Biography
Ilya of Pechersk (Saint Ilya Muromets) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. A saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, he is venerated as a venerable, with feast days on September 28 (October 11) in the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk Near Caves and on December 19 (January 1). He is considered a possible prototype for the epic hero Ilya Muromets.
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