Biography
Aquila of the Kiev Caves
About Aquila of the Kiev Caves
Aquila is remembered in the tradition of the Kiev Caves as a deacon who lived in the fourteenth century. The Orthodox Church in America’s brief account describes a prolonged hermit life and an austere practice of fasting.
The same account cites a monastic canon in which people seeking temperance ask for his help. His remembrance belongs to that community’s devotional tradition; the notice provides no detailed account of his family or early years.
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