October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 29
All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 10 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For October 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 15.
Contents
Feasts
- The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, at the Blachernae church in Constantinople (911).[1][2][note 2] (see also: October 1 - traditional date)
Saints
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- Sarbelus, Photus, Theodulus, Hierax, Nitus, Bele, and Eunice
- Great-martyr Paraskevi of Iconium (3rd century)[1][5]
- Venerable Saints Firmilian, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 269), and Malchion, priest of Antioch (late 3rd century)[1][6]
- Hieromartyr Cyriacus, Chorepiscopus of Jerusalem,[7] and his mother, Martyr Anna[8] (both 363)[1][9][note 3]
- Venerable Diomedes the Young, of Cyprus, Wonderworker (c. 4th century)[11]
- Saint Abramius of Ephesus, Bishop of Ephesus (6th century)[12][note 4]
- Saint Febronia (632), daughter of Emperor Heraclius.[1][13]
- Venerable Stephen of Mar Sabbas monastery in Palestine, hymnographer (807)[1][14][15]
- Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (532)[1][16] (See also: October 3 - Greek)
- Hieromartyr Neophytus, bishop of Urbnisi, Georgia (7th century)[1][17]
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Martyrs Terence, Africanus, Maximus, Pompeius, and 36 others, at Carthage (250)[1][18][19]
- Martyrs Anastasia and Cyril, early martyrs in Rome (c. 253)[20][note 5] (See also: October 29 - in the East)
- Martyr Cyrilla, the daughter of St Tryphonia (c. 268)[20][note 6][note 7]
- Martyr Fidelis of Como, an Italian soldier-saint, martyred in Lombardy under Maximian Herculeus (304)[20][21]
- Saint Honoratus of Vercelli, Bishop of Vercelli (c. 415)[20][21][note 8]
- Saint Ferrutius of Mainz, Germany.[20][21][note 9]
- Saint Salvius (Saire), a hermit in France who lived at the place now called Saint-Saireafter him (6th century)[20]
- Saint Faro, Bishop of Meaux in France (626), he greatly encouraged monasticism, confessor (675)[20][21]
- Saint Godwin of Stavelot, Abbot of the monastery of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium (c. 690)[20]
- Saint Dorbheneus (Dorbhene), Abbot of Iona (713)[20][note 10]
- Saint Anglinus, tenth Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy near Liège in Belgium (c. 768)[20]
- Saint Alberic, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium (779)[20][note 11]
- Saint Remigius of Lyon, Archbishop of Lyons in France (875)[20]
- Saint Eadsin (Eadsige), thirty-third Archbishop of Canterbury, England, who Crowned King Edward the Confessor (1050)[20][note 12]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Saint Arsenius of Srem, Archbishop of Serbia (1266)[1][23][24]
- Venerable Athanasius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (Mt. Athos) (1340)[1][25][26]
- Saint Nestor (not the Chronicler) of the Kiev Caves (14th century)[1][27]
- Righteous Virgin Parasceva of Pirimin on the Pinega River (Arkhangelsk) (16th century)[1]
- Venerable Job of Pochayiv, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev (1651)[1][28][note 13]
- Saint Demetrius of Rostov, Metropolitan of Rostov (1709)[1][29]
- New Martyrs Angelis, Manuel, George, and Nicholas, at Rethymno on Crete (1824)[1][30]
- Repose of St. Theophilus, Fool-for-Christ, of Kiev (1853)[1][31]
- Venerable Arsenius of Cappadocia (1924)[1][32][33][34] (See also: November 10 - Greek[35])
New Martyrs and Confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Vilensky, Priest of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1918)[33][34][36]
- New Hieromartyr Michael Lektorsky, Archpriest of Kuban (1921)[1][33][36][37]
Other Commemorations
- Synaxis of the Shrine of Panagia Eleftherotria ("Our Lady of Deliverance") of Athens, Greece.[38][note 14]
- Synaxis of the Church of Panagia Eleftherotria ("Our Lady of Deliverance") of Didymoteicho, Greece.[39]
- Commemoration of Schema-Igumen Adrian (Antoniv) of Poltava and Kozelschansk (1953)[27]
- Repose of Elder Epiphanius (Theodoropoulos) of Athens (1989)[1]
Icon Gallery
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Protection de la Mere de Dieu Ecole de Novgorod Moscou, Galerie Tretiakov.jpg
The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos (Novgorod Icon, 1401-1425).
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St. Paraskeva, with Scenes from Her Life - Tver school.jpg
Scenes from the Life of St. Paraskeva. Russian icon.
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Martyrdom of Cyriacus, Chorepiscopus of Jerusalem
(Menologion of Basil II) -
San Fedele, Como.jpg
The Basilica of San Fedele in Como.
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Saint Arsenius of Srem, Archbishop of Serbia.
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Venerable Job of Pochayiv, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev.
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Saint Demetrius of Rostov, Metropolitan of Rostov.
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Arsenios the Cappadocian († 1924).jpg
Venerable Arsenius of Cappadocia.
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Orthodox Church of Panagia Eleftherotria ("Our Lady of Deliverance"), built 1992-94, Didymoteicho, Evros, Greece.
Notes
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Sources
- October 28/November 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- November 10 / October 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- October 28. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. October. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 80.
- October 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 332.
- Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 516-517.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 28 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 10 ноября (28 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 28 октября (ст.ст.) 10 ноября 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 October 28/November 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Μνήμη Ἁγίας Σκέπης τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τερέντιος καὶ Νεονίλλη καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Terence with his wife and children. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Greatmartyr Parasceva of Iconium. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ὅσιοι Φιρμιλιανὸς καὶ Μελχίων. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυριακὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ἄννα μητέρα τοῦ Ἁγίου Κυριακοῦ. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Hieromartyr Cyriacus the Patriarch of Jerusalem. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Edward Bickersteth Birks (Esq., M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; son of Thomas Rawson Birks). "CYRIACUS (6)". In: Willian Smith and Henry Wace. A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines. Volume 1: A-D. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1877. Page 757.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Διομήδης. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβράμιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφέσου. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Φεβρωνία. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Σαββαΐτης. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Stephen the Hymnographer of St Sabbas Monastery. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Venerable John the Chozebite. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Martyr Neophytus of Urbin, Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τερέντιος, Ἀφρικανός, Μάξιμος, Πομπηΐος, Φωκᾶς καὶ ἄλλοι 36 Ἀφρικανοὶ Μάρτυρες. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Terence and 39 ohers of Carthage. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 October 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 332.
- ↑ Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 516-517.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Repose of St Arsenius the Archbishop of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Α’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Athanasius the Younger the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Dr. Alexander Roman. October. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀγγελῆς, Μανουῆλ, Γεώργιος καὶ Νικόλαος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες ἐκ Μελάμπων Κρήτης. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ δία Χριστὸν σαλός, ἐκ τῆς Λαύρας τῶν Σπηλαίων Κιέβου (Ρῶσος). 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Arsenius of Cappadocia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 November 10 / October 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 (Russian) 28 октября (ст.ст.) 10 ноября 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Καππαδόκης. 10 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.80.
- ↑ Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- ↑ (Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγίας Ελευθερώτριας στην Αθήνα. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. 28/10/2013.
- ↑ (Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγίας Ελευθερώτριας στo Διδυμότειχο. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. 28/10/2013.