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Venerable (Monastic) · 12th century

Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves

Also known as Prochorus the Wonderworker · Prochorus the Goosefoot

A monk of the Kiev Caves who, during a famine, miraculously made sweet bread from bitter goosefoot weed and salt from ashes, feeding the hungry; called the 'Goosefoot' for this wonder. Reposed 1107.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)