October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 16 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For October 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 20.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens, Bishop of Athens,[1][2] and with him the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius,[3][4] martyrs (96)[5][6][7][note 2][note 3]
- Saint Damaris of Athens, a disciple of St. Dionysius of Athens (1st century)[8][9] (see also: October 2)
- Hieromartyrs Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, and eight other martyrs including the Deacons Gaius, Faustus, Eusebius and Chaeremon (c. 265)[5][6][10][11][12][note 4][note 5]
- Martyr Theoctistus, by the sword.[6][11][14]
- Martyr Theagenes, by fire.[6][11][15]
- Martyr Theoteknos, by stoning.[6][11][16]
- Saint Adauctus.[17] (see also: October 4)
- Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (532)[5][6][7][11][18][19]
- Blessed Hesychius the Silent, of Mt. Horeb (6th century)[5][7][20][21]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Candidus, a martyr in Rome, buried on the Esquiline Hill.[22][note 6]
- Saint Menna (Manna), a holy virgin from Lorraine in France, related to Sts Eucherius and Elaptius (c. 395)[22][23]
- Saint Maximian, a convert from Donatism, he became Bishop of Bagaia in Numidia in North Africa (404)[22][24][note 7][note 8]
- Saint Cyprian of Toulon, a monk at St Victor at Marseilles and Bishop of Toulon in France (6th century)[22]
- Hieromartyrs Hewald the White (Ewald the Fair) and Hewald the Black (Ewald the Dark), at Cologne (c. 695)[20][22][25][26][note 9][note 10]
- Saint Widradus (Waré), restorer of the monastery of Flavigny near Dijon in France, also founded the monastery of Saulieu (747)[22]
- Saint Utto, founder of Metten Abbey (of the Benedictine Order) in Bavaria in Germany (829)[22]
- Saint Gérard of Brogne, Abbot of Brogne (959)[22][27][note 11][note 12]
- Saint Froilan, Bishop of Léon (1006)[22][note 13][note 14]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
New Martys and Confessors
- New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928)[5][7][20][29][note 16]
Other commemorations
- Trubchevsk Icon of the Mother of God (1765), located in the Troitse-Scanov Convent.[7][30]
- Repose of Blessed Olga, Fool-for-Christ, of Bogdanoya Bari and St. Petersburg (1960)[5]
- Repose of Saint Ieronymos the Cappadocian of Aegina (Jerome of Aegina) (1966)[5][20][31][note 17]
- Uncovering of the relics (1988) of St. Joseph (Litovkin), Elder of Optina Monastery (1911)[5][20][note 18]
- The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved (on October 3, 2019) to glorify seven New Martyrs of Kastoria:[33][34][35][note 19][note 20]
- New Martyr Markos Markoulis of Kleisoura, Kastoria, hanged in Argos Orestiko (1598)
- New Martyr Ioannis Noultzos, martyred together with his brother and brother-in-law in Kastoria (1696)
- New Martyr George of Kastoria, martyred by the Hagarenes in the Acarnania region.
- New Hieromartyr Vasilios Kalapaliki, priest of Chiliodendro, Kastoria (gr) (1902)[37]
- New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Platon (Aivazidis), Protosyncellus of Metropolitan Germanos Karavangelis (1921)[note 21]
Icon gallery
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Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens, and martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius.
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Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria.
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Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine.
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Hieromartyrs Ewald the Fair and Ewald the Dark.
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New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl.
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St. Joseph (Litovkin), Elder of Optina Monastery.
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Notes
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- ↑ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - ↑ Name days celebrated today include:
- Dionysius, Dionysis, Denis, Dennis (Διονύσιος);
- Dionysia, Denise (Διονυσία).
- ↑ Acts 17:16-34; Mt 13:44-54.
- ↑ "The same day the holy martyrs Denis, Faustus, Caius, Peter, Paul, and four others, who suffered much under Decius; and under Valerian, being a long time subjected to torments by the governor Æmilian, merited the palm of martyrdom."[13]
- ↑ The eight martyrs included:
- ↑ "AT Rome, near the spot called Ursus Pileatus, St. Candidus, martyr."[13]
- ↑ Having deprived the Donatists of the basilica of Calvianum, he was grievously wounded and thrown off a tower by them.
- ↑ "In Africa, St. Maximian, bishop of Bagay, who, after having frequently endured great cruelties from the Donatists, was finally cast headlong from a high tower, and left for dead. Illustrious by a glorious confession, he afterwards rested in the Lord."[13]
- ↑ Two brothers born in Northumbria in England who became monks and priests and followed St Willibrord to Frisia in Holland. They were martyred together in Aplerbeck, now a suburb of Dortmund in Germany.
- ↑ "Among the ancient Saxons (in Westphalia), two holy martyrs of the name of Ewaldus, who being priests and preaching Christ in that country, were seized by the Pagans and put to death. During the night a great light appeared for a long time over their bodies, showing where they were, and how distinguished were their merits."[13]
- ↑ Born near Namur in Belgium, he went to France where he became a monk at St Denis. After some years he was ordained priest and left for Belgium in order to found a new monastery on his own estate at Brogne. He was Abbot here for twenty-two years and revived monastic life in Flanders, Lorraine and Champagne.
- ↑ "In Belgium, in the diocese of Namur, St. Gerard, abbot."[13]
- ↑ Born in Lugo in Spain, together with his companion Attilanus he helped restore monastic life at Moreruela Abbey in Castile. Later he became Bishop of Léon.
- ↑ See: Template:In lang Froilán (santo). Wikipedia. (Spanish Wikipedia).
- ↑ See: Template:In lang Дионисий Печерский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- ↑ See: Template:In lang Агафангел (Преображенский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- ↑ Elder Ieronymos the Cappadocian of Aegina was one of the two great Elders of the Jesus Prayer in the twentieth century in the land of Greece, the other being the Elder Joseph the Hesychast of the Holy Mountain. Both were very strong in the interior prayer of the heart.[32]
- ↑ See: Template:In lang Иосиф Оптинский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- ↑ Note that the "Synaxis of the Saints of Kastoria" is a moveable feast held on the Third Sunday of November.[36]
- ↑ They were glorified at the proposal of Metropolitan Seraphim (Papakostas) of Kastoria. The resolution of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was as follows:
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- ↑ He was hanged by the Turks on September 21, 1921.
- See: Template:In lang Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
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- ↑ Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea, Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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- ↑ Venerable Hesychius of Mount Horeb. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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- ↑ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MENNA, V. (END OF 4TH CENT.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 52-53.
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