18 October
25 commemorations of 18 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 31 October of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Luke the Evangelist
Saints
- Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκᾶς ὁ Εὐαγγελιστήςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Mnason of Cyprus, Bishop, by the sword (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μνάσων ὁ Μάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy 40 children-martyrs, by the swordΤὰ Ἅγια 40 Παιδιὰsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Hieromartyr Cyriacus (Kyriakos), Chorepiscopus of Jerusalem (c. 363)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυριάκος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Marinus the Elder, at Anazarbus (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρῖνος ὁ Γέρωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Julian the Hermit (Julian Sabas)), of the Euphrates, in Mesopotamia (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ ἐν τῷ Εὐφράτῃ ποταμῷsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerables Symeon and Theodore of Thessaloniki, founders of the Mega Spilaion Monastery in Kalavryta, and Euphrosyne the shepherdess who found the Icon of... (4th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Συμεών, Θεόδωρος καὶ Εὐφροσύνη οἱ Θαυματουργοίsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint David of Serpukhov, Abbot (1520)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyrs Gabriel and Cirmidol, of Egypt (1522)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαβριὴλ καὶ Κυρμιδώλης οἱ Νεομάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglen (1795)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Peter of Montenegro, Metropolitan of Cetinje (1830)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Isidore, and his two children George and Irene, martyred under the Ottomans, newly revealed in 1953saint.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Andrey Voskresensky, Sergius Bazhanov, Nicholas Sokolov and Sergius Gusev, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Elizabeth Krymova (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Saint Justus of Beauvais, a child-martyr aged nine, he was venerated in Beauvais in France (287)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tryphonia, a widow martyred in Rome (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gwen (Candida or Blanche), a holy woman murdered by heathen in Talgarth in Wales, daughter of St. Brychan (492)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Gwen (Wenna) and Selevan (Saloman), martyred Welsh missionaries, in Brittany (5th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Brothen and Gwendolen (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Monon, hermit in the Ardennes (c. 645)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint James the Deacon, companion of St Paulinus of York in his mission to Northumbria (after 671)oca.org
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Synaxis of the Icon of Panagia of Machairas Monastery (Panagia Machairiotissa) in Cyprus, one of the 70 icons of her written by the Apostle Lukesaint.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
- Translation of the relics (2001) of Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk (1515), founder of Volokolamsk Monasteryoca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- 1997 slaying of José Muñoz Cortés (in monasticism, Monk Ambrose), guardian of the myrrh-streaming "Montreal" copy of the Panagia Portaitissa iconholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Glorification of Venerable Saint Niphon (Ionescu) of Prodromou Skete, Hieroschemamonk, founder of the Romanian Skete of Prodromou on Mount Athos (1899 or 1901)ec-patr.org · orthochristian.com · doxologia.ro · orthodoxphotos.com
The list is October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.