Venerable (Monastic) · 11th century
Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Caves
Also known as Moses of the Kiev Near Caves
A servant of the holy Prince Boris, taken captive to Poland, who withstood the lust and threats of a noblewoman who would have made him her husband, suffering for his chastity; freed at last, he became a monk of the Kiev Caves.
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Notes
A helper against fleshly temptation. Not Moses the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (Jul 28).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints