Who are celebrating today, Tuesday, September 20 – Great feast of Orthodoxy

Today, Tuesday, September 20, is Efstathios the Great Martyr and retinue: Theopistis Agapiou and Theopistou.

Celebrate those named Efstathios, Stathis, Stathas, Stathakos, Efstathia, Stathoula, Stathia, Efstathula
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Who was Saint Eustatius?

THE Agios Efstathios he was a Great Martyr of the Christian Church. He was originally called Placidas and was a senior officer in the Roman army.

One day while he was hunting a deer, he saw a cross on its antlers and heard a voice calling him to become a Christian. With this vision he believed in the new religion and was baptized a Christian with the name Eustathius. His wife Tatiani, who received the name Theopistis, and his two children, who received the names Agapios and Theopistos, were also baptized Christians.

When the emperor Trajan he was informed that his officer converted to Christianity, deposed him and exiled him with his family. Afterwards, his punishment included separation from his family, which greatly embittered Eustathius.

Years later, Trajan remembered his able officer Eustathius when he was in trouble and brought him back into the army. Along the way, he found his family again and felt great joy.

The successor, however, of Trajan, Hadrian, he demanded of Eustathius to worship the idols again. Eustathius refused, resulting in him and his family being tortured to death.

Where are the Holy Relics?

Part of his Holy Relics Agios Agapios they are in the Roman Catholic Church of the same name in Venice. Part of her Holy Relics Agia Theopistis they are in the Roman Catholic Church of the same name in Venice. Part of his Holy Relics Agios Theopistos they are in the Roman Catholic Church of the same name in Venice.

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