Laurence of the Caves

Holy Venerable Laurence of the Caves, the recluse, struggled in the Kiev Caves monastery in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. He bore the heavy struggle of reclusion, training himself in fasting, prayer and meditation on God. His holy relics rest in the Far (Theodosian) Caves.

He is commemorated on 2 February, on 28 March (the date moves), with the Synaxis of All the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves, and on 10 September, with the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Far Caves, in the new style.