Saint Jonah of Kiev was born in 1802 into a poor family. From childhood, he was pious, visiting monasteries and settling with Elder Seraphim of Sarov, where he spent 8 years. In 1843, after seven years in the Bryansk Beloberezhskaya wilderness, he took monastic vows under the name Jonah.
He was granted a special vision, which he understood as a divine command to build a new monastery on the banks of the Dnieper and decided to move to Kiev.
Hieromonk Jonah was distinguished by his spiritual experience and pious life, and many residents of Kiev sought to be his spiritual children. In 1867, a wooden church in honor of the Holy Trinity was built, and the new monastery quickly became a large landowner.
Despite his advanced age and the illness that tormented him, Father Jonah maintained his spirit and almost until his death welcomed people to his abode. He peacefully passed away in 1902.
