Varlaam of Chikoy
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Varlaam of Chikoy (Russian: Варлаам Чикойский before his ordainment - Nadezhdin Vasiliy Fedorovich (Надежин Василий Федотович)) (born 1774, village Meresevo, Lukyanovsky uezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, — died January 23, 1846, Urluk volost), was an Russian Orthodox Church hermit and celibate priest famous for his missionary activities in Transbaikal, the founder of John the Precursor's secluded monastery in the Chikoy Mounts. He is respected as a local saint.
