October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
October 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 22
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 3 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For October 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 8.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Socrates, Priest, and Martyr Theodote, of Ancyra (c. 230)[1] [2] [3]
- Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus at Nicomedia (303)[1] [3] [4] [5]
- Saint Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs of Nicaea by Diocletian (4th century)[6]
- Martyr Azes, by fire.[3] [7] [8] [9]
- Saints Plantinos (Platinus), Irene and Marina of Raithu.[3] [8] [10]
- Venerable Hilarion the Great, of Gaza (371)[1] [3] [9] [11] [12] [13]
- The 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem (724):[1] [14]
- Pegasus, Neophytus, Acacius, Dorotheus, Stephen, Dometius, Herman, Dionysius, Epiphanius, Stratonicus, Leontius, Emmanuel, Theophilus, Elias, John, Samuel, Eulampius, Alexius, Photius, Eutrepius, Methodius, Chariton, Theophylactus, Anastasius, Andronicus, Symeon, Theoktistus, Romanus, Paul, Agathonicus, Minas, Athanasius, Jacob, Nicephorus, Porphyrius, Timothy, Irenarchus, Auxentius, Joseph, Gregory, Callinicus, Aaron, Cyriacus, Theodosius, Eustathius, Isaac, Alexander, Eleutherius, Adrian, Christophor, Antiochus, Isidore, Parthenius, Sergius, Euplus, Ignatius, Theophanes, Cyril, Zachariah, and Anthimus.
- Martyrs Andrew, Stephen, Paul and Peter, under Constantine V Copronymus (c. 741–775)[3] [8] [9] [15]
- Venerable Martyr Zacharias, by drowning in the sea.[3] [8] [9] [16]
- Venerable Baruch, reposed in peace.[3] [8] [9] [17]
- Venerable Phillip[8] [18]
- Venerable Jacob, Oeconomus of Batheos Rhyakos Monastery.[3] [8] [19]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Asterius of Ostia, martyred priest (c. 223)[20] [21]
- Saint Viator of Lyons, hermit (389).[20]
- Saint Ursula of Cologne and her companions, martyrs at Cologne (c. 451)[1] [8] [9] [20] [22] [23] [24]
- Saint Cilinia, the mother of St Principius, Bishop of Soissons and St Remigius, Bishop of Rheims (c. 458)[20]
- Saint Fintan Munnu (Finian), of Teachmunnu, Ireland (635)[1] [8] [9] [20] [25] [26]
- Saint Tuda of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne (c. 664)[20]
- Saint Condedus (Condé, Condède), a hermit at Fontaine-de-Saint-Valéry in the north of France (c. 690)[9] [20]
- Saint Wendelin of Trier (Wendolinus, Wendel), a shepherd who was famous for his holiness and is venerated at St Wendel on the Nahe in the west of Germany (7th century)[20]
- Saint Malathgen of Cluain-Edneach, Ireland, Abbot (767)[1] [9]
- Saint Hugh of Ambronay, third Abbot of Ambronay Abbey near Belley in France (9th–10th centuries)[20]
- Saint Maurontus, Abbot of St Victor at Marseilles, he became bishop of the same city around 767 (c. 804)[20]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Hilarion of Kiev, the first non-Greek Metropolitan of Kiev (c. 1055)[1] [8] [9] [27]
- Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (11th century)[1] [3] [8] [9] [28] [29] [30]
- Venerables Barnabas and Hilarion the Wonderworkers, of Peristerona, Cyprus, of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)[3] [8] [31]
- Venerable Philotheus of Neapolis and Mt. Athos (14th century)[1] [3] [9] [32] [33]
- Saints Theophilus and James, monks of Konevits, founders of Dormition Monastery at Omutch (modern-day Feofilova Pustyn'),(ru) Pskov (c. 1412)[1] [9] [28] [34]
- Saint Hilarion, founder of Pskovoezersk Monastery, Gdov (1476)[1] [9] [28] [35] [36]
- Saints Bessarion (Sarai), Hieromonk (1745),[37] and Sophronius of Ciorara, monk (c. 1765),[38] Confessors, and St. Oprea of Săliște (18th century),[39] martyred by the Latins in Romania.[1] [9]
- New Martyr John of Monemvasia, Peloponnesus, at Larissa (1773)[1] [3] [8] [9] [40]
- Hieroconfessors John of Galёs,[41] and Moses (Macinic),[42] Priests, of Sibiel, Transylvania (18th century)[1] [9]
New Martyrs and Confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexis (Bui), Bishop of Voronezh (1930)[1] (see also: February 12)
- New Hieromartyrs Paulinus (Kroshechkin), Archbishop of Mogilev, and Arcadius (Yershov), Bishop of Ekaterinburg,[43] and with them Anatole Levitsky[44] and Nicander Chernelevsky, Priests, and New Martyr Cyprian Annikov (1937)[1] [9] [28]
- New Hieromartyr Damian (Voskresensky), Archbishop of Kursk (1937)[1] [9] [28] [45]
- New Hieromartyrs Constantine Chekalov, Sergius Smirnov, Basil Nikolsky,[46] Theodore Belyaev, Vladimir Vvedensky,[47] Nicholas Raevsky, John Kozyrev,[48] Basil Kozyrev,[49] Alexander Bogoyavlensky,[50] Demetrius Troitsky,[51] and Alexis Moskvin,[52] Priests, and Sergius Kazansky and John Melnitsky,[53] Deacons, all of the Tver diocese (1937)[1] [9] [28]
- New Hieromartyrs Neophytus (Osipov), Archimandrite, of Moscow, and Sophronius (Nesmeyanov), Hieromonk, of Lozeva, Tver (1937)[1] [28] [54]
- New Virgin-Martyr Pelagia Testovoy (1944)[9] [28] [54]
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of St. Christodoulos the Wonderworker of Patmos (1093)[1] [3] [8] [9] [55]
- Translation of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin, Bulgaria (1164)[1] [8] [9] [28] [56] [57]
- Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Herman (Bogdanov) of New Valaam Monastery in Siberia (1938)[1]
- Repose of Schema-Nun Seraphima (Bobkova) of Shamordino Convent (1990)[1]
Sources
Greek Sources
Russian Sources
Notes and References
- http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20181021.html October 21 / November 3
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεοδότη καὶ Σωκράτης ὁ Πρεσβύτερος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Συναξαριστής. 21 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γάϊος, Δάσιος καὶ Ζωτικὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Martyr Dasius at Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Web site: Указатель 4, Полный месяцеслов Востока. Том II. Святой Восток - архиепископ Сергий (Спасский) . 2023-08-05 . azbyka.ru . ru.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀζῆς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- 21/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2016&today=3&month=11&trp=0&tzo=-5 November 3 / October 21
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλαντῖνος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἱλαρίων ὁ Μέγας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Venerable Hilarion the Great. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HILARION, H. (A.D. 371.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 506-530.
- 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. 78.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρέας, Στέφανος, Παῦλος καὶ Πέτρος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζαχαρίας ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαροῦχ. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φίλιππος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdoct.htm October 21
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ASTERIUS, P.M. (A.D. 222.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 505-506.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ursula (Βρεταννίδα). 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- 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. 508-510.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. URSULA AND ELEVEN THOUSAND, VV. MM. (A.D. 451.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 535-556.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Finan (Ἰρλανδός). 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FINTAN MUNNU, AB. (A.D. 635.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 556-560.
- St. Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- 21 октября по старому стилю / 3 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
- Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ИЛАРИОН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρνάβας καὶ Ἱλαρίων οἱ Θαυματουργοί. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Ἀσκητὴς ἐν Ἄθῳ. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Venerable Philotheus of Dionysiou of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Venerable Hilarion the Abbot of Gdov and Pskov Lake. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ИЛАРИОН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- Venerable Bessarion Sarai the Confessor in Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- St. Sophronius the Confessor of Ciorara in Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Martyr Oprea of Salistie in Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- St. John of Galesh. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- St. Moses (Macinic), Martyr and Confessor. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- АРКАДИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- АНАТОЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ДАМИАН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ВЛАДИМИР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- АЛЕКСАНДР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ДИМИТРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- 3 ноября (21 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Χριστοδούλου τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ. 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἱλαρίωνος Ἐπισκόπου Μεγληνίας (Ρῶσος). 21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Translation of the relics of St Hilarion the Bishop of Meglin in Bulgaria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.