October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 4

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 16 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 20.

Saints

 * Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens, Bishop of Athens, and with him the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius,  martyrs (96)
 * Saint Damaris of Athens, a disciple of St. Dionysius of Athens (1st century)  (see also: October 2)
 * Hieromartyrs Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, and eight other martyrs including the Deacons Gaius, Faustus, Eusebius and Chaeremon (c. 265)


 * Martyr Theoctistus, by the sword.
 * Martyr Theagenes, by fire.
 * Martyr Theoteknos, by stoning.
 * Saint Adauctus. (see also: October 4)
 * Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (532)
 * Blessed Hesychius the Silent, of Mt. Horeb (6th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Candidus, a martyr in Rome, buried on the Esquiline Hill.
 * Saint Menna (Manna), a holy virgin from Lorraine in France, related to Sts Eucherius and Elaptius (c. 395)
 * Saint Maximian, a convert from Donatism, he became Bishop of Bagaia in Numidia in North Africa (404)
 * Saint Cyprian of Toulon, a monk at St Victor at Marseilles and Bishop of Toulon in France (6th century)
 * Hieromartyrs Hewald the White (Ewald the Fair) and Hewald the Black (Ewald the Dark), at Cologne (c. 695)
 * Saint Widradus (Waré), restorer of the monastery of Flavigny near Dijon in France, also founded the monastery of Saulieu (747)
 * Saint Utto, founder of Metten Abbey (of the Benedictine Order) in Bavaria in Germany (829)
 * Saint Gérard of Brogne, Abbot of Brogne (959)
 * Saint Froilan, Bishop of Léon (1006)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Venerable Dionysius of the Kiev Caves, recluse (15th century)

New Martys and Confessors

 * New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928)

Other commemorations

 * Trubchevsk Icon of the Mother of God (1765), located in the Troitse-Scanov Convent.
 * Repose of Blessed Olga, Fool-for-Christ, of Bogdanoya Bari and St. Petersburg (1960)
 * Repose of Saint Ieronymos the Cappadocian of Aegina (Jerome of Aegina) (1966)
 * Uncovering of the relics (1988) of St. Joseph (Litovkin), Elder of Optina Monastery (1911)
 * The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved (on October 3, 2019) to glorify seven New Martyrs of Kastoria:
 * New Martyr Markos Markoulis of Kleisoura, Kastoria, hanged in Argos Orestiko (1598)
 * New Martyr Ioannis Noultzos, martyred together with his brother and brother-in-law in Kastoria (1696)
 * New Martyr George of Kastoria, martyred by the Hagarenes in the Acarnania region.
 * New Hieromartyr Vasilios Kalapaliki, priest of Chiliodendro, Kastoria ( gr ) (1902)
 * New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Platon (Aivazidis), Protosyncellus of Metropolitan Germanos Karavangelis (1921)