Tomorrow in Kalmykia will honor the memory of St. Michael

Every year on October 13, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Michael, the first Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia.

Saint Michael was born in Syria in the tenth century. In 988, at the behest of Patriarch Nicholas of Tsaregrad, he was sent to Kiev to help Prince Vladimir in the Baptism of Russia.

According to legend, St. Michael was a zealous distributor of Christianity: he tirelessly enlightened the people, overthrew idols, actively participated in the construction of churches and monasteries. He is credited with the founding of the Kiev-Zlatoverkho-Mikhailovsky monastery - one of the oldest operating monasteries in Kiev.

Michael died in Kiev in 992. Initially, his relics were laid in the Tithe Church, and then transferred to the Antonievsky caves of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. In 1730 they were moved to the Pechersk Church.