Anthony of Kiev


Anthony of Kiev
St. Anthony of Kiev, co-founder of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
Venerable Father
Bornc. 983
Liubech, Chernigov Principality
Diedc. 1073 (aged 90)
Kiev
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Major shrineSvensky Monastery
Feast10/23 July (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic), 7 May (Roman Catholic)
AttributesClothed as a monk in monastic habit, sometimes with an abbot's paterissa (crozier)

Anthony of Kiev, also called Anthony of the Caves (Russian: Антоний Печерский, Ukrainian: Антоній Печерський; c. 983 – 1073), was a monk and the founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'. Together with Theodosius of Kiev, he co-founded the Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monastery of the Caves).