Barnabas the Wonderworker

Venerable Barnabas the Wonderworker of Vasa in Limassol, Cyprus, was a locally honoured ascetic, commemorated on 11 June. He has no known canonization, and neither his existence, his life nor the day of his commemoration is confirmed by sure sources.

According to the tradition of the people of Vasa (Koilani) and his service, he lived and struggled in a cave west of the village, at the foot of a cliff of white, watery rock. Parts of his holy relics are kept in the cave of his asceticism at Vasa, and a fragment is at the Monastery of Kykkos. His hymn praises him as one whose relics are a source of healing for those who run to him with faith.