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October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Oct. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 29

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 10 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 15.

Feasts

  • The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, at the Blachernae church in Constantinople (911). (see also: October 1 - traditional date)

    • Saints

  • Martyrs Terence and Neonilla, of Syria, and their children (249):
  • Sarbelus, Photus, Theodulus, Hierax, Nitus, Bele, and Eunice
  • Great-martyr Paraskevi of Iconium (3rd century)
  • Venerable Saints Firmilian, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 269), and Malchion, priest of Antioch (late 3rd century)
  • Hieromartyr Cyriacus, Chorepiscopus of Jerusalem, and his mother, Martyr Anna (both 363) (see also: October 18)
  • Venerable Diomedes the Young, of Cyprus, Wonderworker (c. 4th century)
  • Saint Abramius of Ephesus, Bishop of Ephesus (6th century)
  • Saint Febronia (632), daughter of Emperor Heraclius.
  • Venerable Stephen of Mar Sabbas monastery in Palestine, hymnographer (807)
  • Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (532) (See also: October 3 - Greek)
  • Hieromartyr Neophytus, bishop of Urbnisi, Georgia (7th century)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Martyrs Terence, Africanus, Maximus, Pompeius, and 36 others, at Carthage (250)
  • Martyrs Anastasia and Cyril, early martyrs in Rome (c. 253) (See also: October 29 - in the East)
  • Martyr Cyrilla, the daughter of St Tryphonia (c. 268)
  • Martyr Fidelis of Como, an Italian soldier-saint, martyred in Lombardy under Maximian Herculeus (304)
  • Saint Honoratus of Vercelli, Bishop of Vercelli (c. 415)
  • Saint Ferrutius of Mainz, Germany.
  • Saint Salvius (Saire), a hermit in France who lived at the place now called Saint-Saireafter him (6th century)
  • Saint Faro, Bishop of Meaux in France (626), he greatly encouraged monasticism, confessor (675)
  • Saint Godwin of Stavelot, Abbot of the monastery of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium (c. 690)
  • Saint Dorbheneus (Dorbhene), Abbot of Iona (713)
  • Saint Anglinus, tenth Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy near Liège in Belgium (c. 768)
  • Saint Alberic, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium (779)
  • Saint Remigius of Lyon, Archbishop of Lyons in France (875)
  • Saint Eadsin (Eadsige), thirty-third Archbishop of Canterbury, England, who Crowned King Edward the Confessor (1050)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Saint Arsenius of Srem, Archbishop of Serbia (1266)
  • Venerable Athanasius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (Mt. Athos) (1340)
  • Saint Nestor (not the Chronicler) of the Kiev Caves (14th century)
  • Righteous Virgin Parasceva of Pirimin on the Pinega River (Arkhangelsk) (16th century)
  • Venerable Job of Pochayiv, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev (1651)
  • Saint Demetrius of Rostov, Metropolitan of Rostov (1709)
  • New Martyrs Angelis, Manuel, George, and Nicholas, at Rethymno on Crete (1824)
  • Repose of St. Theophilus, Fool-for-Christ, of Kiev (1853)
  • Venerable Arsenius of Cappadocia (1924) (See also: November 10 - Greek)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr John Vilensky, Priest of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1918)
  • New Hieromartyr Michael Lektorsky, Archpriest of Kuban (1921)

    • Other Commemorations

  • Synaxis of the Shrine of Panagia Eleftherotria ("Our Lady of Deliverance") of Athens, Greece.
  • Synaxis of the Church of Panagia Eleftherotria ("Our Lady of Deliverance") of Didymoteicho, Greece.
  • Commemoration of Schema-Igumen Adrian (Antoniv) of Poltava and Kozelschansk (1953)
  • Repose of Elder Epiphanius (Theodoropoulos) of Athens (1989)

    • References

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