Epiphanius

Holy Venerable Epiphanius is commemorated in the Greek calendar on 5 October (new style), as an ascetic of Cyprus, together with Saint John, Bishop of Euchaita, and another Epiphanius.

The list of the day enters two Cypriot Epiphanii: one of Kythraia and another of Kourdaka. The sources consulted do not say which of them is meant here. Of John, Bishop of Euchaita, called Mauropous, a Greek synaxarion site shows that he lived in the eleventh century, was an outstanding poet and a graceful writer, and fell asleep in peace after living more than a hundred years; his service was composed by his nephew Theodore, an imperial notary.