Eutychus

Holy Hieromartyr Eutychus was a bishop and disciple of the holy Apostle John the Theologian and of the holy Apostle Paul, in the first and second centuries.

He came from the city of Sebaste in Palestine. Although he is not numbered among the seventy apostles, he received the name of apostle for his labors beside the greater apostles, who made him bishop. Hearing the preaching of Christ the Savior, he became first a disciple of the Apostle John the Theologian, and then, meeting the Apostle Paul, he preached with him in various lands. He endured many torments: he was left to hunger, his body was scraped with iron, and he was thrown into fire and to beasts. Once a lion was let loose upon him, which terrified all, for, speaking with a human voice, it praised the Creator. He ended his struggle in his own city, where he was beheaded with the sword at the beginning of the second century.

Saint Eutychus is commemorated on 6 September, in the new style.