Alphaeus

Holy Martyr Alphaeus, a church reader, is commemorated on 18 December (new style, the Greek calendar) together with Saint Zacchaeus the deacon. The synaxarion says that both suffered at Caesarea. A verse says that, out of longing for the Word of God, they chose death with piety.

The Greek source notes that they may be the same as those commemorated on 18 November. The time is not preserved.