| Valentin Ternavtsev | |
| Birth Name: | Валентин Александрович Тернавцев |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Melitopol, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Serpukhov, Moskovskaya Oblast |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Occupation: | religious activist, author |
| Known For: | The Religious and Philosophical Society |
Valentin Alexandrovich Ternavtsev (Russian: Валентин Александрович Тернавцев; 27 February 1866 in Melitopol, Tavria Governorate, Russian Empire (modern Ukraine) – 28 August 1940 in Serpukhov, Moskovskaya Oblast, USSR) was a Russian author, publisher and religious activist, one of the organisers of the Religious and Philosophical Society (1901-1903). A high-ranking Synod official in 1906-1917, Ternavtsev had the reputation of an active reformist in the Russian Orthodox Church hierarchy.[1]