the Romanian Church in 2024.
- Feast
- November 10old style November 23
- Reposed
- 195120th century
- Place
- Secuieni
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Venerable Martyr Visarion of Lainici was a Romanian Orthodox monk with the rank of archimandrite, abbot of Lainici Monastery between 1929 and 1951. He was born in 1884 and died as a martyr in 1951. His family name was Toia.
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church canonized him at its session of 11-12 July 2024, with the title Saint Venerable Martyr Visarion of Lainici, and set his feast on 10 November.
Our sources do not relate the manner of his martyrdom.
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