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
6th of October
The Belief of Thomas
The 6th of the month, Memory of the Holy APOSTLE THOMAS; the Venerable KENDEAS the Wonderworker in Cyprus; the Holy New Martyr MACARIUS of KIOS
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
28th of September
The 28th of the month, Memory of our Venerable Father CHARITON, Confessor and Teacher of the desert; the Prophet BARUCH; the Venerable HERODION of ILOEZERSK; Holy Martyr WENCESLAS, Prince of the CZECHS; Saint FAUSTUS, Bishop of RIEZ
St. Chariton the Confessor
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
23rd of September
The 23rd of the month, CONCEPTION of the Holy and Illustrious Prophet and Forerunner JOHN the BAPTIST; Memory of the Holy Martyr ANDREW, who died run through by a spear; of the Holy Martyr JOHN, who was slain by the sword; and of the Holy Martyrs PETER and ANTONINUS, who died having their members cut off
Conception of the Forerunner