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Venerable Stephen Abbot of Makhrishche

Also known as Stephen of Makhra

A monk formed in the Kiev Caves who came north and founded the Makhrishche monastery near Moscow, a friend and fellow-laborer of St Sergius of Radonezh.

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