Some dissident heretics set up for him when he returned on the road to Lousiana, which is a crossing between two mountains. When he approached them, they attacked him with stones, sticks, and swords, and a woman roared at him and hurriedly hit him with a stone on his head that killed him. The saint of God did not utter only a few words before leaving him, “O Lord, do not commit this sin to them.” The attackers feared that their matter would be exposed, so they threw him in a pile of hay and fled. The owner of that field came to supply straw for his livestock. He heard an angelic choir and saw a divine light above the place where the body was. The news spread among the people of Gangra, so they transported their father with great sadness and honor and buried him. His shrine became a source of wonders for many years. As for the woman who caused the saint’s death, a demon possessed her and possessed her, but she recovered her health, perhaps because of the saint’s request, “O Lord, do not commit this sin.”
The church celebrates him on March 31.
Troparia in the fourth tune
You became similar to the apostles in their circumstances and a successor in their chairs, and through your work you found promotion to the Theoria, O one who meditates on God. For this reason, you followed the word of truth uprightly and struggled for the faith to the point of blood, O martyr among the priests, Ipatius, so intercede with Christ God to save our souls.
Your deeds of truth have shown you to your flock as a law of faith, an image of meekness, and a teacher of abstinence, Father Ipatius. Therefore, through humility you have achieved exaltation and wealth, so you intercede with Christ God to save our souls.