Chronicler Nestor, Blessed Simon

Patericon of the Caves or Otechnik

To the glory of the Holy, Consubstantial, Life-Giving

and the Indivisible Trinity, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

in praise of the holy saints of God, in the presence of His Holiness

Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia,

His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev

and All Ukraine Volodymyr

this book "Patericon of the Caves" was printed

Contents

PART ONE

The Life of Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Anthony, the First Leader of the Russian Monks, Who Began to Asceticize in the Caves

Praise to our venerable and God-bearing Father Anthony of the Caves, the first leader of monastic life in Russia

The Life of Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Theodosius, Abbot of the Caves, Chief of the Russian Monks, Who Began to Asceticize in the Monasteries According to the Ustav

The Legend of the Transfer of the Honorable Relics of Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Theodosius of the Caves

Praise to our venerable and God-bearing father Theodosius, abbot, head of the monastic rule in Russia

The Legend of the Holy Miraculous Church of the Caves, Stone, Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

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The Life of Our Venerable Father Stephen, Who Was Hegumen of the Caves, after the Monk Theodosius

The Life of Our Venerable Father Nikon, Abbot of the Caves

The Life of Our Venerable Father Barlaam the Abbot

The Life of Our Venerable Father Ephraim

The Life of Our Venerable Father Isaiah the Wonderworker

The Life of Our Venerable Father Damian, Presbyter and Healer of the Caves

The Life of Our Venerable Father Jeremiah the Clairvoyant

The Life of Our Venerable Father Matthew the Clairvoyant

The Life of Our Venerable Father Isaac, the Hermit of the Cave

Testimony of our venerable father Nestor

PART TWO

The Life of Our Venerable Father Nikita the Recluse

The Life of Our Venerable Father Lawrence the Recluse