October 11 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – October 13

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 25 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 29.

Saints Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Rome (c. 250)October 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 12 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 12/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀναστασία ἡ Παρθένος. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: October 29) Martyr Domnina of Anazarbus in Cilicia (286)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Δομνίνη ἡ Μάρτυς. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Domnina of Anazarbus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Malfetha, shot with arrows.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Μαλφεθᾶ ἡ Μάρτυς. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Anthea, martyred within a brazen bull.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀνθία ἡ Μάρτυς. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Holy seventy (70) martyrs.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 70 Μάρτυρες. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus (361)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουβεντίνος καὶ Μάξιμος (ἢ Μαξιμίνος) οἱ Μάρτυρες. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: September 5, October 9) Martyrs Andromachos and Diodoros, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρομάχος καὶ Διόδορος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours (397)St. Martin the Merciful the Bishop of Tours. OCA - Lives of the Saints.October 25 / October 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). 12 октября по старому стилю / 25 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.October 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (see also: November 11, November 12, July 4) Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus, at Tarsus in Cilicia (304)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρόβος, Τάραχος καὶ Ἀνδρόνικος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Tarachus at Tarsus, in Cilicia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma (c. 787)St. Cosmas the Hymnographer the Bishop of Maiuma. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: October 14) Saint Theodotus, Bishop of Ephesus, reposed in peace.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφέσου. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Jason, Bishop of Damascus, reposed in peace.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάσων Ἐπίσκοπος Δαμασκοῦ. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Theosebius the God-bearer, of Arsinoe in Cyprus.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοσέβιος ὁ Ἀρσινοΐτης. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Symeon the New Theologian (1022)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Monas, Bishop of Milan (249) Hieromartyr Maximilian, Bishop of Noricum (284) Saint Edistius, a martyr in Ravenna in Italy under Diocletian (303) Martyrs Evagrius, Priscian and Companions, a group of martyrs either in Rome or else in Syria. Saint Pantalus, Bishop of Basle in Switzerland (451)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PANTALUS, B.M. (A.D. 451.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 285-287. Saints Felix and Cyprian, Bishops in North Africa, with 4966 martyrs, under Hunneric (c. 484)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. CYPRIAN AND FELIX, BB., MM. (ABOUT A.D. 482.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 287-290. Saint Fiace (Fiech), a bishop in Ireland, friend and disciple of St Patrick, in whose honour he wrote a hymn which still exists (5th century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FIECH, B.C. (BEGINNING OF 6th CENTURY)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 290-292. Saint Mobhi of Glasnevin (Mobhí Clárainech), one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland (544) Saint Salvinus, Bishop of Verona in Italy (562) Martyr Edwin of Northumbria, King of Northumbria (633)St. Edwin, King and Martyr. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 487-491. Saint Wilfrid, Bishop of York and Confessor (709)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. WILFRID, BP. OF YORK (A.D. 709)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 292-318.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Wilfrid (Ἄγγλος). 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saints Herlindis and Relindis, Daughters of Count Adelard, who became respectively the first and second abbesses of Maaseik Abbey (c. 745 and 750)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Epiktitos the Wonderworker,Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπίκτητος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and with him several ascetics of the "300 Allemagne Saints", in Cyprus (12th century): Saints Valantios; Varlaam; Barnabus the Monk; Basil the Bishop; George (Vavatsiniotis); George (Epitideiotis); George (Perachoritis); George (Salamanis); Dimitrianos the Bishop; Irenikos (or Arniakos); Elpidios; and Epahroditos.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαλάντιος, Βαρλαᾶμ, Βαρνάβας ὁ Μοναχός, Βασίλειος ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος, Γεώργιος ὁ Βαβατσινιώτης, Γεώργιος ὁ Ἐπιτηδειώτης, Γεώργιος ὁ Περαχωρίτης, Γεώργιος ὁ Σαλαμάνης, Δημητριανὸς ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος, Εἰρηνικὸς ἢ Ἀρνιακός, Ἐλπίδιος, Ἐπαφρόδιτος. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Saints Amphilochius (1452),Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Macarius (1480),St. Macarius, Abbot of Glushetsa. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Tarasius (1440),St. Tarasius of Glushetsa. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Abbots, and Theodosius, monk (15th century), of Glushitsa Monastery, Vologda, disciples of St. Dionysius of Glushitsa. Archpriest Kiril Cvjetkovic, Confessor of Bezdin and Dalmatia-Boka (1857)Serbian Patriarchate Announces New Canonizations. Union of Orthodox Journalists. 20 May 2025 03:59. Retrieved: February 13, 2026. Саопштење за јавност Светог Архијерејског Сабора Српске Православне Цркве. СРПСКА ПРАВОСЛАВНА ЦРКВА. Објављено 18.05.2025. Retrieved: February 13, 2026. Saint Arsenius, Archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1859) Saint Euphrosyne (Mezenova) the Faster, Schema-Abbess, of Siberia (1918)

New Martys and Confessors New Hieromartyr John Letnikov (1930) New Hieromartyr Juvenal (Maslovsky), Archbishop of Ryazan (1937) New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Levchenko), Hieromonk, of Optina Monastery (1937) New Hieromartyr Alexander Pozdeyevsky, Priest (1940) New Hiero-confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky), Metropolitan of Alma-Ata (1955)

Other commemorations Apparition of Our Lady of the Pillar (40) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Jerusalem" (48)Icon of the Mother of God "Jerusalem". OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk (1642)Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Rudensk" (1687)Icon of the Mother of God of Rudens. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Kaluga" (1812)Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Commemoration of Saint Dismas the Good Thief in Thessaloniki (1st century)The First Chapel Dedicated to the Holy Thief of Golgotha. Mystagogy Resource Center. November 19, 2013. Retrieved: September 7, 2026. (see also: March 25) Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross of the Lord from Malta to Gatchina, together with the Philermia Icon of the Mother of God, and the right hand of Saint John the Baptist (1799)Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross from Malta to Gatchina. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Translation of the relics of St. Sabbas the Sanctified from Rome to Jerusalem (1965) Synaxis of the Saints of Athens (1999)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις τῶν ἐν Ἀθήναις Ἁγίων. 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Γέροντας Ραφαήλ. Σύναξις Των εν Αθήναις Αγίων. Poimenas. (Ιερά Μονή Παμμεγίστων Ταξιαρχών - Αγίας Μαρίνης, Αγίας Όλγας και Αγίας Ματρώνας τής Αόμματης - Holy Monastery of Pammegiston Taxiarches – St. Marina, St. Olga and St. Matrona the Blind). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Glorification (2009) of St. Philaret (Gumilevsky), Archbishop of Chernigov (1866)

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