Biography
Zachariah the Faster of the Kiev Caves
About Zachariah the Faster of the Kiev Caves
Zachariah is remembered as an ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. The Orthodox Church in America's account describes an unusually strict diet of uncooked greens taken near sunset. It also speaks of visions of angels and power over demons. Those spiritual experiences belong to the received hagiographic tradition, rather than independently verified observations. No exact birth or death year is supplied.
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