October 10 Events Pre-1600 * 680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the Martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali. * 732 – Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France. *1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rul ...

October 12 Events Pre-1600 * 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance u ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 24 by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For October 11th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

Saints

* Holy Apostle

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

of the

Seventy Disciples The seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples, known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles or seventy-two apostles, were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The correct Greek terminology is evdomikont ...

, one of the seven deacons (1st century)October 11/24
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
11 Οκτωβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyrs Zenaida (Zenais) and Philonilla, of Tarsus in Cilicia (1st century) * Saints Nectarius (397), Arsacius (405) and Sinisius (427),

Archbishops of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarchs This is a list of the Patriarchs of Constantinople. Bishops of Byzantium (until 330) *1. St. Andrew the Apostle (38), founder *2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38–54) *3. St. Onesimus (54–68) *4. Polycarpus I (69–89) *5. Plutarch (89–105 ...

.
11/10/2017
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.October 24 / October 11
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Venerable Theophanes Graptus ("the Branded"), Confessor and Hymnographer,

Bishop of Nicaea The Metropolis of Nicaea ( el, Μητρόπολις Νικαίας), was an ecclesiastical province (since the mid-4th century a metropolitan bishopric) of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the city of Nicaea in the province of Bithynia (now ...

(850)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Germanus of Besançon,

Bishop of Besançon A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(c. 390)October 11
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Placidia, a holy virgin venerated in Verona in Italy (c. 460) * Saint

Gratus of Oloron Saint Gratus of Oloron (french: Grat d'Oloron; ca, Grat d'Auloron; also known, from his place of birth, as ''Grat de Lichos'') (born 5th century; died after 506) was the first bishop of Oloron. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Ch ...

, first

Bishop of Oloron The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Oloron was a Latin rite bishopric in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Aquitaine region of south-west France, from the 6th to the 19th century. History The diocese of Oleron already existed in the 6th cen ...

in the south of France (c. 506) * Saint Firminus of Uzès, born in Narbonne in the south of France, he became

Bishop of Uzès A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(553) * Saint

Cainnech of Aghaboe Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Sanctus Canicus, was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period. Cainn ...

(''Canice, Kenneth, Kenny''), Abbot, of

Aghaboe Aghaboe () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located on the R434 regional road in the rural hinterland west of the town of Abbeyleix. It contains the ruins of the Abbey of Aghaboe which was founded by St. Canice in the Osso ...

in Ireland, and missionary in Scotland (600) * Venerable

Æthelburh of Barking Saint Æthelburh (died after 686) or Ethelburga, founder and first Abbess of the double monastery of Barking, was the sister of Earconwald, Bishop of London. Life The main source for Æthelburh is Bede's ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum' ...

(''Ethelburga''), foundress of

Barking Abbey Barking Abbey is a former royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It has been described as having been "one of the most important nunneries in the country". Originally established in the 7th century, fr ...

, England (c. 676) * Saint

Agilbert Agilbert ( 650–680) was the second bishop of the West Saxon kingdom and later Bishop of Paris. He is venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church, with his feast day falling on 11 October. The date and place of Agilbert's birth are unknow ...

(''Aglibert''),

Bishop of Paris The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France ...

(c. 685) * Saint Emilian, according to tradition a hermit in

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

. * Saint Eufridus, a monk near Asti in Italy, whose relics were venerated in the Cathedral of Alba in

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

(7th century) * Saint Ansilio, a monk whose relics were enshrined at the monastery of Lagny in the north of France (late 7th century) * Saint Juliana of

Pavilly Pavilly () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A town of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of Rouen at ...

, A servant girl who became a nun and then abbess at Pavilly in France (c. 750) * Saint

Gummarus Saint Gummarus of Lier (also known as Gommaire, Gommer or Gummery) is a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem (near Lier, Belgium). An official in the court of his relative Pepin the Younger or Pepin of Herstal according to some ...

(''Gomer''), Belgian hermit, patron of

Lier, Belgium Lier (; french: Lierre, ) is a municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. It is composed of the city of Lier proper and the village of Koningshooikt. The city centre is surrounded by the river ''Nete'', a ...

(c. 774) * Saint

Bruno the Great Bruno the Great (german: Brun(o) von Sachsen, "Bruno of Saxony"; la, Bruno Magnus; May 925 – 11 October 965 AD) was Archbishop of Cologne''Religious Drama and Ecclesiastical Reform in the Tenth Century'', James H. Forse, ''Early Theatre'', V ...

Bishop of Cologne The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of Beethoven and northern Rhineland-Palati ...

in Germany (965)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saints Theophanes, Soleas and Jonah of Pergamos, Cyprus (12th century) * Saint Theophanes, faster, of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

(12th century)11 октября по старому стилю / 24 октября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Venerable Germanos "Maroulis" the Hagiorite (1336) * Venerable Philotheus Kokkinos of

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

, Patriarch of Constantinople (1379)

New Martys and Confessors

* New Hieromartyr Philaret Velikanov and Alexander Grivsky, Priests (1918) * New Hieromartyr Juvenalius (Maslovsky), Bishop of Riazan (1937)

Other commemorations

* Commemoration of the Miracle from the Icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Beirut of

Phoenicia Phoenicia () was an ancient thalassocratic civilization originating in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. The territory of the Phoenician city-states extended and shrank throughout their histor ...

(7th century) * Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the

Seventh Ecumenical Council The Second Council of Nicaea is recognized as the last of the first seven ecumenical councils by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. In addition, it is also recognized as such by the Old Catholic Church, Old Catholics, the Ang ...

. ( ''On the Sunday between October 11 and 17'' ) *

Synaxis {{For, the moth genus, Synaxis (moth) A synaxis ( el, σύναξις "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, ''sobor'') is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the ...

of the Saints of

Kios Cius (; grc-gre, Kίος or Κῖος ''Kios''), later renamed Prusias on the Sea (; la, Prusias ad Mare) after king Prusias I of Bithynia, was an ancient Greek city bordering the Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmara), in Bithynia and in ...

. (''On the Sunday between October 11–17'') * Synaxis of the Elders of Optina: :* Leonid of Optina (1841)
Venerable Leonid of Optina
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. :* Macarius (1860) :* Moses (1862) :* Anthony (1865) :* Hilarion (1873) :*

Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promo ...

(1891) :* Anatole I the "Elder" (1894) :* Isaac I (1894) :* Joseph (1911) :* Barsanuphius (1913) :* Anatole II the "Younger" (1922) :* Nektary (1928) :* New Hieroconfessor Nikon (1931) :* New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Isaac II (1938)

Icon gallery

File:Menologion of Basil 006.jpg, Holy Apostle

. File:Menologion of Basil 023.jpg, Martyrs Zenaida (Zenais) and Philonilla. File:TheophanesG.jpg, Saint Theophanes Graptus. File:Sint Gommaar.png, Saint

(''Gomer''), patron of

. File:Köln-St-Andreas-Erzbischof-Brun-105.JPG, Saint

. File:Leonid Nagolkin.jpg, St. Leonid of Optina (†1841) File:Антоний Оптинский.jpg, St. Anthony of Optina (†1865) File:Photo Amvrosiy Optinskiy.jpg, St. Ambrose of Optina (†1891) File:Isaakij.jpg, St. Isaac of Optina (†1894) File:Иосиф Оптинский.jpg, St. Joseph of Optina (†1911) File:Варсонофий Оптинский.jpg, St. Barsanuphius of Optina (†1913) File:Анатолий Оптинский Младший.jpg, St. Anatole II the "Younger" of Optina (†1922) File:Nektariy.jpg, St. Nektary of Optina (†1928) File:Nicon of Optina.jpg, St. Nikon of Optina (†1931) File:Iuvenaliy.jpg, New Hieromartyr Juvenalius (Maslovsky), Bishop of Riazan.

Notes

References

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