Sophronius

Venerable Sophronius was a monk and recluse at the Kyiv Caves Monastery in the thirteenth century. He is counted among the saints of the Lavra and is commemorated on 11 March.

It is not known where or when he was born, nor from what family he came. He was a strict ascetic and a man of prayer: he read the whole Psalter every day, wore a hair shirt and an iron belt on his body, and did not take them off until his death. He fell asleep in his cell of enclosure.

His incorrupt relics are in the Far Caves of the Lavra. His name is also mentioned in the akathist to all the venerable fathers of the Caves.