Saints of Orthodoxy

St. TheodosiusAbbot of the Kiev Caves

Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“Although Saint Anthony had no gold, he built a monastery which became the first spiritual center of Rus.”
St. Theodosius Abbot of the Kiev Caves

Dates of commemoration for saint

Synaxes & other dates of commemoration

Birth

983

Chernigov, Kievan Rus

Death

3 May (16 May) 1074

Kiev, Kievan Rus

History

Group
Unknown
Translation of relics
Unknown

Connected Sts.

Life path

  • Schemamonk
  • Abbot

Undertakings & Callings

  • Spiritual direction
  • Cave-dwelling

Places

  • Mount Athos

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