October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 9
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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...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 9
October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 22 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus *Saint Andronicus and his wife St...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 21 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,...
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- VenerableVenerableThe Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...
Pelagia the Penitent of the Mount of OlivesMount of OlivesThe Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge in East Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south. The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters . It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes...
(457457Year 457 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Rufus...
) - Virgin-martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Pelagia of Antioch (303303Year 303 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...
) - 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...
Thaïs (Taisia) of EgyptThaïs (saint)St. Thaïs of Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert was a repentant courtesan.-Accounts of her Life:St. Thaïs reportedly lived during the fourth century in Roman Egypt. She is included in literature on the lives of the saints in the Greek church...
(4th century) - St. Anthony, archbishop of Novgorod (1232)
- Saint Dositheus of Verkneostrov in PskovPskovPskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
(1482) - Saint Tryphon of Vyatka, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
(1612) - New Monk-martyr Ignatius of Bulgaria and Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1814)
- New Hieromartyrs Jonah (Lazarev), bishop of Velizhsk, and companions (1937)
- Demetrius (Dobroserdov), archbishop of Mozhaisk, and with him John the deacon, Monk-martyrs Andrew and Pachomius, Nun-martyr Tatiana, and Martyrs Nicholas, Maria and Nadezhda (1937)