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October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
October 18 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective October 18 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.
Saints
Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (1st century)
Hieromartyr Mnason of Cyprus, Bishop, by the sword (1st century)
Holy 40 children-martyrs, by the sword.
Hieromartyr Cyriacus (Kyriakos), Chorepiscopus of Jerusalem (c. 363) (see also: October 28 )
Martyr Marinus the Elder, at Anazarbus (4th century)
Venerable Julian the Hermit (Julian Sabas)), of the Euphrates, in Mesopotamia (4th century)
Venerables Symeon and Theodore of Thessaloniki, founders of the Mega Spilaion Monastery in Kalavryta, and Euphrosyne the shepherdess who found the Icon of the Mother of God, Wonderworkers (4th century)
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saint Justus of Beauvais, a child-martyr aged nine, he was venerated in Beauvais in France (287)
Saint Tryphonia, a widow martyred in Rome (3rd century)
Saint Gwen (Candida or Blanche), a holy woman murdered by heathen in Talgarth in Wales, daughter of St. Brychan (492)
Saints Gwen (Wenna) and Selevan (Saloman), martyred Welsh missionaries, in Brittany (5th century)
Saints Brothen and Gwendolen (6th century)
Saint Monon, hermit in the Ardennes (c. 645)
Saint James the Deacon, companion of St Paulinus of York in his mission to Northumbria (after 671) (see also: August 17 )
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Saint David of Serpukhov, Abbot (1520)
New Martyrs Gabriel and Cirmidol, of Egypt (1522)
New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglen (1795) (see also: October 13 )
Saint Peter of Montenegro, Metropolitan of Cetinje (1830)
New Hieromartyr Isidore, and his two children George and Irene, martyred under the Ottomans, newly revealed in 1953.
New Martys and Confessors
New Hieromartyrs Andrey Voskresensky, Sergius Bazhanov, Nicholas Sokolov and Sergius Gusev, Priests (1937)
Virgin-martyr Elizabeth Krymova (1937)
Other commemorations
Synaxis of the Icon of Panagia of Machairas Monastery (Panagia Machairiotissa) in Cyprus, one of the 70 icons of her written by the Apostle Luke.
Translation of the relics (2001) of Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk (1515), founder of Volokolamsk Monastery.
1997 slaying of José Muñoz Cortés (in monasticism, Monk Ambrose), guardian of the myrrh-streaming "Montreal" copy of the Panagia Portaitissa icon
Glorification of Venerable Saint Niphon (Ionescu) of Prodromou Skete, Hieroschemamonk, founder of the Romanian Skete of Prodromou on Mount Athos (1899 or 1901)