October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 5

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 17 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 21.

Saints Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens, first Bishop of Athens (1st century)October 4/17. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερόθεος. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 4 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Hieromartyr Hierotheus the Bishop of Athens. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Theodore the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tamassos, Cyprus (2nd century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος Ταμασοῦ. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Gaius,Martyr Gaius of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Faustus,Martyr Faustus of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Eusebius,Martyr Eusebius of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Chaeremon, Deacons, of Alexandria (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φαῦστος, Γάϊος, Εὐσέβιος καὶ Χαιρήμων (ἢ Χαρήμων) οἱ Διάκονοι. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.October 17 / October 4. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: October 3) Martyrs Domnina and her daughters Berenice (Bernice) and Prosdoce, of Syria (302)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Δομνίνη ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῆς Βερνίκη καὶ Προσδόκη. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Domnina with her daughters of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Adauctus (c. 312) and his daughter St. Callisthene (c. 318), of Ephesus.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὔδακτος (ἢ Ἄδαυκτος) ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ ἡ θυγατέρα του Καλλισθένη. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Adauctus and His Daughter of Ephesus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Paul the Simple (c. 339)Venerable Paul the Simple of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Venerable Ammon (350),Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀμμοῦν ὁ Αἰγύπτιος. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. AMMON, H. (about a.d. 350.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 64-66.Venerable Ammon. OCA - Lives of the Saints. of Egypt, disciples of St. Anthony the Great. 4 октября по старому стилю / 17 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. Hieromartyr Peter of Capitolia, Bishop of Bostra in Arabia (715)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Καπιτωλίων. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Peter of Capetolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable John (Lampadistes) of Cyprus (10th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Λαμπαδιστὴς. 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Vladimir Yaroslavich, prince of Novgorod (1052),Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and his mother St. Anna of Novgorod (Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden) (1050) 04/10/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Petronius of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna (c. 450)October 4. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Quintius of Tours (Quentin), a citizen of Tours, martyred at L'Indrois near Montrésor (6th century) Saint Aurea, a Syrian who moved to France and became Abbess of St Martial in Paris, where she remained for thirty-three years (666)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. AUREA, V. ABSS. (about a.d. 666.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 66-68.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saints Helladius and Onesimus of the Near Caves in Kiev (12th-13th centuries) Saint Ammon, recluse, of the Far Caves in Kiev (13th century)Venerable Ammon the recluse of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Stephen Stiljanovic, despot of Srem, Serbia (1540), and his wife St. Elena (Elizabeth in monasticism) (c. 1543)St Stephen Stiljianovitch of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saints Jonah and Nectarius, monks, of Kazan (16th century)St Jonah of Kazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Evdemoz I, Catholicos of Georgia (1642)Martyr Evdemoz the Catholicos of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Peter (Michurin) of Kuznetsk, Siberia (1820) Saint Nikodim Milaš of Dalmatia (1915)Serbian Patriarchate Announces New Canonizations. Union of Orthodox Journalists. 20 May 2025 03:59. Retrieved: February 13, 2026. Саопштење за јавност Светог Архијерејског Сабора Српске Православне Цркве. СРПСКА ПРАВОСЛАВНА ЦРКВА. Објављено 18.05.2025. Retrieved: February 13, 2026.

New Martyrs and Confessors New Hieromartyr Demetrius Voznesensky, Priest (1918) ДИМИТРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Vereschagin, Michael Tverdovsky, Jacob Bobirev ИАКОВ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and Tikhon Archangelsky, Priests (1937) New Hieromartyr Basil (Tsvetkov), Archimandrite, of Stary Kelets, Ryazan (1937) ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Saint Khionia Archangelsky, Confessor (1945) 17 октября (4 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hiero-confessor Barsanuphius (Yurchenko) of Kherson (1954) New Hiero-confessor Dumitru Stăniloae, Priest, theology professor in Sibiu and Bucharest (1993)Holy Synod approves canonization of 16 modern-day saints. BASILICA.RO. 12.07.2024. Retrieved: February 15, 2026.Romanian Synod canonizes 16 martyrs, confessors, and ascetics of the 20th-century. Orthodox Christianity. Bucharest, July 15, 2024. Retrieved: February 15, 2026.

Other commemorations Uncovering of the relics (1595) of St. Gurias (1563), first Archbishop of Kazan, and St. Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver (1576)Uncovering of the relics of St Gurias the First Archbishop of Kazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γουρίας καὶ Βαρσανούφιος οἱ ἐν Κοζάνῃ (Ρώσοι). 4 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Synaxis of the Saints of Kazan (1984)Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Kazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Kitrinopetritissa" ("Yellow-stone") in Australia.

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