October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 19

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 31 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For October 18th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 5.

Saints

• Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (1st century)^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][note 2][note 3]}
• Hieromartyr Mnason of Cyprus, Bishop, by the sword (1st century)^{[1][8][9][10]}
• Holy 40 children-martyrs, by the sword.^[3][9][11]
• Hieromartyr Cyriacus (Kyriakos), Chorepiscopus of Jerusalem (c. 363)^{[12][note 4]} (see also: October 28 )
• Martyr Marinus the Elder, at Anazarbus (4th century)^{[1][3][4][15][16]}
• Venerable Julian the Hermit (Julian Sabas)), of the Euphrates, in Mesopotamia (4th century)^{[1][3][4][17][18][19][note 5]}
• Venerables Symeon and Theodore of Thessaloniki, founders of the Mega Spilaion Monastery in Kalavryta, and Euphrosyne the shepherdess who found the Icon of the Mother of God, Wonderworkers (4th century)^{[1][3][9][10][20][note 6]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Justus of Beauvais, a child-martyr aged nine, he was venerated in Beauvais in France (287)^{[21][22][note 7]}
• Saint Tryphonia, a widow martyred in Rome (3rd century)^{[21][note 8][note 9]}
• Saint Gwen (Candida or Blanche), a holy woman murdered by heathen in Talgarth in Wales, daughter of St. Brychan (492)^[21]
• Saints Gwen (Wenna) and Selevan (Saloman), martyred Welsh missionaries, in Brittany (5th century)^{[10][21][note 10]}
• Saints Brothen and Gwendolen (6th century)^{[21][note 11][note 12]}
• Saint Monon, hermit in the Ardennes (c. 645)^{[21][note 13]}
• Saint James the Deacon, companion of St Paulinus of York in his mission to Northumbria (after 671)^{[25][note 14][note 15]} (see also: August 17 )

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint David of Serpukhov, Abbot (1520)^[1][10][28]
• New Martyrs Gabriel and Cirmidol, of Egypt (1522)^{[1][3][10][29]}
• New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglen (1795)^[4][10][30] (see also: October 13 )
• Saint Peter of Montenegro, Metropolitan of Cetinje (1830)^[1][10][31]
• New Hieromartyr Isidore, and his two children George and Irene, martyred under the Ottomans, newly revealed in 1953.^[32][33]

New Martys and Confessors

• New Hieromartyrs Andrey Voskresensky,^[34] Sergius Bazhanov, Nicholas Sokolov and Sergius Gusev, Priests (1937)^[4][10]
• Virgin-martyr Elizabeth Krymova (1937)^[4][10][35]

Other commemorations

• Synaxis of the Icon of Panagia of Machairas Monastery (Panagia Machairiotissa) in Cyprus, one of the 70 icons of her written by the Apostle Luke.^[36][37]
• Translation of the relics (2001) of Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk (1515), founder of Volokolamsk Monastery.^{[1][4][10][30][38]}
• 1997 slaying of José Muñoz Cortés (in monasticism, Monk Ambrose), guardian of the myrrh-streaming "Montreal" copy of the Panagia Portaitissa icon^[1][10]

Icon gallery

• 
  Apostle and Evangelist Luke.
• 
  Saint Luke Painting the Blessed Virgin.
• 
  Dormition of Luke the Evangelist.
• 
  The martyrdom of Cyriacus (Kyriakos), Chorepiscopus of Jerusalem.
• 
  Panagia Megaspilaiotissa, at Mega Spilaion Monastery in Kalavryta, Greece.
• 
  New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglin.
• 
  St.Peter of Montenegro, Metropolitan of Cetinje.
• 
  Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Name days celebrated today include:

   • Luke, Lucas, Loukas (Λουκᾶς).
3. "THE birthday of blessed Luke, evangelist, who, after having suffered much for the name of Christ, died in Bithynia, filled with the Holy Ghost. His relics were taken to Constantinople, and thence conveyed to Padua."^[7]
4. Cyriacus of Jerusalem's listing in the "Dictionary of Christian Biography" (1877) matches the account in the "Great Synaxaristes" very closely:

   • "Commemorated in the Menologium of Basil II as a man of Jerusalem, who discovered the True Cross, and showed it to Helena, and was thereby converted, and became Patriarch of Jerusalem; and was martyred along with his mother by Julian the Apostate, his right hand being first cut off because his writings had made so many converts. He is unknown to history."^[13]

   Not to be confused with:

   • Cyriacus the Anchorite (+557), September 29^[14]

5. "In Mesopotamia, on the bank of the Euphrates, St. Julian, hermit."^[7]
6. These details are according to the Acolouthia of these Saints, published in Venice in 1706 AD, and in Athens in 1840 AD and in 1911 AD.
7. "In the diocese of Beauvais, St. Justus, martyr, who, being but a boy, was put to death in the persecution of Diocletian, under the governor Rictiovarus."^[7]
8. "At Rome, St. Tryphonia, at one time wife of the Caesar Decius. She was buried in a crypt, near St. Hippolytus."^[7]
9. "The Acts say that Decius the Emperor and Valerian the Prefect, when condemning SS. Laurence and Hippolytus, were possessed with devils. Valerian gave a great howl, and died on the spot; but Decius lingered on three days. This so moved Tryphonia, his wife, that she was baptized along with her daughter Cyrilla, and died next day. The Roman Martyrology does not insert the whole of this nonsense, but confines itself to this statement: "At Rome, S. Tryphonia, wife of Decius Caesar, who was buried in the crypt of S. Hippolytus." The wife of Decius, however, was Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla. The relics of this saint were translated by Pope Paul I.^[23]
10. Sister of St Nonna and aunt of St David of Wales. She is also said to have been the mother of Sts Cyby and Cadfan.
11. St Brothen is the patron-saint of Llanfrothen in Wales. Dolwyddelan and Llanwyddelan are named after St Gwendolen.
12. ["Memorial of Anc. British Piety, or a British Martyrology," London, 1761, gives on this day, "In Wales the festival of S. Gwendoline, abbess, in whose honour several churches have been dedicated. Also, the memory of S. Brothen, venerated in the parish of Llanfrothen, in the county of Merioneth." Sir Harris Nicolas, in his "Chronology of History," gives them on Oct. 15.]

    • "Of these saints nothing is known. Dr. Rees gives the day of S. Gwyddelan as August 22. Two churches are dedicated to her, Llanwyddelan, in Montgomeryshire, and Dolwyddelan, in Carnarvonshire. And Dr. Rees also gives October 15 th as the festival of S. Brothen, founder of Llanfrothen."^[24]
13. Born in Scotland, he lived as a hermit in the Ardennes. He was murdered by evildoers in Nassogne in Belgium.
14. "This eminent man, greatly commended for his ecclesiastical spirit and holy life, was the attendant deacon of St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York. When the Saint was obliged to return to Kent, in company with Queen Ethelburga, JAMES was left behind with the Northumbrian neophytes. He remained faithfully at his post throughout the troublous times which followed, and was able to teach and baptise many new converts. So great was the veneration in which his memory was held, that the place of his usual residence was called by his name. He was a steady observer of the disciplinary usages, which he had brought from Kent, and a skilful teacher of the Roman Church chant. James had the consolation of living to witness the restoration of Christianity in his adopted country, and was spared for many years for the service of God and the advantage of the faithful."^[26]
15. ["Memorial of British Piety," 1761, on this day. Not mentioned, however, in any other Martyrology, and probably arbitrarily introduced into that one.]

    • "S. James was the brave Italian deacon who remained at York after S. Paulinus had deserted the scene of his labours. He kept together a little band of Christians at York through the stormy days of invasion by Penda and the Mercians. King Edwin had been slain in the battle of Hatfield, October 11th, 633; his eldest son fell with him; the younger, taken prisoner by Penda, who swore to preserve his life, was infamously murdered. Northumbria was ravaged with fire and sword, and its recent Christianity completely obliterated, except for the little remnant which clustered round the gallant deacon at York. Paulinus had fled, taking the widow of King Edwin, the gentle Ethelburga, to her brother, the King of Kent. James lived to see Northumbria submitting to Oswald, who brought Aidan from Iona to reconvert the country to Christ."^[27]