Apostolos the New

Holy New Martyr Apostolos of Agios Lavrentios on Mount Pelion.

Saint Apostolos was born in the village of Agios Lavrentios on Mount Pelion and worked in Constantinople. Slandered before the authorities, he refused to deny Christ and was beheaded in the seventeenth century.

He is honoured especially in Thessaly and by those who bear his name.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Apostolos the New is commemorated on August 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 29 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Apostolos, Apostolis, Tolis, Apostolia

Also commemorated on August 16

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  Translation of Mandylion

  Great Feast, Μανδήλιο

  Translation of the Not-Made-by-Hands Icon (Mandylion) to Constantinople.

• Diomedes the Physician

  Martyr, Διομήδης

  Holy Martyr Diomedes the Unmercenary Physician of Tarsus.

  Name days: Diomidis, Diomedes, Diomedis, Diomedi

• Stamatios of Volos

  Martyr, Σταμάτιος

  Holy New Martyr Stamatios of Volos, beheaded at Constantinople.

  Name days: Stamatis, Stamatios, Stamos, Stamatia, Stamatina, Matina

• Joseph the Hesychast

  Venerable, Ιωσήφ ο Ησυχαστής

  Venerable Joseph the Hesychast, the Cave-Dweller of Mount Athos.

• Gerasimos of Cephalonia (Repose)

  Venerable, Γεράσιμος Κεφαλληνίας

  Venerable Gerasimos the New Ascetic, protector of Cephalonia, remembered on the day of his repose.

  Name days: Gerasimos, Makis, Gerasim, Gerasimoula

• Alkiviades the Martyr

  Martyr, Αλκιβιάδης

  Holy Martyr Alkiviades, who was burned for Christ.

  Name days: Alkiviadis, Alkiviades, Alkis