St. Luke: The Cultured Physician Who Chronicled the Life of Jesus

St. Luke: The cultured physician who chronicled the life of Jesus

The painting St. Luke the Evangelist in the church Iglesia El Buen Pastor by Miguel Vaguer (1959). / Credit: Renata Sedmakova/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 18, Catholics and other Christians around the world cel... [...]

Memory of Apostle and Evangelist Luke | Orthodox Times (en)

The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, was a native of Syrian Antioch, a companion of the holy Apostle Paul (Phil.1:24, 2 Tim. 4:10-11), and a physician enlightened in the Greek medical arts. Hearing about Christ, Luke arrived in Palestine and fervently accepted the preaching of salvation from the Lord Himself. As one of the Seventy Apostles, Saint Luke was sent by the Lord with the others to preach the Kingdom of Heaven during the Savior’s earth…

Luke, Evangelist, Physician, Artist

A blessed feast of Saint Luke (+84) to all our readers! He was one of the four evangelists, author of the third Gospel – and also, as our Tradition has it, of the Acts of the Apostles. Hence, he was therefore responsible for a quarter of the New Testament, more than any other writer. He may have also had a hand in the Letter to the Hebrews. In the Letter to the Colossians,  Saint Paul describes Luke as a physician, and his healing stories in his…