Venerable (Monastic) · Byzantine
Venerable Pimen the Ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves
Also known as Pimen the Faster
A monk of the Far Caves of Kiev remembered especially for his rigorous fasting and ascetic discipline.
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Notes
Also commemorated Aug 28 with the Saints of the Far Caves; dating uncertain. Also commemorated Aug 7 (Pimen the Faster of the Far Caves).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints