Moses the Hungarian
Appearance
Eastern Catholic Church | |
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Feast | 26 July |
Moses the Hungarian (Russian: Моисей Угрин, Moisey Ugrin; Hungarian: Magyar Mózes; died 26 July 1043) was a Kievan Russian monk of Hungarian origin. He is venerated as a saint on 26 July by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Moses was born around 990–995. Although the Hungarians were mostly pagan at the time (though they later became Christians), the Hungarian chieftain
Yaroslav I the Wise.[2]
Following the
Kiev Cave Monastery.[1]
References
- ^ a b (in Hungarian) István Ivancsó, "Egy elfelejtett szent: Magyar Mózes" ("Moses the Hungarian: a Forgotten Saint"), in Aetas; retrieved November 5, 2007
- ^ "Hungarian Orthodox Saints: The Story of Three Brothers". HungarianConservative.com.