October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 17

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 29 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 3.

Saints Martyr Longinus the Centurion who stood at the Cross of the Lord and at his Tomb (1st century)October 16/29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 16 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λογγῖνος ὁ Ἑκατόνταρχος. 16 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Longinus the Centurion, who stood at the Cross of the Lord. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Isaurus and Aphrodisius, who suffered with St. Longinus (1st century)October 29 / October 16. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saints Leontius, Dometius, Terence and Domninus, martyrs by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Λεόντιος, Δομέτιος, Τερέντιος καὶ Δομνῖνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 16 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Malus the Hermit.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαλός. 16 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Eliphius (Eloff), born in Ireland, he was martyred in Toul in France under Julian the Apostate (362)October 16. 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. 319–320. Saint Bolonia, a holy virgin aged fifteen and martyred under Julian the Apostate (362) Saint Florentinus of Trier, successor of St Severinus as Bishop of Trier in Germany (4th century) Saint Dulcidius (Dulcet, Doucis), successor of St Phoebadius as Bishop of Agen in France (c. 450) 220 Martyrs of North-West Africa. Martys Saturninus, Nereus and Companions, a group of some 365 martyrs who suffered in North Africa under the Vandal King Genseric (450) Martyrs Martinian, Saturian and Companions, under Genseric in North Africa (458)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. MARTINIAN, SATURIAN, AND OTHERS, MM. (A.D. 458.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 416-417. Saint Conogan, the successor of St Corentin as Bishop of Quimper in Brittany (460) Saint Junian, a hermit in Commodoliacus (now Saint-Junien), near Limoges in France (5th century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. JUNIAN, H (ABOUT A.D. 500.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 417-418. Saint Gallus, monk of Bangor Monastery and Enlightener of Switzerland (c. 646)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Gall (Γάλλος). 16 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.ANCIENT GEORGIAN AND WESTERN SAINTS OFFICIALLY ADDED TO RUSSIAN CHURCH CALENDAR. ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY. May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GALL, H. (ABOUT A.D. 646.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 419-427. Saint Magnobodus (Mainboeuf), Bishop of Angers in France (c. 670)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MAGNOBOD, B. OF ANGERS. (ABOUT A.D. 670.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 428-429. Saint Baldwin (Baudoin), martyr (c. 680) Saint Mummolin (Mommolinus), Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in Belgium (c. 686)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MUMMOLIN, B. (ABOUT A.D. 683.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 430-431. Saint Bercharius, a monk at Luxeuil Abbey and first Abbot of Hautvillers and martyr (696)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BERCHARIUS, AB. M. (A.D. 685.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 431-433. Saint Balderic (Baudry), children of Sigebert I, King of Austrasia (7th century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BALDERIC, C. (7TH CENT.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 427-428. Saint Eremberta, niece of St Wulmar and first Abbess of Wierre in France (late 7th century) Saint Vitalis (Vial), Hermit, Confessor (740)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. 494-498. Saint Ambrose, thirteenth Bishop of Cahors in France (c. 752)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. AMBROSE, B. OF CAHORS. (ABOUT A.D. 780.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 433-434. Saint Lullus, the first permanent Archbishop of Mainz, succeeding Saint Boniface, Confessor (787)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LULLUS, ABP. OF MAINZ. (A.D. 786.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 434-435.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Eupraxia, Abbess, before tonsure Princess Euphrosyne of Pskov (1243)St. Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Longinus the Gate-keeper of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th centuries) 16 октября по старому стилю / 29 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.Venerable Longinus the Gatekeeper of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerables John and Longinus of Yarenga, monks of Solovetsky Monastery (1544-45 or 1569) ИОАНН И ЛОНГИН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).Venerable Longinus of Yarenga. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: July 3) New Martyr John of Tourkolekas (1816)Holy New Martyr John of Tourkoleka (+1816). Mystagogy. October 16, 2013. Blessed Domna (Slipchenko) of Tomsk, Fool-for-Christ, of Tomsk (1872) Домна (Слепченко), юродивая Томская, Блаженная.

New Martys and Confessors Saint George Troitsky, Confessor, Priest (1931) ГЕОРГИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyr Eugene Yelkhovsky, Priest (1937) ЕВГЕНИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyr Alexei Nikonov, Priest (1938) АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyr John Zasyedatelev, Priest (1942) ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Other commemorations Repose of Patriarch Adrian of Moscow (1700) Repose of Abbot Neonil of Neamț Monastery, Romania (1853)

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