Feodor Kuzmich

Fyodor Kuzmich (Russian: Фёдор Кузьмич), also Feodor Kozmich, Russian: Феодор Козьмич, Theodore of Tomsk, or Fomich^[1] (died February 1, 1864, in Tomsk) was a Russian Orthodox starets. He has been canonized as a righteous saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1984.^[2]

There is a well-documented legend that claims that he was Alexander I of Russia who faked his death in 1825 to become a hermit.^[3] According to one account, he lived in a modest house with a garden; protected in a variety of ways by the Imperial Chancery, he received a visit from Alexander II in 1837 and his grave was visited by Nicholas II in 1893.^[4]

References

^ Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., vol. 1, p. 559.
^ Святой праведный старец Феодор Томский (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-01-29.
^ Загадка Фёдора Кузьмича (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-01-29.
^ Wacław Gąsiovowski, viscount de Busancy, Tragic Russia (Cassell, 1908), pp. 120-25.

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[1] Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., vol. 1, p. 559.

[2] Святой праведный старец Феодор Томский (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-01-29.

[3] Загадка Фёдора Кузьмича (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-01-29.

[4] Wacław Gąsiovowski, viscount de Busancy, Tragic Russia (Cassell, 1908), pp. 120-25.

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