This paper examines religious nationalism, Russian Orthodoxy, and the veneration of saintly heroes in contemporary Russia through an empirical examination of canonization projects involving new saints whose principal merits are tied to their victories on the battlefield. It shows that two different forms of religious nationalism are involved in Russia today: one related to a specific political project, and the other as a popular way of imagining the unique nature of each nation. By following projects of canonizing "patriotic" saints, we show that the entanglement of Orthodoxy and politics is neither accidental nor exceptional. It is a routine feature of a social order in which Orthodoxy operates simultaneously as confession, cultural heritage, and marker of national belonging.