Venerable
Venerable Elias of Calabria
August 17 Old CalendarAugust 30 New Calendar
Life
A Greek by origin, and abbot of the Monastery of Melikuka in Calabria, in southern Italy. In the time of iconoclasm in the East, many Eastern monks fled with their icons to Calabria. In time, monastic life spread greatly in Calabria. The Calabrian monks were distinguished both by great learning and by great strictness of life. For a time there were so many Orthodox monasteries and monks in Calabria that it was compared to ancient Egypt. Orthodox Calabria later through the centuries came under the authority of the Archbishops of Ohrid. Venerable Elias reposed in the Lord in Thessalonica in the year 903.
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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