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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Asclepiada

The Wonderworker

A venerable woman and wonderworker, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.

Feast
July 4old style July 17
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Holy Venerable Asclepiada, in Greek Asklepias, is commemorated on 17 July. The time and circumstances of her life are not known. The Greek verse synaxaria call her a wonderworker and say that she fell asleep in peace. In some manuscripts she has been confused with the martyr Asclepiodotus, who suffered on 16 July.

The commemoration of the venerable Asclepiada, without a life, entered the Slavonic Verse Prologues and the Great Menaion Readers. The Greek books commemorate her on 4 (17) July. Her name is not entered in the present calendar of the Russian Church.

Commemorated the same day July 4