Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of October 17
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on October 17 — on the Old Calendar, civil October 30.
Commemorated on October 17
- Prophet Hosea
- Monk-martyr Andrew of Crete
St. Andrew of Crete
Archbishop of Gortyna (†740), author of the Great Canon of Repentance — 'Whence shall I begin to weep over the deeds of my wretched life?' — sung in the first and fifth weeks of Lent.
When it falls
- New Calendar: October 17 every year
- Old Calendar: civil October 30
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.