Venerable (Monastic) · 15th century
Venerable Cyril Abbot of White Lake
Also known as Cyril of Belozersk · Cosmas
A Moscow-born monk who, at the bidding of the Mother of God, withdrew to the shores of White Lake and there founded a great monastery, a beacon of the northern Thebaid; renowned for his strict rule and gentleness.
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Notes
Not Cyril of Alexandria (same day, OS-0476).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints