Leontius the Canonarch

Venerable Leontius the Canonarch settled in the Kiev Caves Lavra at a young age. Because of his beautiful voice, when he learned the Holy Scriptures he was given the obedience of canonarch, that is, the cantor who intones the order of the service. He fell asleep young, in the fourteenth century, and is counted among the venerable Fathers of the Caves.

He should not be confused with Venerable Leontius the Hagiorite, who struggled on the Holy Mountain, in Dionysiou monastery, and fell asleep in 1605, at eighty-⁠five.