Venerable
Rufus the Obedient
Venerable monk known for his obedience at the Far Caves of Kiev.
- Feast
- April 8old style April 21
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Kiev Far Caves
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Rufus the Obedient, hermit of the Caves, lived at the Kiev Caves Monastery in the fourteenth century. He was distinguished by obedience and glorified as a lover of labor and fasting. He was buried in the Far Caves. He is commemorated on 8 April (new style; 21 April on the old calendar) and a second time on 28 August, at the Synaxis of the Fathers of the Far Caves.
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