Holy Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia.
Saints Eulampios and Eulampia were brother and sister, Christians of Nicomedia during the persecution under the Emperor Maximian at the beginning of the fourth century. When Eulampios was seized and tortured for confessing Christ, his sister Eulampia openly declared her own faith so that she might share his sufferings, and together they endured torment and received the crown of martyrdom.
Their courage moved many who witnessed it to believe in Christ. The two siblings are commemorated together on October 10.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Eulampios and Eulampia is commemorated on October 10. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 23 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on October 10
Theophilos and Longinus the Stylite
Venerable, Θεόφιλος και Λογγίνος ο Στυλίτης
Venerable Theophilos the Confessor and Longinus the Stylite.
Bassianos of Constantinople
Venerable, Βασιανός
Venerable Bassianos, ascetic of Syria who founded a great monastery in Constantinople.
Ambrose of Optina
Venerable, Αμβρόσιος της Όπτινα
Venerable Ambrose, the great elder of Optina Monastery.
Twenty-six Martyrs of Zographou
Saint, Είκοσι Έξι Οσιομάρτυρες Ζωγραφίτες
The twenty-six Monk-Martyrs of Zographou Monastery on Mount Athos, burned by the Latinizers in 1276.
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