Ananias the Iconographer

Venerable Ananias the Iconographer was born in Russia and was tonsured in the Monastery of Saint Anthony the Roman at Novgorod. God endowed him with a gift for painting icons, and he exercised this talent for the glory of the Lord. Ananias painted "marvelous icons of many holy wonderworkers." For thirty-⁠three years he never went beyond the monastery fence. Historical records do not agree about the year of his repose: some say he went to the Lord in 1521, others in 1561 or 1581. His relics are buried in a hidden place at the monastery. He is commemorated on 21 June (new style; 4 July on the old calendar), on 17 June and on the third Sunday after Pentecost (Synaxis of the Novgorod Saints, a movable feast).