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Venerable (Monastic) · 8th century

John of the Ancient Caves

Also known as John of the Old Caves · John the Hermit

An ascetic of the Lavra of Saint Chariton near Bethlehem who lived in the cave of the Old (Ancient) Lavra and is reckoned among its venerable fathers.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints