Biography
Matthew the Clairvoyant of the Kiev Caves
About Matthew the Clairvoyant of the Kiev Caves
Matthew was a monk of the Kiev Near Caves, commemorated with Damian and Jeremiah on October 5. The Orthodox notice associates their memory with Nestor the Chronicler. It also records a conventional artistic description of Matthew as an elderly, bearded monk. It supplies no exact life dates.
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