15th–early 16th century (reposed c. 1504)
An early disciple and cell-attendant of Saint Paisius of Uglich who shared in the labors and visions of the Uglich community.
Our Venerable Father Adrian of Uglich
Saint Adrian of Uglich was a Russian monastic of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, numbered among the first disciples of Saint Paisius of Uglich, whom he served as cell-attendant, close disciple, and fellow ascetic. His life is recorded chiefly in connection with the monastic community that grew up around Saint Paisius near the town of Uglich on the Volga.
Adrian shared in the formative events of that community, including a vision associated with the dedication of a church to the Protection of the Theotokos, and he later took part in establishing a daughter monastery dedicated to Saint Nicholas, of which he was made superior. He reposed around the year 1504 and is commemorated on August 26.
Saint Adrian is commemorated on August 26 and also on Cheesefare Saturday. According to the accounts of his life, his formal glorification likely took place in the seventeenth century.
On March 10, 1964, his name was entered among the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl, the regional commemoration under which many saints of that part of Russia are remembered.