The Monk Agathon of Pechersk

Commemorated on February 20, August 28

The Monk Agathon of Pechersk was a great fast-keeper, and he healed the sick by a laying-on of his hands upon them, he likewise possessed a gift of prophecy and foretold the time of his own death. His memory is celebrated also with the Sobor-Assembly of the Monks of the Farther Caves on 28 August.