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Theodore Kuzmich of Tomsk | |
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![]() Portrait made by Tomsk artist for Simeon Feofanovich Khromov. Regional Museum of Tomsk Oblast. | |
Hermit, Elder, Righteous, Wonderworker | |
Born | 1776 |
Died | February 1, 1864 Tomsk | (aged 87–88)
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Canonized | 1984 by Patriarch Pimen I, Russian Orthodox Church |
Major shrine | Tomsk |
Feast | 2 February (Old Calendar) and 5 July |
Fyodor Kuzmich[a] (Russian: Фёдор Кузьми́ч; c. 1776 – 1 February 1864),[1] also known as the Righteous Theodore of Tomsk, Siberian, elder (Church Slavonic: Пра́ведный Фео́дор Кузьми́ч То́мский, Сиби́рский, ста́рец, romanized: Pravednyy Feodor Kuzmich Tomskiy, Sibirskiy, starets)[b] was a Russian Orthodox starets.[5] He was canonized as a righteous saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1984.[6] There are many variations of a legend that claims that he was Alexander I of Russia who faked his death in 1825 to become a hermit. The question is still pending between historians.[7][8]
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