Holy Martyrs Seleukos and his wife Stratonike of Cyzicus.
Seleukos and Stratonike were a married couple of Cyzicus who confessed Christ together before the pagan authorities. Tradition relates that they endured torture side by side and were put to death, receiving the crown of martyrdom as one.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Seleukos and Stratonike is commemorated on October 31. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 13 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on October 31
Stachys the Apostle
Apostle, Στάχυς
Holy Apostle Stachys, first Bishop of Byzantium.
Name days: Stachys
Epimachos of Egypt
Martyr, Επίμαχος ο Αιγύπτιος
Holy Martyr Epimachos of Pelusium, who suffered at Alexandria.
Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios
Martyr, Νικόλαος ο Χίος
Holy New Martyr Nicholas of Chios, beheaded in 1754.
Apelles, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus and Aristobulus
Apostle, Απελλής, Αμπλίας, Ουρβανός, Νάρκισσος και Αριστόβουλος
Holy Apostles Apelles, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus and Aristobulus of the Seventy, companions of Saint Stachys.
Spyridon and Nikodemos the Prosphora-Bakers
Venerable, Σπυρίδων και Νικόδημος
Venerable Spyridon and Nikodemos, prosphora-bakers of the Kiev Caves.
John Kochurov
Hierarch, Ιωάννης Κοτσούρωφ
Holy Hieromartyr John Kochurov, missionary priest in America and first clergy martyr of the Bolshevik revolution.
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