Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of October 3
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on October 3 — on the Old Calendar, civil October 16.
Commemorated on October 3
- Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite
When it falls
- New Calendar: October 3 every year
- Old Calendar: civil October 16
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.