Metropolitan Feodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk presented an icon of the Samara saint to Metropolitan Vasilytranslated

On the evening of October 17, 2026, during the All-Night Vigil in St. Catherine’s Cathedral in the city of Krasnodar, Metropolitan Feodosius of Samara and Novokuibyshevsk presented an icon of the holy righteous Alexander Chagrinsky, a locally revered saint of the Samara Metropolis, to Metropolitan Vasily of Ekaterinodar and Kuban.

Holy Righteous Alexander Chagrinsky.

In 1881, Fr. was sent to the poor and little-known women’s Chagrinsky Intercession Monastery. Alexander (Yungerov), who was already known to people thanks to his service in Balakovo. The Lord gave Father Alexander many grace-filled gifts: the gift of healing, insight, the gift of miracles, the gift of reasoning.

In 1896, in an article published in the Samara Diocesan Gazette, Father Alexander was compared in his spiritual gifts to Saints John of Kronstadt, Ambrose of Optina and Theophan the Recluse.  Everyone noted the priest’s unfailing cordial friendliness to all people and his fiery gift for preaching, which made people cry bitterly.

I have a memory of how, through the prayer of Fr. Alexander was revived by the zealous and kind village carpenter, Martemyan Faddeich, who had died in Bose, but without confession or communion. The dead come to life...