Venerable
Theophanes the Faster
Monk of the Kiev Caves
A fasting monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
- Feast
- September 28old style October 11
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Kiev Near Caves
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Theophanes the Faster lived in the Kiev Caves Lavra in the twelfth century. The epithet Faster shows that he drew near to the Lord through strict fasting. His relics rest in the Near Cave of Saint Anthony, but the circumstances of his life are not described in the commemoration books of the Lavra.
He is commemorated on 11 October, on 28 September in the Synaxis of the Fathers of the Near Caves, and on the second Sunday of Great Lent, in the Synaxis of All the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves.
Commemorated the same day September 28
Wenceslaus of BohemiaPassion-Bearer · Duke of BohemiaSep 28
Hilarion of KievSaint · Metropolitan of KievSep 28
Faustus of RiezSaint · Bishop of RiezSep 28
EustochiumVenerable · Consecrated virginSep 28
Chariton the ConfessorVenerable · Monk in the Judean desertSep 28
Salonius of GenevaSaint · Bishop of GenevaSep 28
Nicholas SvyatoshaVenerable · Prince and monk of the Caves LavraSep 28
Abraham the Recluse of the Kiev CavesVenerable · Recluse of the Kiev Caves LavraSep 28
Arethas the RecluseVenerable · Recluse of the Kiev CavesSep 28
Athanasius the RecluseVenerable · Recluse of the Kiev CavesSep 28
Damian the HealerVenerable · Priest and healer of the CavesSep 28
Matthew the ClairvoyantVenerable · Monk of the Kiev CavesSep 28