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October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - October 20

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 6.

Saints

  • Prophet Joel (800 BC)
  • Saint Mnason of Tamassos, Cyprus, the early disciple, mentioned in Acts 21:15-16 (see also: October 18 )
  • Hieromartyr Felix the Presbyter and Eusebius the Deacon, by the sword.
  • Martyrs Varus (Ouarus) and six (seven) others with him, in Egypt (c. 307)
  • Blessed Cleopatra (327) and her son John (320), in Egypt.
  • Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 120 martyrs with him (342)
  • Saint Leontius the Philosopher, of St. Sabbas Monastery (624)
  • Saint Prochorus of Pechenga (Pchinja), Abbot, in the Vranski Desert on the Pchinja river (10th century)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Martyrs Ptolemy and Lucius, martyrs in Rome under Antoninus Pius (c. 165)
  • Saint Altinus (Attinus), founder of the churches of Orléans and Chartres in France and perhaps a martyr (4th century)
  • Saint Eusterius, fourth Bishop of Salerno in Italy (5th century)
  • Saint Lupus of Soissons, a nephew of St Remi of Rheims who became Bishop of Soissons (c. 540)
  • Saint Veranus of Cavaillon, Bishop of Cavaillon (590)
  • Saint Ethbin, monk, then hermit near Kildare, Ireland (c. 600)
  • Saint Aquilinus of Évreux, Bishop of Evreux, Confessor (695)
  • Saint Desiderius, a monk at Lonrey and a disciple of St Sigiranus, he became a hermit in La Brenne near Bourges, France (c. 705)
  • Saint Theofrid (Theofroy, Chaifre), Abbot of Carmery-en-Velay (Monastier-Saint-Chaffre), martyred by invading Saracens (728)
  • Saint Frideswide of Oxford, Royal Abbess, patron saint of Oxford (c. 735)
  • Saint Laura of Cordoba, a nun at Santa María de Cuteclara de Córdoba, martyred by the Moors by being thrown into a cauldron of molten lead (864)
  • Saint Eadnoth the Younger (Ednoth, Eadnot), successively Abbot of Ramsey and Bishop of Dorchester (1016)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • New Monk-martyr Nicholas Dvali of Jerusalem (1314) (see also: February 12 )
  • Saint Gabriel, Archimandrite (Abbot) of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1901)
  • Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker (1908)
  • Saint Anthony (Abashidze), Schema-Archbishop, of the Kiev Caves Lavra (1942)

    • New Martys and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, Priest, of Petrograd (1918)
  • New Hieromartyr Sergius Pokrovsky, Priest (1937)

    • Other commemorations

  • First translation (1187) of the relics of Venerable John of Rila, founder of Rila Monastery in Bulgaria (946)
  • Synaxis of the icon of "Panagia Vasilissa" ("Panagia the Queen"), in Mouzaki, Karditsa, Greece.

    • References

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