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St. Theodore Ouchakoff

(Russian: FYODOR FYODOROVICH USHAKOV)
XVIII/XIX Centuries
Admiral Theodore Ushakov was the extremely successful commander of the Russian Mediterranean fleet under Paul I, and one of the Emperor's Orthodox Knights of Malta. In Greek history he is remembered as the liberator of the Ionian Islands. Falling from political favour after Paul's assassination, he retired near the Synaxar Monastery; he did not, however, become a monk. (The admiral's uncle, who bore the same name and was abbot of the monastery, has been canonised as "St. Theodore of Synaxar"; the two saints are sometimes conflated.)

Wikipedia entry

F. F. Ushakov: --- Russian Generals
History of the Russian Navy: Mediterranean Sea-Battles: --- Russian Federation Navy
Sanaksar Monastery photos. Photographs of the admiral's tomb and monument. --- Sanaksar
V. D. Ovchinnikov: Fëdor Ushakov, (1998). Moscow: Novator, 1998.
Canonization:
- News stories about the local canonization of Adm. Ushakov in Saransk and Mordovia, 2001. --- Stetson University
- Admiral Fyodor Ushakov Named Patron Saint of long-distance Nuclear Bombers. Interfax news item, 2005 September 26. --- Yahoo Orthodox News
- V. N. Zviagin et al.: Study of the skeleton of Admiral F. F. Ushakov, (2002). Sud. Med. Ekspert. (45/2): 21. Scientific report on the relics, commissioned by the Russian Orthodox Church.
St. Theodore in the Soviet Era: St. Theodore was always remembered in the Russian military, and when the Soviet government took a nationalistic turn during World War II, his memory was invoked by the state. Some modern Orthodox credit to his supernatural intervention the defeat of the Nazis.
- The Order of Ushakov: A Soviet military decoration, still awarded by the Russian government.
- Admiral Ushakov: A 1953 Soviet patriotic film, with a score by the famous composer Aram Khachaturian.

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