October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 22

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 3 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 8.

Saints Hieromartyr Socrates, Priest, and Martyr Theodote, of Ancyra (c. 230)October 21 / November 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεοδότη καὶ Σωκράτης ὁ Πρεσβύτερος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus at Nicomedia (303)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γάϊος, Δάσιος καὶ Ζωτικὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Dasius at Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs of Nicaea by Diocletian (4th century) Martyr Azes, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀζῆς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 21/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.November 3 / October 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saints Plantinos (Platinus), Irene and Marina of Raithu.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλαντῖνος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Hilarion the Great, of Gaza (371)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἱλαρίων ὁ Μέγας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Hilarion the Great. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HILARION, H. (A.D. 371.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 506-530. The 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem (724):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). p. 78. Pegasus, Neophytus, Acacius, Dorotheus, Stephen, Dometius, Herman, Dionysius, Epiphanius, Stratonicus, Leontius, Emmanuel, Theophilus, Elias, John, Samuel, Eulampius, Alexius, Photius, Eutrepius, Methodius, Chariton, Theophylactus, Anastasius, Andronicus, Symeon, Theoktistus, Romanus, Paul, Agathonicus, Minas, Athanasius, Jacob, Nicephorus, Porphyrius, Timothy, Irenarchus, Auxentius, Joseph, Gregory, Callinicus, Aaron, Cyriacus, Theodosius, Eustathius, Isaac, Alexander, Eleutherius, Adrian, Christophor, Antiochus, Isidore, Parthenius, Sergius, Euplus, Ignatius, Theophanes, Cyril, Zachariah, and Anthimus. Martyrs Andrew, Stephen, Paul and Peter, under Constantine V Copronymus (c. 741–775)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρέας, Στέφανος, Παῦλος καὶ Πέτρος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Martyr Zacharias, by drowning in the sea.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζαχαρίας ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Baruch, reposed in peace.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαροῦχ. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable PhillipGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φίλιππος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Jacob, Oeconomus of Batheos Rhyakos Monastery.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Asterius of Ostia, martyred priest (c. 223)October 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ASTERIUS, P.M. (A.D. 222.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 505-506. Saint Viator of Lyons, hermit (389). Saint Ursula of Cologne and her companions, martyrs at Cologne (c. 451)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ursula (Βρεταννίδα). 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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. 508-510.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. URSULA AND ELEVEN THOUSAND, VV. MM. (A.D. 451.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 535-556. Saint Cilinia, the mother of St Principius, Bishop of Soissons and St Remigius, Bishop of Rheims (c. 458) Saint Fintan Munnu (Finian), of Teachmunnu, Ireland (635)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Finan (Ἰρλανδός). 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FINTAN MUNNU, AB. (A.D. 635.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 556-560. Saint Tuda of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne (c. 664) Saint Condedus (Condé, Condède), a hermit at Fontaine-de-Saint-Valéry in the north of France (c. 690) Saint Wendelin of Trier (Wendolinus, Wendel), a shepherd who was famous for his holiness and is venerated at St Wendel on the Nahe in the west of Germany (7th century) Saint Malathgen of Cluain-Edneach, Ireland, Abbot (767) Saint Hugh of Ambronay, third Abbot of Ambronay Abbey near Belley in France (9th–10th centuries) Saint Maurontus, Abbot of St Victor at Marseilles, he became bishop of the same city around 767 (c. 804)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Hilarion of Kiev, the first non-Greek Metropolitan of Kiev (c. 1055)St. Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (11th century) 21 октября по старому стилю / 3 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ИЛАРИОН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Venerables Barnabas and Hilarion the Wonderworkers, of Peristerona, Cyprus, of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρνάβας καὶ Ἱλαρίων οἱ Θαυματουργοί. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Philotheus of Neapolis and Mt. Athos (14th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Ἀσκητὴς ἐν Ἄθῳ. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Philotheus of Dionysiou of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saints Theophilus and James, monks of Konevits, founders of Dormition Monastery at Omutch (modern-day Feofilova Pustyn'),(ru) Pskov (c. 1412)Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Hilarion, founder of Pskovoezersk Monastery, Gdov (1476)Venerable Hilarion the Abbot of Gdov and Pskov Lake. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ИЛАРИОН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Saints Bessarion (Sarai), Hieromonk (1745),Venerable Bessarion Sarai the Confessor in Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Sophronius of Ciorara, monk (c. 1765),St. Sophronius the Confessor of Ciorara in Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Confessors, and St. Oprea of Săliște (18th century),Martyr Oprea of Salistie in Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints. martyred by the Latins in Romania. New Martyr John of Monemvasia, Peloponnesus, at Larissa (1773)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Hieroconfessors John of Galёs,St. John of Galesh. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Moses (Macinic),St. Moses (Macinic), Martyr and Confessor. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Priests, of Sibiel, Transylvania (18th century)

New Martyrs and Confessors New Hieromartyr Alexis (Bui), Bishop of Voronezh (1930) (see also: February 12) New Hieromartyrs Paulinus (Kroshechkin), Archbishop of Mogilev, and Arcadius (Yershov), Bishop of Ekaterinburg, АРКАДИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and with them Anatole Levitsky АНАТОЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and Nicander Chernelevsky, Priests, and New Martyr Cyprian Annikov (1937) New Hieromartyr Damian (Voskresensky), Archbishop of Kursk (1937) ДАМИАН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyrs Constantine Chekalov, Sergius Smirnov, Basil Nikolsky, ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Theodore Belyaev, Vladimir Vvedensky, ВЛАДИМИР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Nicholas Raevsky, John Kozyrev, ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Basil Kozyrev, ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Alexander Bogoyavlensky, АЛЕКСАНДР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Demetrius Troitsky, ДИМИТРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and Alexis Moskvin, АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Priests, and Sergius Kazansky and John Melnitsky, ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Deacons, all of the Tver diocese (1937) New Hieromartyrs Neophytus (Osipov), Archimandrite, of Moscow, and Sophronius (Nesmeyanov), Hieromonk, of Lozeva, Tver (1937) 3 ноября (21 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Virgin-Martyr Pelagia Testovoy (1944)

Other commemorations Translation of the relics of St. Christodoulos the Wonderworker of Patmos (1093)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Χριστοδούλου τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Translation of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin, Bulgaria (1164)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἱλαρίωνος Ἐπισκόπου Μεγληνίας (Ρῶσος). 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Translation of the relics of St Hilarion the Bishop of Meglin in Bulgaria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Herman (Bogdanov) of New Valaam Monastery in Siberia (1938) Repose of Schema-Nun Seraphima (Bobkova) of Shamordino Convent (1990)

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