Commemorated
on September 20
Holy Prince
Oleg Romanovich of Briansk (in Baptism Leontius) was grandson of the holy
martyr Prince Michael of Chernigov. According to the chronicle histories,
Prince Oleg together and his father, Prince Roman Mikhailovich of Briansk,
participated in a war against Lithuania in 1274.
After
1274, he resigned as prince and became a monk with the name Basil at the
Briansk monastery of Saints Peter and Paul, built through his generosity. The
holy prince died at this monastery as a strict ascetic in the year 1285, and was
buried in the monastery church.
Source: https://oca.org/saints/lives/2010/09/20/102680-st-oleg-the-prince-of-briansk
CONVERSATION