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St. Theodosius of the Kyiv Caves
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St. Theodosius of the Kyiv Caves

c. 1008–1074 · Kyiv Caves Lavra · Feast May 3

Theodosius left a comfortable home in Kursk, against his mother’s fierce opposition, to join St. Anthony in the caves above the Dnieper. As abbot he brought the Studite rule from Constantinople and built a monastery above ground. He wore rough clothes, worked alongside the monks, fed the poor, and rebuked princes when they did wrong. He is the father of communal monasticism in Rus’.

  • Feast: May 3 (New Calendar)
  • Lived: c. 1008–1074
  • Place: Kyiv Caves Lavra
  • Relics today: Kyiv Caves
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