Biography
Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves
About Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves
Sisoes is remembered as a thirteenth-century schemamonk whose relics rest in the Kiev Far Caves. The Orthodox Church in America's notice points to the fifth ode of the community's liturgical canon. There his fasting is praised together with that of Gregory the Faster, and both are invoked for help in spiritual struggle. This is liturgical evidence of veneration, not a detailed personal biography. No exact birth or death date is supplied.
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