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Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves
Also known as John the Much-Suffering
A monk of the Kiev Caves who waged so fierce a war against the lusts of the flesh that he buried himself to the breast in the earth through a whole Lent, and by long endurance overcame the passions and received peace.
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Notes
Patron of those who struggle against fleshly temptation.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints