The Monk Onysim of Pechersk

Commemorated on July 21

      The Monk Onysim of Pechersk (XII-XIII), having pursued asceticism at the Kievo-Pechersk Lavra, became an hermit at the Nearer Caves (of the Monk Antonii). The holy relics of the monk were buried on the place of his ascetic deeds.

© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.