Venerable (Monastic) · 14th century
Gerontius the Canonarch
Also known as Gerontius of the Kiev Caves
A monk of the Kiev Caves who served as canonarch, leading the chanting in church, and pursued strict ascetic discipline; his relics rest in the Far Caves.
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Notes
Reposed in the Far (Theodosian) Caves of Kiev.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints