Background
Cyril was born in Scythopolis, Palestine. His father John, a lawyer, supervised his early religious education.
Cyril was born in Scythopolis, Palestine. His father John, a lawyer, supervised his early religious education.
Cyril was influenced by Saint Sabas whom he had met when he was still in a young age. In later years, when he was in Jerusalem, he also met Street John the Hesychast, bishop of Colonia in Cappadocia Secunda. Cyril in 544 arrived at the monastery of Euthymius otherwise known as Khan el-Ahmar.
In 555 Civil Engineering he moved to the New Lavra of Street Sabas with other Orthodox monks after the expulsion from it of Origenist monks, following the general condemnation of Origenism.
He died in the Great Lavra of Street Sabas whereto he had moved in 557 Civil Engineering.
