Biography
Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves
About Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves
Sophronius is remembered as a thirteenth-century ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves, also called the Caves of Theodosius. The Orthodox Church in America's brief notice describes a hairshirt, a heavy iron belt, and daily reading of the Psalter. These details belong to his received ascetic portrait. The notice gives no exact life dates or further personal chronology, and no additional episodes are reconstructed.
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