St. Aho the ascetic +524

St. Aho the ascetic +524

January 25th the Church commemorates St. Aho the ascetic.Mor Aho was born around 419 A.D. in the city of Rish'aino (Ras ul-'ayn now), which is to the south & east of Nisibis in present day Syria near Hassekeh, his father's name was 'Ubadyo, Aho was one of his three children. At the age of twelve he became the disciple of a local monk, & Lord bestowed wisdom on the child & he was enlightened & became wiser than all the other children in the instruction. He was trained in the liturgy of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and founded a monastery after escaping from his conscription into the Persian army in 573Mor Aho Monastery/Dayro Daslibo(Monastary of the Cross) was founded in the 6th century by Mor Aho. The reason why the monastery is also called the monastery of the Holy Cross is because the monastery is one of many sites which claim to have a fragment of the Holy Cross. Legend states that at some point after the founding of the monastery, Mor Aho found a fragment of the holy cross in either Jerusalem or Constantinople. He managed to steal the relic by hiding it inside of a wound in his leg. After placing the relic in his leg, the wound miraculously healed, allowing him to escape with the fragment unnoticed. The monastery’s main church was built over the supposed site of the relic, which is believed to have been buried in an undisclosed location in that area. Therefore, the relic cant be seen and no one knows exactly where it is. Mor Aho is also responsible for the conversion of four villages in the area of Malayta, & for the foundation of another monastery in Tur Abdin. He died at an old age, & his tomb is located beneath the monastery.For full biography visit: http://www.soc-wus.org/ourchurch/St.%20Aho.htmLife of St. Aho: https://bit.ly/LifeAho