October 2 Events Pre-1600 * 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. * 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ...

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 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. *1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. *1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes t ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''October 16'' by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...

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 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

September 20 Events Pre-1600 *1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. *1187 – Saladin b ...

''.

Saints

* ''Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens,

Bishop of Athens The Archbishopric of Athens ( el, Ιερά Αρχιεπισκοπή Αθηνών) is a Greek Orthodox archiepiscopal see based in the city of Athens, Greece. It is the senior see of Greece, and the seat of the autocephalous Church of Greece. Its ...

'', and with him the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, martyrs (96)October 3/16
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
3 Οκτωβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Saint Damaris of Athens, a disciple of St. Dionysius of Athens (1st century) ''(see also:

)'' * Hieromartyrs Dionysius,

Bishop of Alexandria The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot"). The Alexandrian episcopate was revered as one of the three major episco ...

, and eight other martyrs including the Deacons Gaius, Faustus, Eusebius and Chaeremon (c. 265)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῶ 8 Μάρτυρες
'' 3 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
03/10/2016
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Martyr Theoctistus, by the sword. * Martyr Theagenes, by fire. * Martyr Theoteknos, by stoning. * Saint Adauctus. ''(see also:

)'' * ''Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine'' (532) * Blessed Hesychius the Silent, of Mt. Horeb (6th century)October 16 / October 3
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Candidus, a martyr in Rome, buried on the Esquiline Hill.
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Menna (''Manna''), a holy virgin from Lorraine in France, related to Sts Eucherius and Elaptius (c. 395) * Saint Maximian, a convert from Donatism, he became Bishop of Bagaia in

Numidia Numidia ( Berber: ''Inumiden''; 202–40 BC) was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians located in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up modern-day Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunis ...

in North Africa (404) * Saint

Cyprian of Toulon Saint Cyprian of Toulon (''Cyprianus Tolonensis'') (476 – October 3, 546) was bishop of Toulon during the 6th century. Life Born at Marseilles, he was the favorite pupil of St. Caesarius of Arles by whom he was trained. Caesarius ordained ...

, a monk at St Victor at Marseilles and Bishop of Toulon in France (6th century) * Hieromartyrs

Hewald the White The Two Ewalds (or ''Two Hewalds'') were Saint Ewald the Black and Saint Ewald the Fair, martyrs in Old Saxony about 692. Both bore the same name, but were distinguished by the difference in the colour of their hair and complexions. They began the ...

(''Ewald the Fair'') and Hewald the Black (''Ewald the Dark''), at Cologne (c. 695) * Saint Widradus (Waré), restorer of the monastery of Flavigny near Dijon in France, also founded the monastery of

Saulieu Saulieu () is a rural commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Its 2,413 inhabitants (in 2017) call themselves Sédélociens. Capital of the Morvan, situated within the Morvan Regional Na ...

(747) * Saint

Utto The Blessed Utto was the first abbot of the Bavarian Metten Abbey of the Benedictine Order. His feast is celebrated on October 3. Biography Utto was presumably a monk at the abbey of Reichenau; his place of birth is unknown. According to tradi ...

, founder of

Metten Abbey Metten Abbey, or St. Michael's Abbey at Metten (in German Abtei Metten or Kloster Metten) is a house of the Benedictine Order in Metten near Deggendorf, situated between the fringes of the Bavarian Forest and the valley of the Danube, in Bavaria i ...

(of the Benedictine Order) in Bavaria in Germany (829) * Saint Gérard of Brogne,

Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...

of Brogne (959) * Saint Froilan, Bishop of Léon (1006)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* ''Venerable Dionysius of the Kiev Caves, recluse'' (15th century)

New Martys and Confessors

* New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928)

Other commemorations

* Trubchevsk Icon of the Mother of God (1765), located in the Troitse-Scanov Convent.16 октября (3 октября)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * Repose of Blessed Olga, Fool-for-Christ, of Bogdanoya Bari and St. Petersburg (1960) * Repose of Elder Ieronymos the

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revo ...

n of

Aegina Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina (mythology), Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born ...

(Jerome of Aegina) (1966)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. 73. * Uncovering of the relics (1988) of St. Joseph (Litovkin), Elder of

Optina Monastery The Optina Pustyn (russian: Óптина пýстынь, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Ortho ...

(1911) * The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved (on October 3, 2019) to glorify seven New Martyrs of

Kastoria Kastoria ( el, Καστοριά, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria regional unit, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is situated on a promontory on the weste ...

:
Οι αποφάσεις της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου
'' ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο.). 03/10 18:44. Retrieved: 9 October 2019. :* New Martyr Markos Markoulis of

Kleisoura, Kastoria Kleisoura (formerly Vlachokleisoura; el, Κλεισούρα, also Βλαχοκλεισούρα, ''Vlachokleisoúra''; rup, Clisura, or ) is a traditionally Aromanian (Vlach) settlement and a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Mac ...

, hanged in

Argos Orestiko Argos Orestiko ( el, Άργος Ορεστικό, , Orestean Argos, before 1926: Χρούπιστα - ''Chroupista''; rup, Hrupishte) is a town and a former municipality in the Kastoria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government refo ...

(1598) :* New Martyr Ioannis Noultzos, martyred together with his brother and brother-in-law in

(1696) :* New Martyr George of Kastoria, martyred by the

Hagarenes Hagarenes ( grc, Ἀγαρηνοί , syc, ܗܓܪܝܐ or , arm, Հագարացի), is a term widely used by early Syriac, Greek, Coptic and Armenian sources to describe the early Arab conquerors of Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt. The name was us ...

in the

Acarnania Acarnania ( el, Ἀκαρνανία) is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Today i ...

region. :* New Hieromartyr Vasilios Kalapaliki, priest of Chiliodendro, Kastoria ('' gr'') (1902)
Ιερά Αγρυπνία για τον Άγιο Νεομάρτυρα Βασίλειο του Χιλιοδένδρου [ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ
.'' Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. 07 Φεβρουάριος 2020. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020. :* New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Platon (Aivazidis), Protosyncellus of Metropolitan Germanos Karavangelis (1921)

Icon gallery

File:Menologion of Basil 025.jpg, Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens, and martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius. File:Dionisii alek.jpg, Hieromartyr Dionysius,

. File:John the Chozebite (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine. File:Ewalde scan.jpg, Hieromartyrs Ewald the Fair and Ewald the Dark. File:Митрополит Агафангел (Преображенский).jpg, New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl. File:Иосиф Оптинский.jpg, St. Joseph (Litovkin), Elder of

Notes

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