Tryphon of Vyatka
Russian abbot and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tryphon of Vyatka (c. 1546–1612) was a Russian abbot and saint.
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Tryphon was born in the village of Malaya Nemnyuzhka (Malaya Nemnyuga or Malonemnyuzhskoye (Voskresenskoye)) of Pinezhsky district (now the village Sovpolye, Mezensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast), in the family of a wealthy peasant Dimitry Podvizev.
He is known for evangelizing to the Ostyaks, and founded a monastery in Vyatka.
He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1903, his feast day is October 12.
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