Vivian Obukhov

Vivian Obukhov was a Russian schemamonk of St Panteleimon Monastery, born in 1864 into a peasant family at Boretskoe, Sapozhok district, Ryazan province. He reposed on 22 September 1940. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Vladimir Andreevich in the world, the son of the devout Andrei and Akulina, he had two older brothers. At sixteen his parents died. He came to Athos and lived as a monk. In his writings he quotes the apostle's word: if a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. God spared him from witnessing a new terrible calamity that soon befell his beloved homeland. He reposed on 22 September 1940.