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Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves

Also known as Benjamin of the Far Caves

A wealthy merchant who renounced his possessions after hearing the Gospel warning about riches and became a monk of the Kiev Caves.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints