Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of October
Every day of October in the Orthodox calendar, with its feasts and principal saints.
- October 1 — The Protection (Pokrov) of the Theotokos; Apostle Ananias
- October 2 — Hieromartyr Cyprian and Virgin-martyr Justina
- October 3 — Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite
- October 4 — St. Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens; St. Ammon of Egypt
- October 5 — Martyr Charitina; Sts. Peter, Alexis, Jonah and Philip of Moscow
- October 6 — Apostle Thomas
- October 7 — Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus
- October 8 — St. Pelagia the Penitent
- October 9 — Apostle James, son of Alphaeus; Righteous Abraham and Lot
- October 10 — Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia
- October 11 — Apostle Philip of the Seventy, the Deacon; St. Theophanes the Hymnographer
- October 12 — Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus; St. Symeon the New Theologian
- October 13 — Martyrs Carpus, Papylus and companions
- October 14 — St. Parasceva of the Balkans; Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius and companions
- October 15 — St. Lucian of Antioch; St. Euthymius the New
- October 16 — Martyr Longinus the Centurion, who stood at the Cross
- October 17 — Prophet Hosea; Monk-martyr Andrew of Crete
- October 18 — Apostle and Evangelist Luke
- October 19 — Prophet Joel; Martyr Varus
- October 20 — Great Martyr Artemius; St. Gerasimos of Kefalonia
- October 21 — St. Hilarion the Great; St. Christodoulos of Patmos (translation)
- October 22 — St. Abercius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, of Hierapolis
- October 23 — Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord, first Bishop of Jerusalem
- October 24 — Martyr Arethas and companions
- October 25 — Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries
- October 26 — Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streaming of Thessalonica
- October 27 — Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica
- October 28 — Martyrs Terence and Neonilla; Holy Protection (Greek observance)
- October 29 — Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Rome; St. Abramius the Recluse
- October 30 — Hieromartyr Zenobius and his sister Zenobia
- October 31 — Apostles Stachys, Amplias and companions of the Seventy
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.