Commemoration
Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves
September 21 Old CalendarOctober 4 New Calendar
Life
The blessed work of asceticism which the laborious and great servant of God Anthony began grew through the centuries like a fruitful olive tree. The many saints who shone like stars in these Caves of Anthony are each celebrated individually on their own day; but on this date they are commemorated all together in synaxis and invoked to the aid of the faithful.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 21. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on September 21
The full reading for September 21 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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