Nothing is known about the life of the servant of God, not even the time of his life; it is presumed that he lived in the 12th–13th centuries.
The name "the obedient one," with which Blessed Sergey rests in the Antoniev caves, testifies to his outstanding feats: renunciation of his own will and perfect obedience to the abbot.
Obedience is a great thing in Christian life, a feat glorified by the Lord. Self-will is the most dangerous thing, destroying not only people but also souls. Obedience is the scourge of self-love. The less the obedient one spares himself, the more he conquers the prevailing evil of the soul. In obedience, love for the Lord develops, for Whom he renounces his own will.
Blessed Sergey of Pechersk, having defeated self-love through obedience throughout his life, departed as a holy servant of God and rests incorrupt.
His memory is shared with the blessed ones of the Near Caves, especially on October 7/20. In the manuscript saints, Blessed Sergey is called a faster. In the canon, Blessed Sergey of the Near Caves is glorified as "of one mind with Nectarios the obedient."
