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The Holy Apostle Codratus (Quadratus) One of the Seventy, he was a disciple of the Great Apostles. He preached the Gospel in Athens, and was at first bishop in Athens after St Publius, and then in the city of Magnesia. He was very learned in the secular disciplines and rich with the grace of the Holy Spirit. His biographer says of him: "He was as a morning star among clouds", the clouds being the darkness of Hellenic paganism, lacking the light of devotion, and the holy Apostle Codratus shone to them - the Hellenes - as a great light, illumining the darkness, casting down the foul sacrifices and destroying demonic temples by his prayers. But darkness always hates the light, and the pagans hated holy Codratus. They first stoned him, as the Jews had earlier stoned St Stephen, and then imprisoned him, leaving him without bread until his holy soul left his body and entered into the Kingdom of Christ his God. St Codratus wrote a defence of Christianity and gave it to the Emperor Hadrian. This defence acted so strongly upon the pagan Emperor that he decreed that Christians should not be persecuted without especial cause. Holy Codratus suffered in about 130. He was buried in Magnesia, the place of his passion.The Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Ephesus, and Andrew the Priest Two childhood friends, born in Lycia. they both gave themselves with their whole souls to the service of God when they grew up, Hypatius as a strict monk and ascetic, and Andrew as a priest among the people and a preacher of the Word of God. For his great virtues, Hypatius was made Bishop of Ephesus, and Andrew was made priest in the same city. They both suffered in the time of the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Isaurian. After terrible tortures for Orthodoxy, they were beheaded in 730, and both went from this transitory world to eternal life.St Dimitri, Bishop of Rostov He is commemorated on October 28th, and on this day is commemorated the finding of his wonderworking relics in 1752.The Assembly of all the Saints of the Kiev CavesThe blessed work of asceticism begun by Antony, the lover of Tabour and man of God, grew throughout the ages as a fruitful olive tree. The numerous saints, who shone like stars in these caves of Antony"s, are each commemorated on his special day. Today, the whole assembly of them is commemorated and invoked by the faithful for aid. Martyr Eusebius of Phoenicia (2nd c.) and Martyr Priscus of PhrygiaMartyr Eusebius suffered for Christ in Phoenicia. After cruel torture he was beheaded.
Martyr Priscus lived in Phrygia where he converted many pagans to Christ through his preaching and after torture for the sake of Christ he was beheaded. Sts. Isaacius and Meletius, bishops of CyprusThey pontificated in Cyprus and for their saintly lives were gifted by the Lord to work wonders and died in peace. Martyrs Eusebius, Nestabus, Zeno, and Nestor the Confessor of Gaza (4th c.)Martyrs Eusebius, Nestabus and Zeno were beaten with stones in the city of Gaza during the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate.
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