St Athanasius was a man of deep religious devotion, great honesty, strong resolve, fearless, and bold in defending the truth. His writings still serve today as a source of moral guidance and the principles of Orthodox faith.
Saint Anthony the Great was the first one who, through his spiritual struggles and his achievement of spiritual perfection, both took on and guided such a large group of disciples that once desolate places became like cities.
For a long time, Saint Genevieve was venerated as a local saint within the Orthodox Church in France. On 9 March 2017, the name of the Venerable Genevieve was added to the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.