13th of October

The 13th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs CARPUS, PAPYLUS; AGATHODORUS and AGATHONICA; the Holy Martyr FLORENTIUS; our Holy Father NICETAS the Confessor; the Holy Martyr BENJAMIN the deacon, who suffered for the faith in PERSIA; the Holy New Martyr CHRYSE, who was cut in pieces at Slatina in 1795; the Venerable BENJAMIN of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Holy Hieromartyr JAMES of HAMATURA; our Holy Father MELETIUS I (Pigas), Patriarch of ALEXANDRIA; Saint ANTONY, Bishop of CQONDIDI in Georgia

St. Nicetas the Confessor

12th of October

The 12th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs PROBUS, TARACHUS and ANDRONICUS; the Holy Martyr DOMNINA; the Holy Virgin Martyr ANASTASIA, who was slain by the sword; the Holy Martyrs JUVENTINUS and MAXIMUS, who were slain by the sword; the GOOD THIEF; our Holy God-bearing Father TRHEOSEBIUS of ARSINOE in Cyprus; the Venerable Fathers AMPHILOCHIUS, TARASIUS and MACARIUS of GLUSHITSA; the Holy Hieromartyr JUVENAL of RYAZAN

11th of October

The 11th of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostle PHILIP, one of the Seven Deacons; our Holy Father THEOPHANES the BRANDED (Graptos), Confessor, Hymnographer and Bishop of Nicaea, who died in peace; the two Holy Virgins and sisters according to the flesh ZENAIS and PHILONILLA; our Holy Fathers NECTARIUS, ARCADIUS and SISINUS, Patriarchs of CONSTANTINOPLE; our holy Father PHILOTHEUS KOKKINOS, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable JONAH the Wonderworker of Cyprus; SYNAXIS of the Venerable Startsi of the Monastery of Optina

Synaxis of the Fathers of Optina

10th of October

The 10th of the month, Memory of the holy Martyrs EULAMPIUS and EULAMPIA; the Venerable Father BASSIAN, who died in peace; our Venerable Father THEOPHILUS the CONFESSOR; Saint PINTYNUS, Bishop of KNOSSOS in Crete; Saint AMPHILOCHIUS, Bishop of VLADIMIR; the Blessed Fool-for-Christ ANDREW of TOTMA; Memory of our Venerable Father AMBROSE of OPTINA; Saint INNOCENT, Bishop of PENZA

St. Ambrose of Optina

9th of October

The 9th of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostle JAMES, the son of Alphaeus; our Holy Father ANDRONICUS and of his wife ATHANASIA; Saint PUBLIA, who confessed the faith and died in peace; Saint Peter the Soldier; the righteous Patriarch ABRAHAM and of his nephew LOT; the Holy New Martyr JOHN of PRUSA; Memory of Saint STEPHEN the BLIND, Prince of SERBIA; Saint DENIS, the first Bishop of PARIS, and of his companions RUSTICUS and ELEUTHERIUS

St. Denis, first Bishop of Paris

8th of October

The 8th of the month, Memory of our Holy Mother PELAGIA, the repentant harlot; Saint PELAGIA, the VIRGIN; Saint THAÏS, the repentant harlot; the Holy Monk and New Martyr Saint IGNATIUS the NEW; the Venerable DOSITHEUS, Abbot of VERKNEOSTROV; the Venerable TRYPHON, Abbot of VYATKA; our Holy Father NICOLAS, Patriarch of ANTIOCH

7th of October

Sts. Sergius and Bacchus

The 7th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs SERGIUS and BACCHUS; the Holy Martyrs JULIAN the priest, and CAESARIUS the deacon; the Holy Hieromartyr POLYCHRONIUS; our Father JOHN the HERMIT and of his Ninety-Eight Companions, who lived in ascesis on the island of Crete; our Venerable Father SERGIUS of NURMA

5th of October

St. Gregory of Khandzta

The 5th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr CHARITINA; the Holy Martyr MAMELTA, who was stoned to death; our Holy Father EUDOCIMUS of the Monastery of VATOPEDI on Mount Athos; our Holy Father SABAS of VATOPEDI; our Holy Mother METHODIA, who practiced ascesis in the island of KIMOLOS; the Venerable Fathers: DAMIAN the Healer, JEREMIAH and MATTHEW of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; our Venerable Father GREGORY of KHANDZTA in Georgia

4th of October

St. Hierotheos of Athens

The 4th of the month, Memory of Saint HIEROTHEUS, Bishop of ATHENS; Saint DOMNINA and her daughters, BERENICE and PROSDOKE; the Holy Martyr ADAUCTUS and his daughter CALLISTHENE; our Holy Father AMMON the EGYPTIAN, who died in peace; the Holy Hieromartyr PETER of CAPITOLIA; Saint STEPHEN STILIANOVICH, Prince of SERBIA, and of his wife Saint ELIZABETH; Translation of the Relics of Saint GURIAS, Bishop of KAZAN, and of Saint BARSANUPHIUS, Bishop of TVER, Enlighteners of KAZAN

3rd of October

St. Dyonisius the Areopagite

The 3rd of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr DIONYSIUS the AREOPAGITE; the Holy Hieromartyr DIONYSIUS, Bishop of ALEXANDRIA, and of his Disciples: FAUSTUS, GAIUS, EUSEBIUS, and CHAIREMON, the Deacons; our Holy Father JOHN the CHOZEBITE, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, who died in peace

2nd of October

St. Leger of Autun

The 2nd of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr CYPRIAN and of the Virgin Martyr JUSTINA; the Holy Great Martyr THEODORE GAVRA; the Holy Martyrs DAVID and CONSTANTINE, Princes of Georgia; our Holy Father LEGER, Bishop of AUTUN; Saint THEODORE Ushakov, Admiral of the Russian fleet

1st of October

St. Romanos the Melodist

The 1st of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostle ANANIAS; our Holy Father ROMANUS the MELODIST; the Holy Monks and Martyrs MICHAEL, Abbot of the Monastery of ZOBEA, and his thirty-six Companions; the Holy Martyr DOMNINUS, who died through having his bones crushed; the Holy Monk and Chanter JOHN KOUKOUZELIS, who led the ascetic life at the Great Lavra on the Holy Mountain of Athos and died in peace; Saint REMIGIUS, Bishop of RHEIMS and Apostle of the Franks; our Holy Father BAVO of GHENT

30th of September

The 30th of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr GREGORY the ENLIGHTENER, Catholicos of GREATER ARMENIA; the Venerable GREGORY of PELSHMA; our Father among the Saints MICHAEL, Metropolitan of KIEV; Saint ARSENIUS, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE

14th century Byzantine mosaic of Gregory at the Pammakaristos Church in Constantinople

29th of September

The 29th of the month, Memory of our Holy Father CYRIACUS the Anchorite; the Holy Martyrs DADA and KASDIOS and of the Holy Martyrs GUBARLAHAS, and his sister KAZOY, children of the King of Persia; the Holy FATHERS of the Monastery of the STROPHADES islands, massacred by the Turks; our Holy Father ONOUPHRIUS GARAGELI

St. Cyriacus the Anchorite

27th of September

The 27th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr CALLISTRATUS and of his FORTY-NINE Companions; our Venerable Father SABBATIUS, Founder of the Monastery of SOLOVKI; the Holy Hieromartyr ANTHIMUS the IBERIAN, Metropolitan of HUNGRO-WALLACHIA; Saint Sigbert, King of the EAST ANGLES; Holy Hieromartyr PETER (Polyanski), Metropolitan of KRUTITSKY and KOLOMNA, Locum Tenens of the Patriarch of Moscow, who was martyred in 1937; RACHEL (Korotkova), Nun of the Great Habit of BORODINO

St. Sigbert of the East Angles

26th of September

The 26th of the month, Memory of the Holy and Glorious Apostle and Evangelist JOHN the THEOLOGIAN, the virgin Disciple and beloved Friend who leant on the Savior's breast; the Righteous GIDEON of the tribe of Manasseh, who judged Israel; our Holy God-bearing Father NILUS of CALABRIA; the Venerable EPHRAIM, Abbot of PEREKOP, Wonderworker of NOVGOROD

St. John the Evangelist

25th of September

The 25th of the month, Memory of our Holy Mother EUPHROSYNE, daughter of Paphnutius the Egyptian; the Holy Monk and Martyr PAPHNUTIUS the ANCHORITE, who was crucified AD 303, and of his 546 Companions; Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople AD 447, and of the Miracle of the TRISAGION; our Holy God-bearing Father SERGIUS of RADONEZH, Wonderworker and Protector of Russia; Saint EUPHROSYNE of SUZDAL, the Venerable DOSITHEA, Recluse of the KIEV CAVES; the Memory of Saint ARSENIUS the GREAT, Catholicos of Georgia

Sergius of Radonezh, 17th century

24th of September

The 24th of the month, Memory of the Holy Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles THECLA; our Holy Father COPRIUS; the Venerable ABRAMIUS of MIROZH; our Venerable Father NICANDER of PSKOV; our Venerable Father SILOUAN the ATHONITE; our Venerable Father GABRIEL of the SEDMYOZERNAYA Hermitage, Archimandrite of the Great Habit; the Holy Hieromartyr CARPUS ELB of Estonia

St. Thecla the Protomartyr