Prologue: hagiographies of the saints
 
 
 
 
 
 

Venerable Procopius, the Czech     4/14/2013

Procopius was born in Hotish. He was ordained a priest and retreated to a mountain to live according to the model of eastern hermits. The Duke (Herceg) Ulrich accidentally came upon Procopius and assisted him in establishing the Monastery of St. John the Forerunner by the Sazava river. This holy man died in the year 1053 A.D.