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Saints of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Dr. Alexander Roman (email)
Saints of the Kyivan Caves Lavra
On the banks of the River Dniepro (also called "Slavutych"), in Kyiv, the Capital of Ukraine, is the famous Monastery of the Caves in which repose the relics of many Venerable Saints. They are divided into the "Nearer Caves" of St. Anthony and the "Far Caves of St. Theodosius, the two Founders of the Monastic Community. Their lives as well as those of the early Fathers of Kyiv were written in the Kyivan Pechersk Paterikon and constitute a fascinating Hagiography.
The Saints of the Kyivan Caves Lavra form the largest urban Choir of Saints anywhere in the world today. They are the Patrons of Kyiv, Ukraine and the Eastern Slavic Churches. Icons of All Saints of the Kyivan Caves Lavra can be obtained at the Lavra or else through the Jordanville Bookstore in the U.S. Services with Canons in their honour in English can be obtained from the St. John of Kronstadt Book Service.
The Saints of the Nearer Caves are honoured on September 28 (Julian Calendar), the Saints of the Far Caves on August 28 and they have a common Feast on the Second Sunday of Lent. They are also honoured along with all Saints of Ukraine on the Second Sunday after Pentecost.
The names of all the Saints of the Kyiv Caves Lavra are far from known, as Metropolitan Ohienko wrote in his books on Ukrainian Saints. As the service to them states:
"The praises to all those, whomever do be Thy Saints, O Blessed One, do reckon them multiplied more than the very sands. But Thyself, O Master Christ, having counted out the stars and named all named, grant them our prayers . . ."
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