Anthony of Kiev


Anthony of Kiev
St. Anthony of Kiev, co-founder of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
Venerable Father, Anthony of the Caves
Bornc. 983
Liubech, Chernigov Principality
Diedc. 1073 (aged 90)
Kiev
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Major shrineSvensky Monastery
Feast10/23 July (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic), 7 May (Roman Catholic)
AttributesClothed as a monk in monastic habit, sometimes with an abbot's paterissa (crozier)

Anthony of Kiev, also called Anthony of the Caves (Russian: Антоний Печерский, Ukrainian: Антоній Печерський; c. 983 – 1073), was a monk and the founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'. Together with Theodosius of Kiev, he co-founded the Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monastery of the Caves).


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