Tomorrow in Kalmykia will remember the Monk Kyriak the Hermit

Tomorrow in Kalmykia will honor the memory of the Monk Kyriak the Hermit, who was born in Corinth in the fifth century.

In his youth, moved by the words of the Gospel, he secretly left home and went to Jerusalem to begin the path of spiritual asceticism.

After visiting the holy places in Jerusalem, Cyriacus spent several months in a monastery near Zion, where, with the blessing of the abbot, he went to the Lavra of Euthymius the Great. He, seeing the spiritual gifts in the young man, tonsured him into a monk and handed him over to St. Gerasim of Jordan.

He lived for 30 years in the monastery of St. Chariton, strictly observing fasting and practicing night prayer. At the age of 70, the saint retired to the desert of Natufa, then to Ruva and Susakim. There he healed people, hermited, ate bitter herbs and prayed.

Despite the harsh conditions of life, Kyriacus lived to 109 years, until the last day retaining clarity of mind, bodily strength and spiritual strength. The saint died in his cave.