After the annexation of Kiev to Lithuania, the city was ruled by the family of Princes Olshansky. In the middle of the 16th century, one of them, Prince Yuri Dubrovitsky–Olshansky, had a daughter, Juliania, who died. She died a virgin at the age of 16. Her father was a benefactor of the Kiev Caves Lavra, and therefore the body of the princess was buried near the Great Lavra Church.
At the beginning of the 17th century, during the excavation of the grave, a coffin with the incorruptible body of a girl was found under the Pechersk Archimandrite Elisey Pletenetsky (1599-1624). On the silver plaque of the coffin was an inscription: "Juliania, Princess of Olshanskaya, who died at the age of 16." The princess lay in the coffin as if alive, in a white dress trimmed with gold, with many precious ornaments. Her body was transferred to the Great Lavra Church.
In the 17th century, Saint Juliana appeared to Metropolitan Peter Grave of Kiev and rebuked him for his lack of faith and neglect of her relics. After that, the metropolitan ordered the relics of the saint to be placed in a precious shrine with the inscription: "By the will of the Creator of Heaven and earth, Juliania, the helper and great intercessor in heaven, lives throughout the summer. Here, bones are a cure for all suffering... You decorate the villages of paradise with yourself, Juliania, like a beautiful flower." Many miracles and blessed healings were performed at the shrine of St. Juliana's relics. There was a case when a thief who broke into the church stole a precious ring from her relics, but as soon as he left the church door, he screamed in a terrible voice and fell dead.
One day, the Holy Virgin Juliania appeared to the abbot of the Kiev Mikhailovsky Monastery and said to him: "I am Juliania, whose relics lie in the Pechersk Church. You think my relics are nothing. For this reason, the Lord sends you a sign so that you will understand that I am counted by the Lord God among the holy virgins who pleased Him." Since then, the veneration of Saint Juliana has increased even more.
In 1718, the relics of the saint burned in a fire in the church. Their remains were placed in a new shrine and placed in the Nearby caves of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The Holy righteous virgin Juliania became the second of the holy wives of Russia, who were honored to be buried in the Lavra caves. The icons depict Saint Juliana in the Cathedral of the Holy Fathers of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
Saint Juliana is the first helper of Russian women in healing diseases of the soul. She intercedes for them, along with other saints of the Russian land, before the Most Pure Mother of the Lord and with Her before the Throne of the Holy Trinity. Let us pray to the holy righteous Virgin Juliana, Princess Olshanskaya, for her earthly sisters, the women of Russia, so that she may help heal their souls, help them find spiritual joy and solace.