Death of Eustathius
On this day died Eustathius, a teacher of the faith and a preacher of the Gospel.
From the Synaxarium
Meskerem 18 · September 28
10 commemorations
The Empress Helena
On this day is commemorated Saint Helena, the mother of Constantine the righteous emperor. In the days of this holy woman the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise, was found.
Death of Honorius of Segad
On this day died Saint Abba 'Onorewos (Honorius) the teacher [in the monastery] of Segadj.
Mercurius the martyr
On this day Saint Mercurius became a martyr. This holy man was a Persian jester and musician; originally he was a Christian.
Festival of the Holy Cross
On this day it is meet that we should celebrate also the festival of the Honorable and Life-giving Cross of our Lord and God Jesus Christ.
Death of Jacob the Egyptian
On this day died the warrior Mar Jacob, the Egyptian. This holy man had righteous and believing parents, and they gave him as a votive offering to God.
Stephen the priest, Niceta
The book records the name only.
Discovery of the bones of Thomas and Athanasius
On this day were found the bones of Thomas and of Archbishop Athanasius; and on this day are commemorated our father the admirable Philotheus [the Thaumaturge], and Abba Nob the anchorite, and the martyrs who were with 'Aboli - forty men and twenty women.
Philotheus, Nob, 'Aboli and 60 fellow martyrs, Euphemia, Fnomis, Selhan, 'Akalaeles, and Isaac
On this day are commemorated 'Efomya (Euphemia) the martyr, and Abba Finomis, and Selhan, and 'Akalaeles, and Isaac.
Miracle of Thomas the Apostle
On this day took place the miracle which Thomas the apostle wrought when he went to preach the Gospel in the country of India.
From the Synaxarium, the Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in the translation of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1928). Summarised — the full account is longer.
