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Venerable Nikon the Dry was made a slave by the Tartars in the 11th century. Prior to his capture he had been a monk of the monastery of the Kiev Caves in what is today Ukraine. Nikon endured a brutal captivity for a period of more than three years eventually gaining his freedom by means of a miracle.Venerable Nikon before his freedom was gained informed his slave master that Jesus would release him from bondage in three days.