Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of October 4
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on October 4 — on the Old Calendar, civil October 17.
Commemorated on October 4
- St. Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens
- St. Ammon of Egypt
When it falls
- New Calendar: October 4 every year
- Old Calendar: civil October 17
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.