Holy Martyr Marinos the Elder of Anazarbus in Cilicia.
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.
He was finally beheaded, receiving the crown of martyrdom at the end of the third century.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Marinos the Elder is commemorated on October 18. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 31 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on October 18
Julian the Hermit of the Euphrates
Venerable, Ιουλιανός ο εν τω Ευφράτη
Venerable Julian the Hermit of Mesopotamia, who foretold the death of Julian the Apostate.
Gabriel and Kyrmidoles
Martyr, Γαβριήλ και Κυρμιδώλης
Holy New Martyrs Gabriel and Kyrmidoles, who suffered in Egypt in 1522.
Symeon and Theodore of Mega Spilaion
Venerable, Συμεών και Θεόδωρος
Venerable Symeon and Theodore, founders of the Monastery of Mega Spilaion, and the shepherdess Euphrosyne.
Mnason of Cyprus
Hierarch, Μνάσων
Saint Mnason, Bishop of Tamassos in Cyprus, the early disciple named in the Acts of the Apostles.
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