October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 17 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens, bishop *St...
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October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 7-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 19 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Holy and glorious Apostle Thomas*New Monk-martyr Macarius of St. Anne’s Skete, Mt...
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 18 by Old CalendaristOld Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
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- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Charitina of AmisusCharitina of AmisusSt. Charitina of Amisus was a virgin from Asia Minor, distinguished by strict chastity and piety. Charitina spent her life in fasting, prayer and study. By her example she converted many to Christianity during the reign of Emperor Diocletian and was seized in 302 AD in the city of Amisus in Pontus...
(304304Year 304 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...
) - SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
s PeterMetropolitan PeterSaint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia was the Russian metropolitan who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325. Later he was proclaimed a patron saint of Moscow. In spite of the move, the office remained officially entitled "Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus'" until the...
(1326), AlexisAlexius, Metropolitan of MoscowSaint Alexius was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia , and presided over the Moscow government during Dmitrii Donskoi's minority....
(1378), Jonah (1461), MacariusMacarius, Metropolitan of MoscowMacarius was a notable Russian cleric, writer, and iconographer who served as the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia from 1542 until 1563.-Early life and work on the Menaion:...
(1563), Philip (1569), and HermogenesPatriarch HermogenesHermogenes, or Germogen , was the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia from 1606. It was he who inspired the popular uprising that put an end to the Time of Troubles. Hermogenes was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1913...
(1612), metropolitans of Moscow and Wonderworkers of all RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... - Martyr Mamelta (Mamelchtha) Persia (344344Year 344 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leontius and Bonosus...
) - HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Dionysius of AlexandriaDionysius of AlexandriaPope Dionysius of Alexandria, named "the Great," was the Pope of Alexandria from 248 until his death on November 17, 265 after seventeen years as a bishop. He was the first Pope to hold the title "the Great" . We have information on Dionysius because during his lifetime, Dionysius wrote many...
, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
(265265Year 265 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Lucillus...
) - Saints Damian the Healer (1071); and Saints Jeremiah (1070) and Matthew (1085), clairvoyants, of the Kiev Caves
- Saint John (Mavropos)John MauropousJohn Mauropous was a Byzantine Greek poet, hymnographer and author of letters and orations, living in the 11th century AD.-Life:...
, metropolitan of EuchaitaEuchaitaEuchaita was a town in Pontus, in northern Asia Minor . Today the Turkish village Beyözü, which partly lies on the ruins, in the province of Çorum ....
(1100) - Saint Charitina of LithuaniaCharitina of LithuaniaCharitina of Lithuania is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast is on October 5. Because her hagiography did not survive, very little is known about her life. Charitina was a noblewoman from the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania who became a nun in Novgorod. Possibly she was arranged to...
, princess (1281) - Saint Cosmas of Bithynia (10th century)
- Saint Gregory (Grigol), archimandrite of KhandztaGregory of KhandztaGregory of Khandzta was a prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure and a founder and leader of numerous monastic communities in Tao-Klarjeti, historic southwest Georgia....
in the Klarjeti desert, GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
(861861Year 861 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Carloman revolts against his father Louis the German.* Michael III and Bardas invade Bulgaria....
) - St. Sabbas the fool-for-Christ, of Vatopedi monastery, Mt. Athos (1350)
- St. VarlaamVarlaamVarlaam is a variant of Barlaam. It may refer to:Places:*Greece:**Varlaam, Greece, a village in the southern Ioannina in Epirus*Romania:** Varlaam, a village in Gura Teghii Commune, Buzău County...
, desert-dweller of Chikoysk (1846) - Saint Methodia of Cimola (1908)
- St. Seraphim (Amelin), schema-archimandrite of Glinsk Hermitage (1958)
- New Hiero-confessor Gabriel, archimandrite in Melekess (Saratov) (1959)
Other commemorations
- Repose of NunNunA nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
Agnia (Countess Anna Orlova-Chesmenskaya) (1848) - Uncovering of the relics (1841) of St. Eudocimus the Unknown, monk of Vatopedi monastery, Mt. Athos
- Uncovering of the relics (1985) of New Hiero-confessor BasilBasilBasil, or Sweet Basil, is a common name for the culinary herb Ocimum basilicum , of the family Lamiaceae , sometimes known as Saint Joseph's Wort in some English-speaking countries....
(Preobrazhensky), bishop of KineshmaKineshmaKineshma is the second largest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, which sprawls for along the Volga River. Population: -History:Kineshma was first noticed as a posad in 1429. In 1504, Ivan III gave it to Prince Feodor Belsky, who escaped to Moscow from Lithuania and married Ivan's niece...
(1945)