Hieromartyr
Hieromartyr Eutychius, Disciple of John the Theologian
кон. I — нач. II века
Also known as: Евтих
Hieromartyr Eutychius — disciple of the Apostles John the Theologian and Paul, ordained bishop, who endured starvation, fire, and exposure to beasts (a lion praised the Creator in a human voice instead of tearing him apart) and was beheaded in Sebastea, Palestine.
Eutychius was a disciple of the Apostles John the Theologian and Paul, from Sebastea in Palestine, who lived from the 1st into the early 2nd century. He first became a disciple of John, later a fellow-preacher with Paul, and was ordained bishop by the elder apostles; though not one of the Seventy, he was given the title "Apostle" for his labors alongside them.
He endured starvation, iron scourging, fire, and exposure to beasts — a lion released against him instead spoke in a human voice praising the Creator.
He was finally beheaded in his native Sebastea in the early 2nd century.
His feast is kept on August 24/September 6.
NOTE: an alternative candidate was considered and set aside — the young man Eutychus of Troas (Acts 20:9-12), who fell asleep during Paul's preaching and fell from a window, later revived by the apostle — he has no independent liturgical commemoration or separate hagiography as a standalone martyr-saint.