Orthodox calendar: October 29 - day of remembrance of the holy martyr Longinus the Centuriontranslated

22nd Week after Pentecost.

Today, October 29, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyr. Longinus the centurion, like those at the Cross of the Lord (I); St. Galla (ca. 650); St. Longin, goalkeeper of Pechersk (XIII-XIV); finding the relics of St. John, Met. Tobolsky (1914); St. Longinus of Yarenga (1544-1545); St. St. George, presbyter (1931); sschmch. Eugene presbyter (1937); sschmch. Alexy presbyter (1938); sschmch. John the Presbyter (1942).

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The holy martyr Longinus the centurion, a Roman soldier, served in Judea under the command of the procurator Pontius Pilate. During the execution of the Savior, the detachment commanded by Longinus stood guard around Golgotha, at the very foot of the Holy Cross. Longinus and his soldiers witnessed the last moments of the Lord's earthly life, the great and terrible signs revealed after His death. These events shook the warrior’s soul. Longinus believed in Christ and publicly confessed that “truly this is the Son of God” (Matthew 27:54). (According to church tradition, Longinus was the warrior who pierced the ribs of the crucified Savior with a spear and received healing from the flowing blood and water of his sore eyes.)

After the execution and burial of the Savior, Longinus and his detachment stood guard at the Holy Sepulcher.…