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correcting the "Eldar Zosima"="Elder Ambrose" misconception. Personal conversation with Fr. Nikodemus of St. Herman Brotherhood.
*[[Macarius of Optina|Macarius]]: Elder Macarius reposed in 1860.
*[[Hilarion of Optina|Hilarion]]: Elder Hilarion reposed in 1873.
*[[Ambrose of Optina|Ambrose]]: Elder Ambrose was said to have been the prototype for Dostoyevsky's character Father Zosima in Dostoyevsky’s the novel ''The Brothers Karamazov''is mostly Dostoyevsky's invention, but draws inspiration from Elder Ambrose. He reposed in 1891.
*[[Anatolius I of Optina|Anatolius]]: Elder Anatolius reposed in 1894.
*[[Isaac I of Optina |Isaac]]: Elder Isaac reposed in 1894.