October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Oct. 5
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 7
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October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 6-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 18 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Martyr Charitina of Amisus...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 7
October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 20 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 19 by Old CalendaristOld 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...
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The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
Saints
- Holy and glorious Apostle Thomas
- New Monk-martyr Macarius of St. Anne’s Skete, Mt. Athos, at Prusa in BithyniaBithyniaBithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...
(1590) - Woman-martyr Erotheis of CappadociaCappadociaCappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine...
- 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...
Cindeus of Cyprus, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
Other commemorations
- IconIconAn icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
"All-Hymned Mother" - Glorification (1977) of Saint InnocentInnocent of AlaskaSaint Innocent of Alaska , also known as Saint Innocent of Moscow was a Russian Orthodox priest, bishop, archbishop and Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. He is known for his missionary work, scholarship and leadership in Alaska and the Russian Far East during the 19th century...
, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the AmericasAmericasThe Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
(1879)