Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves

Commemorated on November 9

Saint Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Caves, Near Caves pursued the ascetic life in the Kiev Caves monastery. He was a presbyter and had the gift of clairvoyance. He died in the year 1148 and was buried in the Near Caves beside St Spyridon (October 31). His memory is also celebrated on September 28 and on the second Sunday of Great Lent.



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