# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sophrony-sakharov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:30:25.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sophrony-sakharov"
name: "Sophrony Sakharov"
slug: "sophrony-sakharov"
description: "Sophrony the Athonite, known also as Saint Sophrony, Elder Sophrony or Father Sophrony, was a Russian-born Orthodox Christian archimandrite and one of the most noted ascetic monks of the 20th century. He is best known as the disciple and biographer of Silouan the Athonite and compiler of his works in the classic book Saint Silouan the Athonite, and also as the founder of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, England."
tagline: "Russian monk, theologian and writer (1896–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eldersophrony.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1896-09-22"
deathDate: "1993-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.04
  momentum:             6.62109375
  historical:           9.08352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sophrony_(Sakharov)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "سوفرونى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophroni_Sacharow"
    title: "Sophroni Sacharow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A3%CF%89%CF%86%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%88%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BE"
    title: "Άγιος Σωφρόνιος του Έσσεξ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophrony_(Sakharov)"
    title: "Sophrony (Sakharov)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophrony_(archimandrite)"
    title: "Sophrony (archimandrite)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophrony_(Szaharov)"
    title: "Sophrony (Szaharov)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofronie_Saharov"
    title: "Sofronie Saharov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2)"
    title: "Софроний (Сахаров)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Софроније Сахаров"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkimandrit_Sofrony"
    title: "Arkimandrit Sofrony"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2749853"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump