Apostolos of Constantinople

Holy Great Martyr Apostolos of Constantinople was born in the village of Agios Lavrentios on Mount Pelion, in Greece. He received the death of a martyr at nineteen, on 16 August 1689, at Constantinople. He is commemorated on 29 August, by the Greek calendar. His name is not included in the present Menologion of the Russian Church.

On Pelion there is a church dedicated to the holy Apostolos, and a chapel bearing his name exists also in the city of Volos. In 2007 Bishop Damaskinos told of a miracle that took place through the holy Apostolos's intercession. Not long before, a couple of teachers from northern Greece had come to Volos. The wife had conceived several times, but in the seventh month always lost the pregnancy. Then the landlady of the house where they lived, a pious teacher, advised them to dedicate the child to the holy Apostolos. The spouses answered that they "do not believe in such things", but the landlady asked to make the vow herself, on condition that the infant be baptised in the saint's church, receive his name, and she be godmother. They agreed and the child was born. An acquaintance of the couple insisted on being godfather, but a week before the baptism the godfather fell and broke both arms. So the vow was fulfilled: the child was baptised in the church on Pelion, with the saint's name, and the pious teacher was his godmother.