Lazarus

Righteous

Commemorated March 17 · October 17

The righteous saint Lazarus , also Lazarus the Four Days Dead , or Lazarus of Bethany (latinized from the Hebrew: אלעזר, Elʿāzār, Eleazar - "God is my help" ) was a friend and one of the first disciples of Jesus Christ , and the first Bishop of Kition in Cyprus . He was resuscitated by Jesus Christ shortly before His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem .
The Church commemorates his feast on Lazarus Saturday , which together with Palm Sunday , hold a unique position in the church year as days of joy and triumph between the penitence of Great Lent and the mourning of Holy Week .
Lazarus is also commemorated on the fixed feast day of March 17 , while the translation of his relics from Cyprus to Constantinople in the year 898 AD is commemorated on October 17 .

Source: OrthodoxWiki