Sophrony Sakharov was a Russian-born Eastern Orthodox monk, theologian, and author who lived from 1896 to 1993. Originally born Sergiy Sakharov, he studied art in Moscow before living in Berlin and Paris. He became a significant spiritual figure as the disciple of Silouan the Athonite, whose collected works he compiled. After being ordained as a deacon in 1930 and a priest in 1941, he established the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex, England, where he eventually resided.