Barlaam of Kiev
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Barlaam of Kiev (Ukrainian: Варлаам Печерський, Varlaam Pechers’kyi; Russian: Варлаам Печерский, Varlaam Pecherskiy) was an Eastern Orthodox saint. He was the first abbot of the monastery Kiev Pechersk Lavra, located in Kiev, Ukraine and served together with Anthony of Kiev.
He is regarded as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of November 19,[1] and of other Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Forensic factual reconstruction by S. A. Nikitin
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