Akilei wa Larissa

Akilei wa Larissa (pia: Achilles, Ailus, Achillas, Achilius, Achillius; kwa Kigiriki: Άγιος Αχίλλειος, Ágios Achílleios; Kapadokia, leo nchini Uturuki, karne ya 3; Larissa, Ugiriki, 330) alikuwa askofu wa mji huo katika karne ya 4.

Baada ya kupata malezi mazuri, alipofiwa wazazi wake aliwagawia maskini mali zake akaenda kuhiji Yerusalemu na Roma; kutoka huko aliinjilisha sehemu mbalimbali kwa bidii ya kitume iliyothibitishwa na maadili yote. Alipofikia mkoa wa Tessaly alichaguliwa kuwa askofu.https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93009. 

Ni mmojawapo kati ya wale 318 walioshiriki Mtaguso wa kwanza wa Nisea (325). Anakumbukwa kwa hotuba yake ya kutetea imani sahihi na kwa muujiza alioufanya kuthibitisha kwamba mafundisho ya Ario ni uzushiTaking up a stone, Achillius called to the Arians: 'If Christ is a creature of God, as you say, tell oil to flow from this stone.' The heretics kept silent, amazed at this demand by St. Achillius. Then the saint continued: 'And if the Son of God is equal to the Father, as we believe, then let oil flow from this stone.' And oil flowed out, to the amazement of all..

Baada ya kurudi jimboni mwake alibomoa mahekalu ya Kipagani, alijenga makanisa na kufukuza pepo wabaya kwa wingi.

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki na Waorthodoksi kama mtakatifu.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 15 MeiMartyrologium Romanum Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχίλλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λαρίσης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ..

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Achillius the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Larissa, from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: Kontakion and reading for 15 May
Basilica of St. Achilleios at Lake Prespa from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Achillios: article on the islet which houses the ruins of the basilica

Jamii:Waliozaliwa karne ya 3
Jamii:waliofariki 330
Jamii:Maaskofu Wakatoliki
Jamii:watakatifu wa Uturuki
Jamii:Watakatifu wa Ugiriki