Savva the Recluse

Venerable Savva the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves lived in the Near Caves of the Kiev Caves Monastery in the thirteenth century. In manuscripts, in the "Book of the Saints" and in the canon of the services to the Fathers of the Kiev Caves he is called a wonderworker. He is commemorated on 24 April (new style; 7 May on the old calendar) because of his namesake, the Holy Martyr Savva Stratelates. His memory is also celebrated at the Synaxis of the Monastic Fathers of the Near Caves (28 September) and at the Synaxis of all the Wonderworkers of the Kiev Caves (second Sunday of Great Lent).