For other people named Ananias, see Ananias (disambiguation).
Saint
Ananias of Damascus
Ananias restoring the sight of Saint Paul
Pietro da Cortona, 1631
Apostle, Disciple, Prophet, and Martyr
Born
Unknown (perhaps Damascus)
Died
Eleutheropolis (tradition)
Venerated in
Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheranism
Major shrine
Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin Church in Yerevan, Armenia
Feast
January 25
Tuesday after fifth Sunday after the feast of the Holy Cross (Armenian Apostolic Church)[1]
Ananias of Damascus (/ˌænəˈnaɪəs/AN-ə-NY-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἀνανίας; Syriac: ܚܢܢܝܐ, romanized: Ḥananyō; Hebrew: חנניה, from Imperial Aramaic: 𐡇𐡍𐡍𐡉𐡄, romanized: Hananiah: "favoured of the LORD")[2] was a disciple of Jesus at Damascus from Syria, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus (who later was called Paul the Apostle) and provide him with additional instruction in the way of the Lord.[3]
^Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church 2003 A.D. Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 526.
^Greek lexicon G367, Hebrew lexicon H2608
^Ananias in Acts chapter 9 and chapter 22
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