title: Porfiry
text: # Porfiry
  
  Porfiry (Russian: Порфирий; Bulgarian: Порфирий) is a given name in Russian and other Slavic languages, derived from the Greek Porphyry (porphyrios "purple-clad"). It can refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Porfiry Ivanov (1898–1983), Russian mystic
  * Porfiry Krylov (painter) (1902-?), a Soviet painter and graphic artist
  * Porfiry Krylov (botanist) (1850–1931), a Soviet botanist
  * Porphyrius Uspensky (1804–1885), Russian traveller and theologian
  