I don't know of any list encompassing all Orthodox saints for the last 1000 years. I suspect such a thing does not exist. Organization is not a strong point of Orthodoxy in general. (I'm finishing a doctoral dissertation on Orthodoxy and the papacy.)

As for how saints are made, this varies with each Church. In general, the process involves a local investigation of the life, writings, and witnesses/interlocutors/colleagues of the would-be saint in question followed by a further investigation and consideration on the part of the synod of bishops and the patriarch or catholicos (in autocephalous Churches), or metropolitan in the case of autonomous Churches. Such investigations can start on their own or in response to a popular devotion to the figure. (For many centuries, in both East and West, there was no central authority "making" saints: they were recognized as such at the local level and that was that.)

Today, after a local investigation, many Orthodox Churches will, if the fruits of the investigation indicate a life of great sanctity, then have the patriarch, or the patriarch and synod, consider the matter formally and usually issue a decree of "glorification" as it is called, recognizing the person as a saint and permitting the celebration of him or her in liturgical texts.

"Glorification" is the equivalent of canonization (a term one also sometimes encounters in the Orthodox literature) in Latin Catholic terms. I know of no Orthodox Church that has the intervening stage of "blessed" such as Rome has evolved.
Adam DeVille | Homepage | 05.31.07 - 4:53 pm | #

Adam:

Thanks very much for this--it's a big help.
Dale Price | Homepage | 06.07.07 - 1:56 pm | #