RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Theodosius of Kiev

1029 - 1074

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Theodosius of Kiev or Theodosius of the Caves (Russian: Феодосий Печерский, romanized: Feodosy Pechersky; Ukrainian: Феодосій Печерський, romanized: Feodosiy Pechers'kyy) is an 11th-century saint who brought cenobitic monasticism to Kievan Rus' and, together with Anthony of Kiev, founded the Kiev Caves Lavra (Monastery of the Caves). A hagiography of Theodosius was written in the twelfth century. Theodosius' greatest achievement has been the introducing of the monastic rule of Theodore the Studite in the Monastery of the Caves whence it spread to all the monasteries of the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Church. According to the Primary Chronicle: ... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodosius of Kiev is the 1,688th most popular religious figure (down from 1,494th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 322nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Theodosius of Kiev ranks 1,688 out of 3,187. Before him are Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Gad, Severus of Antioch, Impenitent thief, Stanisława Leszczyńska, and Germanus V of Constantinople. After him are Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Saint Meinhard, Raffaele Farina, Michel Sabbah, Zadok, and Baldwin of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1029, Theodosius of Kiev ranks 6. Before him are Alp Arslan, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Al-Mustansir Billah, and Vseslav of Polotsk.  Among people deceased in 1074, Theodosius of Kiev ranks 5. Before him are Anastasia of Kiev, Henry, son of Robert I of Burgundy, Antipope Benedict X, and Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia. After him is Herman I of Baden.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Theodosius of Kiev ranks 334 out of 1,365. Before him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880), Zbigniew Herbert (1924), Tamara Smirnova (1935), Maya Deren (1917), Larisa Shepitko (1938), and Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864). After him are Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877), Michał Boym (1614), Sholem Schwarzbard (1886), Yuri Knorozov (1922), Zbigniew Cybulski (1927), and Evgeny Lifshitz (1915).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Theodosius of Kiev ranks 11. Before him are Jacob Frank (1726), Josyf Slipyj (1892), Marian Jaworski (1926), Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), and Filaret (1929). After him are Tekla Juniewicz (1906), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896), Anthony of Kiev (983), Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1914), and Onufriy (1944).

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