1st of November

The 1st of the month, Memory of the Holy Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers COSMAS and DAMIAN; the Holy ascetic and New Martyr JAMES, and of his disciples JAMES the deacon and DIONYSIUS the monk, who were handed in 1520; our Holy Godbearing Father DAVID of EUBOEA; the Holy New Martyr HELEN of SINOPE; Saint NICOLAS the HYMNOGRAPHER of Georgia

31st of October

The 31st of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostles STACHYS, APELLES, AMPLIAS, URBAN, NARCISSUS and ARISTOBULUS; the Holy Martyr EPIMACHUS of EGYPT, who was slain by the sword; the YOUTH, unknown by name, who confessed Christ at Antioch; the Holy New Martyr NICOLAS of CHIOS, who was slain by the sword in 1754; our Holy Fathers SPYRIDON and NICODEMUS of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Holy Hieromartyr JOHN KOCHUROV

30th of October

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The 30th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs ZENOBIUS and ZENOBIA, his sister; the Holy Apostle CLEOPAS; the Holy Apostles TERTIUS; MARK; JUSTUS and ARTEMAS; Saint JOSEPH I, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; Saint HELEN, Queen of SERBIA; Saint MILUTIN, King of SERBIA; Saint DRAGUTIN, King of SERBIA, called Theoctistus in monastic life; the Holy Hieromartyr JOHN KOCHUROV; the Holy Monk and Martyr HABAKKUK the ATHONITE, and of the holy unknown monk who imitated him, both martyred in THESSALONICA; Saint BARNABAS, Bishop of HVOSNO, the Confessor

29th of October

The 29th of the month, Memory of the Holy Virgin Martyr ANASTASIA the ROMAN; our Holy Father ABRAMIUS and of his niece MARY; our Holy Mother ANNA, who called herself Euphimian; Holy New Martyr TIMOTHY, Monk of the Monastery of ESPHIGMENOU on Mount Athos; our venerable Father ABRAMIUS of ROSTOV; our Venerable Father SERAPION of ZARZMA

Sts. Abramius and Mary

28th of October

The 28th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs TERENCE, his wife NEONILLA and their children SARBELUS, PHOTUS, THEODULUS, HERAX, NITAS, BELE and EUNICE; the Venerable STEPHEN of the Monastery of St SABAS; the Venerable STEPHEN of ST SABAS, nephew of Saint John of Damascus; our Holy Father FIRMILIAN. Bishop of CAESAREA and of MALCHION, Sophist and Priest of Antioch; the Holy Hieromartyr CYRIACUS, Bishop of JERUSALEM and of his mother ANNA, who were burnt to death; our Holy Father ATHANASIUS, Monk of Mount Athos and Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Holy New Martyrs ANGELIS, MANUEL, GEORGE and NICOLAS of CRETE; the THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE Holy Fathers, who perished in a chasm; Saint DEMETRIUS, Metropolitan of ROSTOV; the Venerable JOB of POCHAEV; Saint ARSENIUS, Archbishop of PECH; the Holy Hieromartyr NEOPHYTUS, Bishop of URBNISI in Georgia; Saint PARASCEVA of PRIMIN; the Venerable THEOPHILUS, Fool for Christ of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES

Martyr Terence with his wife and children

27th of October

The 27th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr NESTOR, the Companion of Saint Demetrius; the Holy Martyrs CAPITOLINA and EROTHEÏS; Saint CYRIACUS, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE, who died in peace; Saint PROCLA, the wife of Pontius Pilate, who died in peace; the Venerable NESTOR the CHRONICLER of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; Translation of the relics of Saint ANDREW, Prince of SMOLENSK, Wonderworker of PEREYASLAVL; our Venerable Father DEMETRIUS of BASARABOV; Saint CONSTANTINE, Archbishop of KARKHOV

Sts. Demetry and Nestor

26th of October

The 26th of the month, Memory of the Holy, Glorious and Great Martyr DEMETRIUS of THESSALONICA, the OUTPOURER of MYRON (Myroblyte); the Translation of the Icon of Saint DEMETRIUS, that lay on his tomb in Thesalonica, to the Monastery of the Pantocrator in Constantinople; the Venerable ATHANASIUS of the Monastery of MEDIKION in Bithynia; the Holy monk and New Martyr JOASAPH, who was slain by the sword Saint THEOPHILUS of he Kiev Caves, Bishop of NOVGOROD and PSKOV; Saint ANTONY, Bishop of VOLOGDA

St. Demetry of Thessalonica

24th of October

The 24th of the month, Memory of the Holy Great Martyr ARETHAS and his Companions; the Holy Martyr SEBASTIANA of HERACLEA, who was slain by the sword; the Venerable ARETHAS of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; our Venerable Father ZOSIMAS of ALEXANDROV

St. Sebastiana of Heracles

23rd of October

The 23rd of the month, Memory of the holy APOSTLE JAMES, the BROTHER of the LORD and first Bishop of JERUSALEM; our Holy Father Ignatius, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable MACARIUS the ROMAN who died in peace; the Venerable PETRONIUS, who died in peace; Commemoration of the Translation of the Relics of Saint JAMES of BOROVICHI, Wonderworker of NOVGOROD

St. James the brother of the Lord

22nd of October

The 22nd of the month, Memory of our Holy Father, the Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker ABERCIUS, Bishop of HIERAPOLIS; the Holy Martyrs ALEXANDER the Bishop, HERACLIUS, ANNA, ELIZABETH, THEODOTA, and GLYCERIA; the Venerable RUFUS, who died in peace; the Venerable LOT, who died in peace; our Venerable Fathers THEODORE and PAUL of ROSTOV

St. Abercius of Hierapolis

21st of October

The 21st of this month, Memory of our Holy Father HILARION the GREAT; the Holy Martyrs GAIUS, DASIUS and ZOTICUS, who died by drowning; the Holy Hieromartyr SOCRATES; our Holy Father PHILOTHEUS, who led the ascetic life on the Holy Mountain of Athos; the Holy New Martyr JOHN of MONEMBRASIA, who was tortured to death at Larissa, in 1773; the Venerable HILARION of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Venerable HILARION of PSKOV; Saint HILARION, Bishop of MEGLIN; the Holy Confessors and New Martyrs BESSARION, SOPHRONIUS and OPREA of Romania; the Holy Priests and Confessors MOSES MACINIC of SIBIU and JOHN of GALES; our Holy Fathers THEOPHILUS and his Disciple JAMES, Founders of the Skate of the Mother of God at OMUTCH; the Holy Martyr URSULA and her Companions, who suffered at COLOGNE; Memory of our Venerable Father FINTAN of TAGHMON

19th of October

The 19th of the month, Memory of the Holy Prophet JOEL; the Holy Martyr VARUS and of his Companions the SIX ASCETICS, who were slain by the sword, and also of the Venerable CLEOPATRA and her son JOHN; the Holy Hieromartyr SADOTH and of his ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY EIGHT Companions, who suffered with him; our Holy Father JOHN the Wonderworker, Founder of the Monastery of RILA in Bulgaria; the Holy Abbess FRIDESWIDE of OXFORD; the Holy Monk and Martyr NICOLAS of JERUSALEM

St. John of Rita

18th of October

The 18th of the month, Memory of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist LUKE; the Holy Martyr MARINUS the Elder, who was slain by the sword; our Holy Father JULIAN SABAS; the Holy Hieromartyr MNASON, Bishop of TAMASSOS in Cyprus; our Venerable Fathers SYMEON and THEODORE, and of Saint EUPHROSYNE, Founders of the Monastery of the GREAT CAVE, in the Peloponnese; the Holy New Martyrs GABRIEL and KERMIDOLIS, who died for the fate in Egypt; Saint PETER of CETINJE, Metropolitan of MONTENEGRO

17th of October

The 17th of the month, Memory of the Holy Prophet HOSEA; the Holy Monk and Martyr ANDREW of CRISIS; the Holy Unmercenaries COSMAS and DAMIAN, and their brothers: LEONTIUS, ANTHIMUS and EUPREPIUS; the Translation of the relics of the Holy and Just LAZARUS; our Venerable Father ANTONY of LEOKHNOV; Saint JOSEPH, Catholicos of GEORGIA

16th of October

The 16th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr LONGINUS the CENTURION; our Holy Father MALUS, who died in peace; the Venerable LONGINUS, the door-keeper of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Holy Martyr EUPRAXIA of PSKOV; Saint JAMES NETSETOV, missionary in Alask; our Venerable Father GALL

St. Longinus the Centurion

15th of October

The 15h of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr LUCIAN, priest of the Church of ANTIOCH; our Holy Father SABINUS, Bishop in CYPRUS; our Holy Father BARSES the Confessor, Bishop of EDESSA, who died in peace; our Venerable Father EUTHYMIUS the NEW, who died in peace; Saint JOHN, Bishop of SUZDAL; Saint ATHANASIUS, Bishop of KOVROV, the Confessor

St Euthymius the New

14th of October

The 14th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs MAZARIUS, GERVASE, PROTASIUS and CELSIUS; our holy Father COSMAS, Bishop of MAIUMA, the hymnographer; the Holy Martyr SILVANUS, who was slain by the sword; our Holy Mother PARASCEVA the Younger; Saint IGNATIUS AGALLIANOS, Metropolitan of MITHYMNA; Saint NICOLAS the PIOUS (Sviatosha), Prince of CHERNIGOV

St. Cosmas the Hymnographer