Main article: Russian saints
- See also Orthodox Saints Index
- Alexander Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir, military hero, patron saint and the Name of Russia
- Ambrose of Optina, starets of the Optina Monastery
- Andrei Rublev, famous icon-painter, author of the Trinity
- Anthony of Kiev, co-founder of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the first monastery in Russia
- Basil Fool for Christ, yurodivy who gave his name to St. Basil's Cathedral on the Red Square
- Boris and Gleb, children of Vladimir the Great, the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus'
- Tsarevich Dmitry, son of Ivan IV, mysteriously died or killed, later impersonated by the impostors False Dmitry I and False Dmitry II during the Time of Troubles
- Dmitry Donskoy, war hero, the first Prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia
- Eudoxia of Moscow, wife of Dmitry Donskoy, healer, founded the Ascension Monastery and the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, the oldest surviving building in Moscow
- Feodor Kuzmich, starets who according to a legend was in fact Alexander I of Russia who faked his death to become a hermit
- Fyodor Ushakov, the most illustrious Russian Admiral of the 18th century, did not lose a single ship in 43 battles
- Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, senior sister of the last Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, became a prominent nun after her husband was murdered by revolutionary terrorists, founded the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent
- Gennady of Novgorod, compiled the first complete codex of the Bible in Slavic, the Gennady Bible
- Herman of Valaam, preached Christianity to Karelians and Finns, co-founder of the Valaam Monastery
- Herman of Alaska, one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, patron saint of the Americas
- Ioakim Korsunianin, the first bishop of Novgorod the Great and builder of the original wooden Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
- Job of Pochayiv, defender of Russian Orthodoxy in Ukraine, built the Pochayiv Lavra
- John of Kronstadt, patron saint of St Petersburg, mystic and religious writer
- John of Shanghai and San Francisco, a leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
- Joseph Volotsky, prominent caesaropapist ideologist, founder of Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
- Kirill of Beloozero, founder of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
- Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky, outstanding surgeon, the founder of purulent surgery, bishop, spiritual writer
- Maria Skobtsova, noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II
- Maximus the Greek, 16th century humanist scholar
- Michael of Chernigov, powerful Kievan Prince killed by Mongol-Tatars for his adherence to the Christian faith
- Mikhail of Tver, Grand Prince of Vladimir killed by Mongols
- Nestor the Chronicler, author of the Primary Chronicle (the earliest East Slavic chronicle)
- Nicholas II of Russia, the last Russian Emperor, killed in the Civil War with his family; they were beatified as new-martyrs
- Nicholas of Japan, brought the Eastern Orthodoxy to Japan
- Nil Sorsky, leader of Non-possessors movement
- Olga of Kiev, the first Christian among Russian rulers
- Peter and Fevronia, saint married couple, an ideal of family
- Savvatiy, founder of Solovetsky Monastery
- Seraphim of Sarov, mystic and patron saint of Russia, the greatest of the 19th century startsy
- Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia, spiritual and monastic reformer, founder of the Trinity Sergius Lavra, blessed Dmitry Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo
- Sergius of Valaam, brought Christianity to Karelians and Finns, co-founder of the Valaam Monastery
- Stephan of Perm, 14th century missionary, converted Komi Permyaks to Christianity and invented the Old Permic script
- Theodosius of Kiev, co-founder of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra
- Vladimir I of Kiev "the Great", Kievan Prince who turned from pagan to saint and enacted the Christianization of Kievan Rus'
- Xenia of Saint Petersburg, fool for Christ, patron saint of St Petersburg, gave all her possessions to the poor and wandered for 45 years around the streets
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