Orthodox saints and name days on October 18

Name days on October 18

Loukas, Luke, Luca, Lucas, Lukas, Marinos, Marinus

Saints and feasts of October 18

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  Luke the Evangelist

  Apostle, Λουκάς ο Ευαγγελιστής

  St. Luke the Evangelist was a physician of Antioch and a companion of the Apostle Paul in his missionary labors. He wrote the third Gospel, which preserves the fullest account of the Nativity and the parables of divine mercy, and the Acts of the Apostles, the history of the Church's first years.

  Name days: Loukas, Luke, Luca, Lucas, Lukas

• Marinos the Elder

  Martyr, Μαρίνος ο Γέρων

  Marinos was an old man of Anazarbus who confessed Christ before the governor Lysias in the persecution of Diocletian. Despite his age he endured beatings and tortures.

  Name days: Marinos, Marinus

• Julian the Hermit of the Euphrates

  Venerable, Ιουλιανός ο εν τω Ευφράτη

  Julian lived in a cave near the Euphrates in the fourth century, eating only once a week and spending his days in prayer. Many disciples gathered around him.

• Gabriel and Kyrmidoles

  Martyr, Γαβριήλ και Κυρμιδώλης

  Gabriel and Kyrmidoles were Christians of Egypt who were falsely accused before the Muslim authorities of Cairo and pressed to accept Islam.

• Symeon and Theodore of Mega Spilaion

  Venerable, Συμεών και Θεόδωρος

  The brothers Symeon and Theodore, monks from Thessalonica, were guided by a vision to a great cave in the mountains of Achaia. There, tradition relates, the shepherdess Euphrosyne led them to an icon of the Theotokos painted by the Evangelist Luke, hidden in the cave.

• Mnason of Cyprus

  Hierarch, Μνάσων

  Mnason of Cyprus is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as an early disciple who gave hospitality to Saint Paul in Jerusalem. Tradition relates that he was made Bishop of Tamassos by Saint Herakleidios.