Saint Kuksha of the Kiev Caves (died after 1114, Kievan Rus' ) is a monk and martyr from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monastery of the Caves). He has been canonized as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church for his work spreading Christianity among the heathen East Slavic tribe of Vyatichi (of the Oka basin in present-day Russia). This story is told of him:
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