October 11 Events Pre-1600 *1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever. *1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars. * 1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of Engl ...

–

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 13 Events Pre-1600 * 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina. * 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Py ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 25 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 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

September 29 Events Pre-1600 *61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. * 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, ...

Saints

* Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Rome (c. 250)October 12/25
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
12 Οκτωβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
12/10/2017
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ''(see also:

October 29 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand '' adventus'' in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber ...

)'' * Martyr Domnina of Anazarbus in Cilicia (286) * Martyr Malfetha, shot with arrows. * Martyr Anthea, martyred within a

brazen bull The brazen bull, also known as the bronze bull, Sicilian bull, or bull of Phalaris, was a torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. According to Diodorus Siculus, recounting the story in '' Bibliotheca historica'', Perilaus (or P ...

. * Holy seventy (70) martyrs. * Martyrs

Juventinus and Maximinus Saints Juventinus (or Juventius) and Maximinus (died 29 January 363) were members of the imperial guard of Emperor Julian. Their feast day is 25 January. Before starting his campaign against the Sassanid Empire, Julian issued an edict that prohi ...

(361) ''(see also:

September 5 Events Pre-1600 * 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. * 1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava * 1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Hen ...

October 9 Events Pre-1600 * 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks. * 1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia. * 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. * 1446 &ndash ...

)'' * Martyrs Andromachos and Diodoros, by fire. * Saint Martin the Merciful,

Bishop of Tours The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours ( Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd c ...

(397)October 25 / October 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. ''(see also:

November 11 Events Pre-1600 * 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the ...

November 12 Events Pre-1600 * 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. *1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. * 13 ...

July 4 Events Pre-1600 * 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaim ...

)'' * ''Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus, at Tarsus in Cilicia'' (304) * Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma (c. 787) ''(see also:

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 ...

)'' * Saint Theodotus, Bishop of Ephesus, reposed in peace. * Saint Jason, Bishop of Damascus, reposed in peace. * Venerable Theosebius the God-bearer, of Arsinoe in Cyprus. * ''Venerable

Symeon the New Theologian Symeon the New Theologian ( el, Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox Christian monk and poet who was the last of three saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church and given the title of "Theolo ...

'' (1022)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Monas The National Monument ( id, Monumen Nasional, abbreviated Monas) is a 132 m (433 ft) obelisk in the centre of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia. It is the national monument of the Republic of Indones ...

Bishop of Milan The Archdiocese of Milan ( it, Arcidiocesi di Milano; la, Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milan, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It has lon ...

(249) * Hieromartyr

Maximilian Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given name. The name " Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names. List of people Monarchs *Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459� ...

, Bishop of

Noricum Noricum () is the Latin name for the Celts, Celtic kingdom or federation of tribes that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia. In the first century AD, it became a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire. Its borders were th ...

(284) * Saint Edistius, a martyr in Ravenna in Italy under Diocletian (303) * Martyrs Evagrius, Priscian and Companions, a group of martyrs either in Rome or else in Syria. * Saint Pantalus,

Bishop of Basle The Diocese of Basel (german: Bistum Basel; la, Diœcesis Basileensis) is a Catholic diocese in Switzerland. Historically, the bishops of Basel were also secular rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel (german: Fürstbistum Basel). The bis ...

in Switzerland (451) * Saints Felix and Cyprian, Bishops in North Africa, with 4966 martyrs, under Hunneric (c. 484) * Saint Fiace (''Fiech''), a bishop in Ireland, friend and disciple of St Patrick, in whose honour he wrote a hymn which still exists (5th century) * Saint Mobhi of Glasnevin (''Mobhí Clárainech''), one of the

Twelve Apostles of Ireland The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, ir, Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonar ...

(544) * Saint Salvinus,

Bishop of Verona 235px, The facade of ''Palazzo del Vescovado'' The Diocese of Verona ( la, Dioecesis Veronensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona ...

in Italy (562) * Martyr

Edwin of Northumbria Edwin ( ang, Ēadwine; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the List of monarchs of Northumbria, King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from about 616 until hi ...

, King of Northumbria (633)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. 487-491. * Saint

Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and ...

Bishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers ...

and Confessor (709) * Saints Herlindis and Relindis, Daughters of Count Adelard, who became respectively the first and second abbesses of

Maaseik Maaseik (; li, Mezeik) is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. Both in size (close to 77 km2) and in population (approx. 25,000 inhabitants, of whom some 3,000 non-Belgian), it is the 8th largest municipality in Limburg ...

Abbey (c. 745 and 750)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Epiktitos the Wonderworker, and with him several ascetics of the ''"300 Allemagne Saints"'', in Cyprus (12th century): :* Saints Valantios; Varlaam; Barnabus the Monk; Basil the Bishop; George (Vavatsiniotis); George (Epitideiotis); George (Perachoritis); George (Salamanis); Dimitrianos the Bishop; Irenikos (or Arniakos); Elpidios; and Epahroditos. * Venerable Saints Amphilochius (1452), Macarius (1480), and Tarasius (1440), Abbots, and Theodosius, monk (15th century), of Glushitsa Monastery,

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. ...

, disciples of St. Dionysius of Glushitsa. * Saint Arsenius, Archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1859) * Saint Euphrosyne (Mezenova) the Faster, Schema-Abbess, of

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

(1918)

New Martys and Confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Letnikov (1930) * New Hieromartyr Juvenal (Maslovsky), Archbishop of Ryazan (1937) * New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Levchenko), Hieromonk, of Optina Monastery (1937) * New Hieromartyr Alexander Pozdeyevsky, Priest (1940) * New Hiero-confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky), Metropolitan of

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

(1955)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

"Jerusalem" (48) * Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk (1642) * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Rudensk" (1687) * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Kaluga" (1812) * Commemoration of Saint Dismas the Good Thief in Thessaloniki (1st century) ''(see also: March 25)'' * Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross of the Lord from Malta to Gatchina, together with the Philermia Icon of the Mother of God, and the right hand of Saint John the Baptist (1799) * Translation of the relics of St.

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. ...

from Rome to Jerusalem (1965) * Synaxis of the Saints of Athens (1999)Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις τῶν ἐν Ἀθήναις Ἁγίων
'' 12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Glorification (2009) of St. Philaret (Gumilevsky), Archbishop of Chernigov (1866)

Icon gallery

File:Virgin Anastasia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Rome. File:Menologion of Basil 027.jpg, Martyr Domnina of Anazarbus. File:Juventinus and Maximinus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs

. File:Vitrail moyen-age cluny.JPG, St. Martin the Merciful (''Martin of Tours''). File:Menologion of Basil 059.jpg, Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus. File:Saint Andronikos of Cilicia at Chora.jpg, St. Andronicus of Tarsus in Cilicia. File:Kosma-ierusalimskij.jpg, St. Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma. File:Simeon novyj.jpg, Venerable

. File:Saint King Edwin of Northumbria.jpg, King

. File:StWilfrid.jpg, Saint

and Confessor. File:Amphilochius of Glushitsa.jpg, Venerable Amphilochius of Glushitsa Monastery. File:Епископ Николай (Могилевский).jpg, New Hiero-confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky), Metropolitan of

. File:Kaluzhskaya ikona 3.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy

"Kaluga". File:THEOTOKOS PHILERMON.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy

"Philermia". File:Filaret Gumilevskiy.jpg, St. Philaret (Gumilevsky), Archbishop of Chernigov.

Notes

References

Sources

October 12/25
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
October 25 / October 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
October 12
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. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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. 315–316. * 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. 487–491. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
12 Οκτωβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
12/10/2017
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

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 12 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) October in the Eastern Orthodox calendar