Venerable Pimen Postnik

Pimen the Faster (born 11th century, died 1215 in Kyiv) was a monk of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and a saint of the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves, who rest in the Near Caves. Little is known about his life. According to hagiography, he led an extremely strict, ascetic life. According to the Kyiv Pechersk Patericon, he was a monk at the Kyiv monastery when Nikon the Great was its hegumen and Nikita the Recluse was one of the elder saints, suggesting he must have been in the monastery by approximately 1088. Legend holds that he possessed the gift of prophecy and healing, and that he foresaw his own death. It was said to have occurred on the same day that another Kyiv monk, Kuksha of the Kyiv Caves, was killed by the Vyatichi. Pimen reportedly announced Kuksha's death in the monastery church and died that same day. His relics are located in the Near Caves of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.