Venerable
Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Caves
August 17 Old CalendarAugust 30 New Calendar
Life
While depicting the faces of the saints on wood, he also depicted their virtues in his own soul. He healed a man of leprosy, beheld an angel of God, and in old age peacefully ended his life in the Lord in the year 1114.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, August 17. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on August 17
The full reading for August 17 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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