Saint Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev

Life

By origin from Tarnovo, but educated among the Serbs on Mount Athos. He was especially occupied with translating and copying books. His patron was Patriarch Philotheus of Constantinople, who upon meeting him on the Holy Mountain took him under his wing and then sent him as metropolitan to Kiev. He endured great sorrows and hardships as metropolitan, but he bore everything with equanimity, and by his fruitful labors he greatly benefited the Russian Church. He spent nearly thirty years in the office of metropolitan. Before his death he wrote a farewell letter, which was read at his grave. He reposed on September 16, 1406. His wonderworking relics rest in the Dormition Cathedral in Moscow.