Porfiriia Kiselyova

Matryona Ivanovna Kiseleva (Russian: Матрёна Ивановна Киселёва; 1855 — 25 November [O.S.

12 November] 1905) was a spiritual leader of the Ioannite sect [ru] of Russian Orthodox Church.

The place of Kisseleva's burial in Oranienbaum is the subject of special veneration by the Ioannites and sand from the grave is of religious significance for them.

Victor Protopopov wrote the play "Black Crows" in 1905, in which John of Kronstadt is portrayed as a pseudo-healer, and the Ioannites, led by Kiseleva, as fanatics.

The Ioannites protested the play and Ekaterina Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya, who played Kiseleva, said "Religious fanatics were furious, and often to me, "in order to avoid excesses", I had to return home after the performance, accompanied by guards, who protected me from sectarian attempts to crack down on me when leaving [the] theater".