Sampson Sievers
Sampson Sievers, born: Edward Sievers Russian: Эдуард Сиверс, names adopted after conversion: Sergius (at Orthodox baptism at the age 17), when monk known first as Elder Symeon and after taking Great Schema as Elder Sampson (Russian: Старец Сампсон) (July 10 (Old Style June 27), 1900, Saint Petersburg, Russia - August 24, 1979, Moscow, Russia) - Russian Orthodox Christian elder, hieromonk, priest, confessor of Russian patriarch and higher clergy, wonder-worker and mystic of English ancestry, who suffered heavily at the hands of Soviet authorities (4 imprisonments and years in Soviet concentration camps, including a term in Svirlag concentration camp and 1 year in single cell in Baku prison).
Read more about Sampson Sievers: Early Years and Family, Conversion Into Orthodoxy, First Arrest, Execution and Work in Tikhvin, Second Arrest and Deportation To Svirlag Concentration Camp, Short Liberation, Third Arrest and Deportation To The Far East, Liberation of 1945: As Priest To Kolguta in Stavropol Region, Priestly Service in Ruzayevka, Makarovka and Spasskoye (Republic of Mordovia), Sampson's Teaching