Venerable (Monastic) · 13th century
Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves
Also known as Sophronius the Recluse
A recluse of the Far Caves of the Kiev Monastery who lived in great austerity, wearing a hairshirt and an iron belt and reciting the entire Psalter each day. He is numbered among the venerable fathers of the Kiev Caves.
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Notes
May 11: also commemorated as a recluse of the Caves.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints