Silvanus the Schemamonk

Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk (Silouan) of the Kiev Far Caves zealously preserved the purity of both soul and body: he subdued his flesh with fasting and vigils and cleansed his soul with prayer and meditation on God. The Lord granted him an abundance of spiritual gifts: prayerful boldness toward God, constant joy in the Lord, clairvoyance and wonderworking. The monk lived at the end of the thirteenth and beginning of the fourteenth centuries, and his relics rest in the Caves. He is commemorated on 10 July (new style; 23 July on the old calendar).