Eutyches of Melitene

Hieromartyr Eutyches, Bishop of Melitene, co-worker of the Apostles.

Eutyches was a bishop of Melitene in Armenia in the apostolic age, remembered as a fellow-laborer of the holy Apostles. He suffered persecution for the Gospel and was put to death.

He is commemorated on May 28.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Eutyches of Melitene is commemorated on May 28. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 10 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Eftychis, Eutyches

Also commemorated on May 28

• Helladios

  Hierarch, Ελλάδιος

  Bishop Helladios of Tarsus.

  Name days: Helladios, Elladios

• Heliconis of Thessalonica

  Holy Woman, Ελικωνίδα

  Holy Martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica, beheaded at Corinth.

  Name days: Elikonida, Heliconis

• Andrew the Fool-for-Christ

  Venerable, Ανδρέας ο διά Χριστόν Σαλός

  Venerable Andrew the Fool-for-Christ of Constantinople, who beheld the Protection of the Theotokos.

• Niketas of Chalcedon

  Hierarch, Νικήτας Χαλκηδόνος

  Saint Niketas the Confessor, Archbishop of Chalcedon, who suffered for the holy icons.

• Kreskes, Paul and Dioskorides

  Martyr, Κρήσκης, Παύλος και Διοσκορίδης

  Holy Martyrs Kreskes, Paul and Dioskorides of Rome, burned for their faith.

• Mitros of Tripolis

  Martyr, Μήτρος ο Νεομάρτυς

  New Martyr Mitros (Demetrios) of Tripolis in the Peloponnese.