St. Achilles icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Achilles icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Saint Achilles. Commemorated May 15. Saint Achilles, Bishop of Larissa, lived during the fourth century, during the reign of St Constantine the Great. He became Bishop of Larissa in Thessaly. St Achilles participated in the First Ecumenical Council, denouncing the teaching of the heretic Arius. He preached the Gospel in his city, destroyed pagan temples, and built and adorned churches. St Achilles had the gift of healing sickness,

St Melania urged the sisters to be vigilant and to pray

The demon inhabiting the idol cried out

and told him how he had been rescued from the wolf

Part of the Life-Creating Cross and nails were taken by Helen to Constantinople

Sophia continued to live for only three days

Licinius tried to force St Theodore to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods

St Alexander (325-340) was a vicar bishop during the time of St Metrophanes (June 4)

they wondered what had become of the stranger who had been giving orders

and St Eustathius

were then baptized

Orthodox icon of the Greeting of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Myrrhbearers

Commemorated January 2nd