October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 20

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 6.

Saints

 * Prophet Joel (800 BC)
 * Saint Mnason of Tamassos, Cyprus, the early disciple, mentioned in Acts 21:15-16  (see also: October 18 )


 * Hieromartyr Felix the Presbyter and Eusebius the Deacon, by the sword.
 * Martyrs Varus (Ouarus) and six (seven) others with him,  in Egypt (c. 307)   (see also: February 28)
 * Blessed Cleopatra (327) and her son John (320), in Egypt.
 * Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 120 martyrs with him (342)
 * Saint Leontius the Philosopher, of St. Sabbas Monastery (624)
 * Saint Prochorus of Pechenga (Pchinja), Abbot, in the Vranski Desert on the Pchinja river (10th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Martyrs Ptolemy and Lucius, martyrs in Rome under Antoninus Pius (c. 165)
 * Saint Altinus (Attinus), founder of the churches of Orléans and Chartres in France and perhaps a martyr (4th century)
 * Saint Eusterius, fourth Bishop of Salerno in Italy (5th century)
 * Saint Lupus of Soissons, a nephew of St Remi of Rheims who became Bishop of Soissons (c. 540)
 * Saint Veranus of Cavaillon, Bishop of Cavaillon (590)
 * Saint Ethbin, monk, then hermit near Kildare, Ireland (c. 600)


 * Saint Aquilinus of Évreux, Bishop of Evreux, Confessor (695)
 * Saint Desiderius, a monk at Lonrey and a disciple of St Sigiranus, he became a hermit in La Brenne near Bourges, France (c. 705)
 * Saint Theofrid (Theofroy, Chaifre), Abbot of Carmery-en-Velay (Monastier-Saint-Chaffre), martyred by invading Saracens (728)
 * Saint Frideswide of Oxford, Royal Abbess, patron saint of Oxford (c. 735)
 * Saint Laura of Cordoba, a nun at Santa María de Cuteclara de Córdoba, martyred by the Moors by being thrown into a cauldron of molten lead (864)
 * Saint Eadnoth the Younger (Ednoth, Eadnot), successively Abbot of Ramsey and Bishop of Dorchester (1016)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * New Monk-martyr Nicholas Dvali of Jerusalem (1314)  (see also: February 12 )
 * Venerable Serapion of Kozheozersky Monastery (1611)   (see also: June 27 )
 * Saint Gabriel, Archimandrite (Abbot) of St. Elias Skete, Mount Athos (1901)
 * Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker (1908) (see also December 20)
 * Saint Anthony (Abashidze), Schema-Archbishop, of the Kyiv Caves Lavra (1942)

New Martys and Confessors

 * New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, Priest, of Petrograd (1918)
 * New Hieromartyr Sergius Pokrovsky, Priest (1937)

Other commemorations

 * First translation (1187) of the relics of Venerable John of Rila, founder of Rila Monastery in Bulgaria (946)
 * Synaxis of the icon of "Panagia Vasilissa" ("Panagia the Queen"), in Mouzaki, Karditsa, Greece.