Venerable (Monastic) · 11th century
Venerable Nikon of the Kiev Far Caves
Also known as Nikon of the Caves · Nikon, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves
An early disciple of Saint Anthony at the Kiev Caves monastery, Nikon tonsured many of the brethren, including Saint Theodosius, and later served as abbot of the community.
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Notes
Of the Kiev Caves (Pechersk). Reposed 1088.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints