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 ...

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 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 26 by

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es 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 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...

Saints

* Martyr Florentius of Thessalonica (1st-2nd centuries)October 13/26
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March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...

)'' * Saint Martyrius. * Saint Diocletian. *

Hieromartyr In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr (one who dies for his beliefs) who was a bishop or priest. Analogously, a monk who is a priest is known as a hieromonk A hieromonk ( el, Ἱερομόναχος, Ieromonachos; ka, � ...

Carpus In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; "The wrist contains eight bones, roughly aligned in two rows, known as the carpal ...

, Bishop at Thyateira, and Papylus the Deacon, and Martyrs Agathadorus and Agathonica, at

Pergamus In Greek mythology, Pergamus (; Ancient Greek: Πέργαμος) was the son of the warrior Neoptolemus and Andromache. It is said that Andromache returned to Asia Minor with her youngest son, Pergamus who there founded the town named after himsel ...

(251) * Saint Dioscorus the Martyr, by decapitation (288) * Martyr Antigonus, by fire. * Holy Two Children-Martyrs, by fire. * Hieromartyr Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr, of

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(421-424) * Saint Nicetas the Confessor and Patrician, of

Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, Paphlagonía, modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; tr, Paflagonya) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east, and s ...

(c. 838) * Saint Luke of Demena, Sicily (984)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Faustus, Januarius and Martial, martyrs in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian, called '' "The Three Crowns of Cordoba" '' (304)October 13
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saints Fyncana and Fyndoca, two martyrs in Scotland. * Saint Venantius, Abbot of the monastery of St. Martin in Tours, Confessor (end of 5th century)October 26 / October 13
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint

Romulus of Genoa Saint Romulus of Genoa (also Remo; Italian: Romolo, Ligurian: Rœmu) was an early Bishop of Genoa, around the time of Saint Syrus. His dates are uncertain: since Jacobus de Voragine traditional lists compiled from local liturgies generally plac ...

Bishop of Genoa The Archdiocese of Genoa ( la, Archidioecesis Ianuensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Erected in the 3rd century, it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 March 1133. The archdiocese of Ge ...

in Italy (c. 641) * Saint Berthoald, Fifth

Bishop of Cambrai-Arras The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Hel ...

in France (7th century) * Saint Comgan, Abbot of Lochalsh (8th century) * Saint

Simpert Saint SimpertAlso spelled Sintbert, Sintpert, Simbert. (died 13 October 807) was an abbot, bishop, and confessor of the late-8th and early-9th centuries, and was supposedly the nephew of Charlemagne. He was educated at Murbach Abbey in Alsace, whe ...

(''Simbert, Sinthert''),

Bishop of Augsburg Diocese of Augsburg is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich.Gerald of Aurillac Gerald of Aurillac (or Saint Gerald) ( 855 – c. 909) is a French saint of the Roman Catholic Church, also recognized by other religious denominations of Christianity. Gerald was born into the Gallo-Roman nobility, counting Cesarius of Arles a ...

, Count of Aurillac in France, founder of a church and abbey on his estate of Aurillac (909) * Saint

Coloman of Stockerau Coloman of Stockerau ( ga, Colmán; la, Colomannus; died 18 October 1012) was an Irish saint. While on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was mistaken for a spy and hanged near Vienna. Life Originally known as Colmán (variously rendered Koloman, K ...

, an Irish pilgrim en route to the Holy Land, tortured and hanged at Stockerau, near Vienna, Austria (1012) * Saint Regimbald (''Reginbald, Regimbaut''),

Bishop of Speyer The Bishop of Speyer is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer, which is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.Hamatoura Monastery, Lebanon (late 13th century) * Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves (14th century)13 октября по старому стилю / 26 октября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Saint

Meletius I Pegas Meletius I Pegas (; 1549 – 12 September 1601) served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1590 and 1601. Simultaneously from 1597 to 1598 he served also as locum tenens of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He is honoured as a ...

, Archbishop of Alexandria (1601)26 октября (13 октября)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (''see also:

September 13 Events Pre-1600 * 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. * 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hi ...

) * New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglen (1795) * Saint Anthony, Metropolitan of Chkondidi (Martvili Monastery),

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

(1815), and his disciple James the Elder, Hieromonk.

New Martys and Confessors

* New Martyr Bosiljka Rajičić (18th century)
SERBIAN CHURCH CANONIZES THREE MARTYRS
'' Orthodox Christianity. May 11, 2018. * New Hieromartyr Innocent Kikin. Priest (1937) * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Yermolov, Priest (1937)

Other commemorations

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to Moscow of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1648) * Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Seven Lakes" (17th century) * Repose of Monk Athanasius of

Valaam Monastery The Valaam Monastery (russian: Валаамский монастырь; Finnish version: ''Valamo Monastery'') is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Euro ...

(1852) * Translation of the relics (1965) of Venerable

Sabbas the Sanctified SabasPatrich (1995). (439–532), in Church parlance Saint Sabas or Sabbas the Sanctified ( el, Σάββας ο Ηγιασμένος), was a Cappadocian Greek monk, priest and saint, who was born in Cappadocia and lived mainly in Palaestina Prima. ...

(532), from the church of Sant'Antonin, Venice, to the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified, Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Patriarchate celebrated feast of the translation of the relics of Saint Savvas the Sanctified
'' The Orthodox World. OCTOBER 28, 2019. * Uncovering of the Relics (1993) of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver (1937)

Icon gallery

File:Florentius of Thessaloniki (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyr Florentius of Thessaloniki. File:Carpus, Papylus, Agathadorus, and Agathonike at Pergamus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Hieromartyrs Carpus, Papylus, Agathadorus and Agathonica, at Pergamus. File:Benjamin von Persien.jpg, Hieromartyr Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr, of

. File:Géraud d'Aurillac.jpg, St.

Gerald of Aurillac Gerald of Aurillac (or Saint Gerald) ( 855 – c. 909) is a French saint of the Roman Catholic Church, also recognized by other religious denominations of Christianity. Gerald was born into the Gallo-Roman nobility, counting Cesarius of Arles a ...

. File:Heiliger-Koloman.jpg, St.

. File:Saint Benjamin.jpg, Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves. File:Sveta zlata.jpg, New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglin. File:Епископ Владимиро-Волынский Фаддей (Успенский).jpg, New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver. File:Faddei (Yspenski).jpg, Reliquary of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver.

Notes

References

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October 26 / October 13
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October 13
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). p. 76. *

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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *

Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. {{DEFAULTSORT:October 13 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) October in the Eastern Orthodox calendar