Venerable Jerome Pecherskyi

Hieronymus (12th century) was a monk and recluse of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, venerated as a venerable father. His feast days (according to the Julian calendar) are September 28, as part of the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Near Caves of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, and the Second Sunday of Great Lent, as part of the Synaxis of All Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Information regarding the life of Saint Hieronymus is scarce; he is known only from church services, which describe him as a recluse and wonderworker. His relics are located in the Near (Anthony) Caves of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra.