Anastasius

Venerable Anastasius the Wonderworker was a monk of Cyprus. His memory is not recorded in any synaxarion. He practised asceticism in Cyprus together with three hundred others (the Holy Alamanni), in the time of the emperors Alexios and John Komnenos, in the twelfth century, and fell asleep in peace. A hymn calls him a citizen of the desert, an angel in the body and a wonderworker, who through fasting, vigil and prayer received heavenly gifts and heals the sick. He is commemorated on 17 September, in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).