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October 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 8

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 20 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 24.

Saints

  • Hieromartyrs Julian the Presbyter, and Caesarius the Deacon, at Terracina (1st century or 268)
  • Hieromartyr Eusebius the Priest and martyr Felix, at Terracina (1st century or 268)
  • Saint Leontius the Governor, at Terracina (1st century or 268)
  • Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287) (see also: October 8 - Greek)
  • Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, in Syria (290-303)
  • Hieromartyr Polychronius, Priest, of Gamphanitus (4th century)
  • Ten companions with Hieromartyr Polychronius (4th century):

Saints Parmenias, Polyteleios, Elymos, Mocius, Chrysotelis, Maximus, Luke, Obadiah, Semnios and Olympiada.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New Martys and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Valentine Sventsitsky, Archpriest, of Moscow (1931)
  • New Hieromartyr Nicholas Kazansky, Priest (1942)

Other commemorations

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Notes

Sources

  • . Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • . HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  • . OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). pp. 74–75.
  • . Orthodoxy in China.
  • . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 309–310.
  • Rev. Richard Stanton. . London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 477–478.

Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) . ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  • (in Greek) . Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

  • (in Russian) . Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • (in Russian) . Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.