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Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves

Commemorated on January 2

Saint Sylvester of the Caves lived during the twelfth century and was igumen of the Mikhailovsk Vydubitsk monastery at Kiev. He continued the work of Saint Nestor the Chronicler (October 27) and he wrote nine lives of the holy saints of the Kiev Caves. In the service to the Fathers venerated in the Near Caves, Saint Sylvester is called blessed and endowed with “a miraculous gift to ward off demonic suggestions” (Ode 9 of the Canon). Saint Sylvester was buried in the Near Caves, and his memory is celebrated on September 28, and on the second Sunday of Great Lent.

1/2/2016

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St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia

St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia

St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia

St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia
The saint lived in very simple circumstances: he slept on straw, covered by a sheepskin coat. His humility was so great that he paid no attention to the workers who laughed at him as he walked about the monastery, pretending that he did not hear it. He often said, “Forgiveness is better than revenge.”

Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves

Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves

Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves

Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves
The saint prostrated himself and said: “Lord! Why did You leave me for so long in torment?” “I tried you according to the power of your endurance,” was the answer. “I brought upon you temptation, so that you might be purified like gold."

The Gifts of the Magi arrive at the Kiev Caves Lavra

The Gifts of the Magi arrive at the Kiev Caves Lavra

The Gifts of the Magi arrive at the Kiev Caves Lavra

The Gifts of the Magi arrive at the Kiev Caves Lavra
A great Orthodox shrine, the Gifts of the Magi, which according to the Holy Scriptures were brought to the Bethlehem caves as a gift to newborn Jesus by three Oriental wise men, has arrived to the Kiev Caves Lavra from Holy Mount Athos, accompanied by the delegation of monks of St. Paul's Monastery.