Biography
Paphnutius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves
About Paphnutius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves
Paphnutius is remembered as a recluse of the Kiev Caves. The Orthodox Church in America's notice offers a portrait of his prayer rather than a sequence of life events. It associates his fasting, repentance, and tears with reflection on death and divine judgment. The account compares this discipline with the teaching of John Climacus. It does not establish that Paphnutius met that earlier writer or supply a dated personal chronology.
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