Antony of Siya () (1479–1556) was a Russian Orthodox monk who was proclaimed a saint after his death. He founded the Antonievo-Siysky Monastery on the River Siya in modern Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Antony was born a peasant. He married while a young man and was a normal peasant until after the death of his wife. He then entered the monastery at Kargopol. He did not stay there long and afterward became a wandering monk along the shores of the Arctic Ocean.

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In 1520, Antony founded his monastery. He received permission from Vasily III to erect monastic buildings on state land. He also was a vocal advocate of monastic control of peasant villages.

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Vasily's grandson Ivan wrote a biography on Antony.

Anthony of Siya

References

External links

Biography of St. Antony on the official site of Antonievo-Siysky Monastery

1479 births

1556 deaths

16th-century Christian saints

Russian Orthodox monks

Russian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church