of Kiev-Cave Monastery

Study questions:

1. Comment on the composition of Feodosii's life.

2. What place occupies in this life Feodosii’s childhood? What kind of child was he?

3. How does this life portray Feodosii’s asceticism?

4. What literary models are employed by the author of this text?

5. Compare Feodosii’s asceticism to other ascetic models covered in this course.

6. How is the theme of Feodosii’s destiny and/or vocation developed in this text?

7. Comment on the symbolic aspects of Feodosii’s life.

8. How is the New Testament text employed in Feodosii’s life?

9. How does Feodosii interpret the Gospels and/or Christ’s teachings?

10. What roles does Feodosii play in the text of his hagiography?

11. What aspects/motifs/episodes of this life can be traced to other lives of the saints covered in this course?

12. What aspects of Feodosii’s life are new and/or unique?

13. What episodes of Feodosii’s hagiography characterize him as a saint?