October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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October 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 22
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 3 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For October 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 8.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Socrates, Priest, and Martyr Theodote, of Ancyra (c. 230)[1][2][3][note 2]
- Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus at Nicomedia (303)[1][3][4][5][note 3]
- Saint Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs of Nicaea by Diocletian (4th century)[7]
- Martyr Azes, by fire.[3][8][9][10]
- Saints Plantinos (Platinus), Irene and Marina of Raithu.[3][9][11][note 4]
- Venerable Hilarion the Great, of Gaza (371)[1][3][10][12][13][14][note 5]
- The 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem (724):[1][15]
- Pegasus, Neophytus, Acacius, Dorotheus, Stephen, Dometius, Herman, Dionysius, Epiphanius, Stratonicus, Leontius, Emmanuel, Theophilus, Elias, John, Samuel, Eulampius, Alexius, Photius, Eutrepius, Methodius, Chariton, Theophylactus, Anastasius, Andronicus, Symeon, Theoktistus, Romanus, Paul, Agathonicus, Minas, Athanasius, Jacob, Nicephorus, Porphyrius, Timothy, Irenarchus, Auxentius, Joseph, Gregory, Callinicus, Aaron, Cyriacus, Theodosius, Eustathius, Isaac, Alexander, Eleutherius, Adrian, Christophor, Antiochus, Isidore, Parthenius, Sergius, Euplus, Ignatius, Theophanes, Cyril, Zachariah, and Anthimus.
- Martyrs Andrew, Stephen, Paul and Peter, under Constantine V Copronymus (c. 741–775)[3][9][10][16][note 6]
- Venerable Martyr Zacharias, by drowning in the sea.[3][9][10][17]
- Venerable Baruch, reposed in peace.[3][9][10][18]
- Venerable Phillip[9][19]
- Venerable Jacob, Oeconomus of Batheos Rhyakos Monastery.[3][9][20][note 7]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Asterius of Ostia, martyred priest (c. 223)[21][22][note 8][note 9]
- Saint Viator of Lyons, hermit (389).[21][note 10][note 11]
- Saint Ursula of Cologne and her companions, martyrs at Cologne (c. 451)[1][9][10][21][23][24][25][note 12][note 13]
- Saint Cilinia, the mother of St Principius, Bishop of Soissons and St Remigius, Bishop of Rheims (c. 458)[21][note 14]
- Saint Fintan Munnu (Finian), of Teachmunnu, Ireland (635)[1][9][10][21][26][27][note 15]
- Saint Tuda of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne (c. 664)[21][note 16]
- Saint Condedus (Condé, Condède), a hermit at Fontaine-de-Saint-Valéry in the north of France (c. 690)[10][21][note 17]
- Saint Wendelin of Trier (Wendolinus, Wendel), a shepherd who was famous for his holiness and is venerated at St Wendel on the Nahe in the west of Germany (7th century)[21][note 18]
- Saint Malathgen of Cluain-Edneach, Ireland, Abbot (767)[1][10]
- Saint Hugh of Ambronay, third Abbot of Ambronay Abbey near Belley in France (9th–10th centuries)[21]
- Saint Maurontus, Abbot of St Victor at Marseilles, he became bishop of the same city around 767 (c. 804)[21]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Hilarion of Kiev, the first non-Greek Metropolitan of Kiev (c. 1055)[1][9][10][29]
- Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (11th century)[1][3][9][10][30][31][32]
- Venerables Barnabas and Hilarion the Wonderworkers, of Peristerona, Cyprus, of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)[3][9][33][note 19]
- Venerable Philotheus of Neapolis and Mt. Athos (14th century)[1][3][10][36][37]
- Saints Theophilus and James, monks of Konevits, founders of Dormition Monastery at Omutch (modern-day Feofilova Pustyn'),(ru) Pskov (c. 1412)[1][10][30][38]
- Saint Hilarion, founder of Pskovoezersk Monastery, Gdov (1476)[1][10][30][39][40][note 20]
- Saints Bessarion (Sarai), Hieromonk (1745),[41][note 21] and Sophronius of Ciorara, monk (c. 1765),[42][note 22] Confessors, and St. Oprea of Săliște (18th century),[43] martyred by the Latins in Romania.[1][10]
- New Martyr John of Monemvasia, Peloponnesus, at Larissa (1773)[1][3][9][10][44]
- Hieroconfessors John of Galёs,[45][note 23] and Moses (Macinic),[46] Priests, of Sibiel, Transylvania (18th century)[1][10]
New Martyrs and Confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexis (Bui), Bishop of Voronezh (1930)[1][note 24] (see also: February 12)
- New Hieromartyrs Paulinus (Kroshechkin), Archbishop of Mogilev,[note 25] and Arcadius (Yershov), Bishop of Ekaterinburg,[47][note 26] and with them Anatole Levitsky[48] and Nicander Chernelevsky, Priests, and New Martyr Cyprian Annikov (1937)[1][10][30]
- New Hieromartyr Damian (Voskresensky), Archbishop of Kursk (1937)[1][10][30][49][note 27]
- New Hieromartyrs Constantine Chekalov, Sergius Smirnov, Basil Nikolsky,[50] Theodore Belyaev, Vladimir Vvedensky,[51][note 28] Nicholas Raevsky, John Kozyrev,[52] Basil Kozyrev,[53] Alexander Bogoyavlensky,[54] Demetrius Troitsky,[55] and Alexis Moskvin,[56] Priests, and Sergius Kazansky and John Melnitsky,[57] Deacons, all of the Tver diocese (1937)[1][10][30]
- New Hieromartyrs Neophytus (Osipov), Archimandrite, of Moscow,[note 29] and Sophronius (Nesmeyanov), Hieromonk, of Lozeva, Tver (1937)[1][30][58]
- New Virgin-Martyr Pelagia Testovoy (1944)[10][30][58]
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of St. Christodoulos the Wonderworker of Patmos (1093)[1][3][9][10][59][note 30]
- Translation of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin, Bulgaria (1164)[1][9][10][30][60][61]
- Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Herman (Bogdanov) of New Valaam Monastery in Siberia (1938)[1]
- Repose of Schema-Nun Seraphima (Bobkova) of Shamordino Convent (1990)[1]
Icon gallery
Venerable Hilarion the Great.
Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus, at Nicomedia.
Saint Cilinia of Laon.
St. Wendelin of Trier.
Saint Hilarion of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev.
Sts. Bessarion (Sarai) and Sophronius of Ciorara, Confessors, and St. Oprea of Săliște.
New Hieromartyr Alexis (Bui), Bishop of Voronezh.
New Hieromartyr Paulinus (Kroshechkin), Archbishop of Mogilev.
New Hieromartyr Arcadius (Yershov), Bishop of Ekaterinburg.
New Hieromartyr Damian (Voskresensky), Archbishop of Kursk.
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Notes
- The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - In the Synaxaristes they are called "newly-revealed" Saints and were martyred under Constantine V Copronymus. Andrew was a monk from Crete, and after checking Copronymus, he was beheaded and buried in "the Judgment" (see October 17). The other three were probably monastics as well, since they staunchly defended the holy Orthodox Canons, and were also beheaded by Copronymus.
- He is absent in the Synaxarion of St. Nicodemus. However his memory is recorded in the Synaxarion of Delahaye, without any biographical details, except for the following phrase:
- «Μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἰακώβου τοῦ γενομένου οἰκονόμου τῆς Μονῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ τοῦ Βαθέος Ρύακος, ὃς ὤρμητο ἐκ τῆς δευτέρας τῶν Καππαδόκων ἐπαρχίας».
- A Roman priest with Pope Callistus, whose body he secretly buried. For this reason he was cast into the Tiber at Ostia by order of the Emperor Alexander. Orthodox Christians recovered his body and buried it in Ostia where it is now enshrined in the Cathedral.
- A disciple of St Justus, Archbishop of Lyon in France, whom he accompanied to live as a hermit.
- Early and famous virgin-martyrs in Cologne in Germany.
- A monk from Ireland who succeeded St Colman as Bishop of Lindisfarne in England. He died of the plague within the first year of his appointment.
- Born in England, he became a hermit at Fontaine-de-Saint-Valéry in the north of France. On hearing of the monastery of Fontenelle, he became a monk there and later preached Christ while living on an island in the Seine near Caudebec.
- "S. Wendelin is thought, without evidence, to have been of Scottish or Irish origin, and to have been a shepherd in the diocese of Treves. A great deal of fable has been told about him, as that he was the son of a Scottish king, who sent him to Treves to keep swine, because he was so fond of reading the psalter and praying in churches. All that is really known of him is that he was a pious shepherd, and that miracles were believed to be wrought over his body, which reposes at S. Wendel on the Nahe. A great fire broke out at Saarbruck in 1417, which was extinguished after invocation of S. Wendel, whereupon he became generally famous. He is represented as a shepherd or swineherd."[28]
- The 300 Allemagne Saints came to Cyprus from Palestine, and lived as ascetics in various parts of the island. According to some of their lives in the Great Synaxaristes, after the dissolution of the Second Crusade (1147–1149), they decided to live the monastic life in the Jordan desert. However since the Latins there disturbed them, they relocated to Cyprus and dispersed over the island.[34][35]
- See: (in Russian) Иларион Гдовский. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Romanian) Visarion Sarai. Wikipedia. (Romanian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Romanian) Sofronie de la Cioara. Wikipedia. (Romanian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Romanian) Ioan din Galeș. Wikipedia. (Romanian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Алексий (Буй). Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Павлин (Крошечкин). Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Аркадий (Ершов). Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Дамиан (Воскресенский). Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Введенский, Владимир Дмитриевич. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Неофит (Осипов). Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).