Feast Day: October 5th
The Life of Saint Evdokimos: There once existed an anonymous Monk at Vatopaidi Monastery on Mount Athos. His Sacred Relics were found hidden in the old cemetery giving off a beautiful fragrance. The entire body was found in a position of Prayer and his arms were crossed. An Icon of the Theotokos (Panagia Vematarissa) was on his chest, which means that he willingly fled to the cemetery foreseeing his own death and out of humility desired to die alone. Wisely those Monks who discovered this wonder named this Monk “Evdokimos” (“Divine pleasure”) because he lived in a well-pleasing manner and it was pleasing to God that his Relics be discovered, which began to work many Miracles…
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A Prayer
Megalynarion: Those who embrace piously, the treasury of your Relics, and celebrate your Memory joyfully, shelter from every danger, Evdokimos thrice-Blessed, O most admirable one.
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Some speculate that these Holy Relics belong to Saint Savvas of Vatopaidi, who is otherwise absent from the Synaxaria and without Liturgical Commemoration, though today has a feast for June 15th. This Saint would not be known to us except for the biography compiled by his Disciple, Patriarch Philotheos Kokkinos. Soon after the discovery of the Holy Relics of the unknown Saint Evdokimos, a Monk of Vatopaidi had a vision of the Saint, who let it be known that his real name is Savvas. The Vatopaidi tradition continues to identify Saint Evdokimos with Saint Savas, despite the fact that Saint Savvas is recorded as having died in Constantinople.