==The Elders==
*:Moses: Elder Moses reposed in 1862.*:Anthony: Elder Anthony reposed in 1865.*:Leonid(Lev or Leo): Elder Leo reposed in 1841. *:Macarius: Elder Macarius reposed in 1860.*:Hilarion: Elder Hilarion reposed in 1873.*:[[Ambrose of Optina|Ambrose]]: Elder Ambrose was said to have been the prototype for Father Zosima in Dostoyevsky’s novel ‘‘The ''The Brothers Karamazov’‘Karamazov''. He reposed in 1891.*:Anatolius: Elder Anatolius reposed in 1894. *:Isaac: Elder Isaac reposed in 1894.*:Joseph: Elder Joseph reposed in 1911.*:Barsanuphius: Elder Barsanuphius reposed in 1913.*:Anatolius the Younger: Elder Anatolius the Younger reposed in 1922.*:Nectarius: Elder Nectarius reposed in 1928.*:Nikon the Confessor: Elder Nikon the Confessor reposed in 1931.*:Hieromonk Isaac the Younger: Hieromartyr Isaac was executed by the Bolsheviks on [[December 26]], 1937 , in Tula.
The [[Synaxis]] of these [[Saint]]s of Optina is commemorated on [[October 11]].