Commemorated on February 20
Saint Agathon of the Kiev Caves was a great ascetic, and he healed the sick by a laying his hands upon them. He also possessed the gift of prophecy and foretold the time of his own death. His memory is celebrated also at the Synaxis of the Monks of the Far Caves on August 28.
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SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2010(with 2009's link here also and further, 2008's):
Orthodox in western Ukraine spend night in church to prevent seizure by
godless schismatics
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The faithful gathered in the Holy Spirit Cathedral, the Church of St.
Nicholas, and the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, which the godless
schismatics of the...
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Saint Agathon of the Kiev Caves devoted his life to Christ as an ascetic. The fact that he could predict future events -- including when he would die -- illustrates the exceptional power that Christ gave him.
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