Sergius the Obedient

Venerable Sergius the Obedient was a monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, in the thirteenth century. He is a saint of the Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian source shows that he is commemorated on the day of the Synaxis of the Saints of the Near Caves, 28 September (by the old calendar).

It is not known from what family he came or where he was born. It is recorded that, wishing to cast off the tumult of the world and give his life to God, he came as a young man to the Caves monastery and there became a monk. The saint was distinguished from the other monks by great piety, humility and obedience. He was a great obedient and conscientiously carried out all the duties assigned to him. For such obedience Saint Sergius was called the Obedient.

After his death his relics were placed in the Near Caves of the renowned Kiev Caves Lavra, beside the relics of Saint Sava the God-⁠pleasing. In the akathist the monks of the Caves praise this man of God with these words: Rejoice, Sergius, lover of obedience. On the map of the Near Caves of 1638 he is called the blessed father Sergius, in 1661 Sergius, in 1703 Sergius the Hard-⁠worker, in 1744 the venerable Sergius the recluse, and in 1795 and in the nineteenth century the venerable Sergius the Obedient.