Luke of Batheos Ryako

Venerable Luke of Batheos Ryako was a monk and then the third abbot of the Monastery of Batheos Ryakos (in Greek, "the Deep Stream"), near Triglia in Lycaonia, in Asia Minor. He reposed in peace there at the end of the tenth century.

The monastery, dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord, was famed for the strictness of its monks' ascetic life. Its first abbot and founder was Saint Basil (commemorated 1 July) and its second was Saint Ignatius (died 27 September 970); some sources name Saint Peter (7 September) as the second abbot.

According to the Hagiologion of Metropolitan Sophronios Eustratiades, Saint Luke is commemorated on 7 September. Only Saint Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain (14 July) gives his commemoration on 27 December.