Venerable Agaton Divotvorec

Agathon the Wonderworker (Pechersky, 13th–14th centuries, Kyiv) was an Orthodox saint and a monk of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He is venerated as a venerable. His feast days are February 20 (March 4) in leap years or February 20 (March 5) in common years, as well as August 28 (September 10) as part of the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra resting in the Far Caves. Information about the life of Venerable Agathon is known from an inscription on the slab that once covered the entrance to his cave. It states that the venerable possessed the gift of prophecy and healing, curing the sick by the laying on of hands. According to anthropological studies, Agathon died at the age of 30–40. Local canonization took place in 1643, and universal church veneration was established by decrees of the Most Holy Synod in 1762, 1775, and 1784. His relics rest in the Far Caves.