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'''Barlaam of Kiev''' ({{lang-ru|Варлаам Печерский, ''Varlaam Pecherskiy''}}) was an Eastern Orthodox saint. He was the first [[abbot]] of the monastery [[Kiev Pechersk Lavra]], located in [[Kiev]], Rus', and served together with [[Anthony of Kiev]].
'''Barlaam of Kiev'''<ref>{{langx|ru|Варлаам Печерский|translit=Varlaam Pecherskiy}}, {{langx|uk|Варлаам Печерський|translit=Varlaam Pecherskyi}}</ref> (died 1065) was the first [[abbot]] of the [[Kiev Pechersk Lavra]], serving together with [[St. Anthony of Kiev]]. He is regarded as a [[saint]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], with a [[feast day]] of 19 November.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Venerable Barlaam, Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2013/11/19/103331-venerable-barlaam-abbot-of-the-kiev-near-caves |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref>
 
== Biography ==
He is regarded as a [[saint]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], with a [[feast day]] of November 19,<ref>HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, a parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow, official web-page, {{en icon}}</ref> and of other Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Barlaam was born sometime between the late 10th century and early 11th century to a [[boyar]].<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Varlaam Pecherskiy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Forensic sculpture|Forensic factual reconstruction]] by S. A. Nikitin]]
 
He was tonsured a monk against the wishes of his father by [[Nikon the Dry|St. Nikon of the Kiev Caves]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Venerable Barlaam, abbot of the Kiev Caves (1065) |url=https://www.crkvenikalendar.com/zitije_en.php?pok=0&id=ZEJZ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.crkvenikalendar.com}}</ref>
 
In 1058, he built a wooden church dedicated to the [[Dormition of the Theotokos]] with the blessing of [[St. Anthony of Kiev|St. Anthony]].<ref name=":1" />
 
Barlaam made 2 pilgrimages in his life, first to the [[Holy Land]] in 1062,<ref>C. R. Beazley (1900), "The Oldest Monument of Russian Travel", ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'', 14, p. 175.</ref> followed by a second pilgrimage to Constantinople afterwards.<ref name=":0" />
 
Soon after his second pilgrimage, Barlaam died in 1065 in the [[Zymne Monastery]].<ref name=":0" /> He was buried on his orders in the [[Near Caves|Caves of St. Anthony]].<ref name=":1" />
 
== Veneration ==
Saint Barlaam of Kiev is venerated as a saint in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. His primary feast day is on 19 November, however he is also commemorated on 28 September and on the Second Sunday of Great Lent.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
 
==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180113041827/http://vpba.org/component/attachments/download/9.html Диба Ю. Батьківщина Малковичів – «страна своя» преподобного Варлаама Печерського // Волинський благовісник. Богословсько-історичний науковий журнал. - Луцьк, 2013. - №1. - С.99-112] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/78/78g.htm#St.%20Anthony%20of%20the%20Kiev%20Caves The Fathers of Russian Monasticism]
 
 
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