Commemoration of Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica (306); Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kyiv Caves Abbey (1114); Martyrs Capitolina and Eroteis of Cappadocia (304); Martyr Mark of the isle of Thasos and those who suffered with him (304).
Monthly Archives: October 2024
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787); Martyrs Carpus, Papylas, Agathadorus, and Agathonica at Pergamum (251); Venerable Benjamin of the Distant Caves of the Kyivan Caves Abbey (14th century); Martyr Florentius of Thessalonica (1-2nd cent.); Martyr Benjamin, deacon of Persia (421-424); Venerable Nicetas the Confessor of Paphlagonia (circa 838); Martyrs Chrysa (Zlata) in Bulgaria (1795); Iver and Sevenlakes icons of the Mother of God (17th century).
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Feast day of The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
Commemoration of Apostle Ananias of the Seventy (1st century); Venerable Roman the Melodist (“Sweet-singer”) (circa 556); Martyr Domninus of Thessalonica (4th cent.); Martyr Michael, abbot in Armenia and 36 Fathers with him (ca. 790); Miracle of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta (Georgia), (ca. 330). Lublin, Kasperiv, Herbovetsk, Barsk and Laskava Stanislavska icons of the Mother-of-God.
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Commemoration of Prophet Jonah (8th century B.C.); Hieromartyr Phocas, bishop of Sinope (117); Venerable Jonah (9th century) the presbyter, father of Saint Theophanes the hymnographer and Saint Theodore Graptus; Martyr Phocis the gardener (circa 320); Righteous Peter, the former tax-collector (6th century).