October 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist is celebratedtranslated

Today, October 18, our Holy Orthodox Church commemorates the memory of Saint and Evangelist Luke, physician, hagiographer and author of the homonymous Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, i.e. two of the 27 canonical books of the New Testament.

By LAMBROS K. SKONZOU, Theologian - Professor

Saint Luke the Evangelist The four Holy Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, hold special honor in our Church, because they claimed to be the authors of the four Gospels, which constitute the four pillars on which our Christian faith rests, together with the other books of the New Testament and the Holy Tradition. In this article we will deal with the holy evangelist Luke.

He came from Antioch in Syria and was of Greek descent. He was highly educated and practiced as a physician. He knew the Greek language perfectly, as well as Hebrew. This is clearly seen in his sacred writings, the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, where no other writer of the New Testament can reach the beauty of his speech. At the same time, he was also an excellent painter. He studied at…