October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 4
October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Cyprian, virgin-martyr Justina, and Theoctistus of Nicomedia...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 4
October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 17 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens, bishop *St...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 16 by Old CalendaristsOld Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Dionysius of Athens, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
, and with him martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Rusticus and Eleutherius (9696Year 96 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valens and Vetus...
) - SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
John the Chozebite, Bishop of PalestinePalestinePalestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
(6th century) - Blessed Hesychius the Silent (6th century)
- Saint Dionysius of the Kiev Caves, recluseRecluseA recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society, often close to nature. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means "shut up" or "sequester." There are many potential reasons for becoming a recluse: a personal philosophy that rejects consumer society; a...
(15th century) - Russian New martyrNew MartyrThe title of New Martyr or Neomartyr of the Eastern Orthodox Church was originally given to martyrs who died under heretical rulers . Later the Church added to the list those martyred under Islam and various modern regimes, especially Communist ones, which espoused state atheism...
Agathangel, MetropolitanMetropolitan bishopIn Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
of YaroslavlYaroslavlYaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...
(1928) - Martyr Theoctistus
- Martyr Theagenes