Jerome of the Caves

Venerable Jerome of the Caves was a monk and recluse at the Kyiv Caves Lavra in the twelfth century. He is honoured among the venerable fathers of the Near Caves (of Saint Anthony), where his relics also lie.

Very little is known of his life. We know his name and his works only from the church service, which calls him a recluse and a wonderworker. With his relics in the caves of Anthony, he is remembered in the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Lavra.

The Russian calendar commemorates him on 28 September (by the Julian calendar), with the synaxis of the fathers of the Near Caves, and on the second Sunday of Great Lent, at the Synaxis of all the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves. A Ukrainian source gives the day 21 September, and our Menaion data has the same day, so the sources disagree.