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 Alaska; 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

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