Sergei Shmel

7/23/2024

St. Anthony of the Caves and Ancient Russian Athos

On the Athonite Roots of Russian Monasticism

Sergei Shmel

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St. Anthony of the Caves and Ancient Russian Athos

On the Athonite Roots of Russian Monasticism

Sergei Shmel

This ascetic holds a special place among ancient Russian saints and is traditionally revered as the “chief of all Russian monks” because the monastery he founded on the hills of Kiev served as a center and school of ancient Russian monasticism and enlightenment for all of Rus’, for many centuries.

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