Archbishop
He was born in the first half of the 15th century into a pious family of the Gonzovs. He began his monastic life in the Valaam Monastery under the guidance of St. Savvatiy of Solovki. In February 1477, he was appointed archimandrite of the Chudov Monastery, and on December 12, 1484, he was ordained as the Archbishop of Novgorod.
The saint zealously fought for the purity of Orthodoxy and made great efforts to enlighten his flock. He established a school for the training of priests, compiled a Paschalion for the first 70 years of the eighth millennium, and by 1499 had gathered all the books of Sacred Scripture into a single 'Gennadievskaya Bible.' He is credited with the regulatory directive on the liturgical veneration of Russian saints.
From 1504, Saint Gennady was in retirement at the Chudov Monastery and peacefully departed to the Lord on December 4, 1505.
