Commemoration of Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (60); Saint Fulvianus, Prince of Ethiopia, in holy baptism Matthew (1st century).

Commemoration of Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus (284-305); Venerable Matrona, abbess, of Constantinople (circa 492); Venerable Theoctiste of the isle of Lesbos (881); Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Near Caves of the Kyiv Caves Abbey (1148); Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (4th century); Martyr Anthony of Apamea (5th century); Venerable John the Short of Egypt (5th century); Venerable Eustolia (610) and Sosipatra (625) of Constantinople; Venerable Saint Nektarios of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Wonderworker (1920); icon of the Mother of God Quick to Hear (10th century).

Commemoration of Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus, and Anempodistus of Persia, and those who suffered with them (circa 341-345); Venerable Marcian of Cyrrhus (388).

Commemoration of the Holy and Glorious Great Martyr Demetrius, of Thessalonica (circa 306); Venerable Theophilus, Bishop of Novhorod, of the Distant Caves in the Kyiv Caves Abbey (ca.1482); Martyr Lupus, slave of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica (306); Saint Athanasius of Medikion Monastery (ca. 814); Venerable Dimitry Basarbovskyi (1685, Bulgaria).

Commemoration of Prophet Joel (800 B.C.); Martyr Warus and seven monk-martyrs in Egypt (307); Blessed Cleopatra (327) and her son John, in Egypt; Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (342); Venerable Gabriel of Athos (1901); Conference (Gathering) of Holy Healers (transitional celebration on the Sunday closest to October 17-18).

Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787); Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus at Tarsus in Cilicia (304); Venerable Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma (787); Martyr Domnina of Anazarbus (286); Saint Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours (ca. 400). Jerusalem (48), and Rudnens’k (1687) icons of the Mother God.

Commemoration of Martyr Charitina of Amisus (304); Venerable Damian the Presbyter, Healer (1071), and Saints Jeremiah (ca. 1070) and Matthew (1085), clairvoyants of the Kyiv Caves Abbey, in the Near Caves; Hieromartyr Dionysius, bishop of Alexandria (264-265); Martyr Mamelta (Mamelchtha) of Persia (344); Venerable Gregory of Khandzoy (Khandzta) (861, Georgia).

Commemoration of St. Chariton the Confessor (ca. 350); The Assembly of the Monastic Fathers of the Kyiv-Caves Abbey, who repose in the Near Caves (of St. Anthony).

Leave-taking of the Feast-day of The Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross of the Lord

Commemoration of Holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon (305); Venerable Anthusa, abbess and her 90 sisters (8th century); Equal-to-the-Apostles Saint Clement of Ochrid (916), and Saints Angelar (10th century), Gorazd (896), Nahum (910), and Sabbas (10th century) of Bulgaria; Saint Herman of Alaska (1837).