Hieromartyr Eustathios, who suffered for Christ.
St. Eustathios is commemorated as a hieromartyr, a priest who confessed Christ during the persecutions of the early Church. Tradition relates that he was put to death for his faith.
His name is kept in the Synaxarion together with the other martyrs of this day.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Eustathios the Hieromartyr is commemorated on July 7. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 20 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on July 7
Vlasios of Akarnania and those with him
Hierarch, Βλάσιος ο εξ Ακαρνανίας
Hieromartyr Vlasios of Sklavaina in Akarnania and his companions, slain by pirates.
Peregrinos and those with him
Martyr, Περεγρίνος και οι συν αυτώ
Holy Martyrs Peregrinos, Lucian, Pompeius, Hesychios, Papias, Saturninus and Germanus of Dyrrachium.