October 12 Events Pre-1600 *539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia Fall of Babylon, conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed b ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. *1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's in ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 26 by

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es on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For October 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture thei ...

Saints

* Martyr Florentius of Thessalonica (1st-2nd centuries)October 13/26
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March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...

)'' * Saint Martyrius. * Saint Diocletian. *

Hieromartyr In the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr (one who dies for his beliefs) who was a bishop or priest. Hieromartyrs do not constitute a special rank of saint and are commemorated at the Divine Liturgy toge ...

Carpus In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; "The wrist contains eight bones, roughly aligned in two rows, known as the carpal ...

, Bishop at Thyateira, and Papylus the Deacon, and Martyrs Agathadorus and Agathonica, at

Pergamus In Greek mythology, Pergamus (; Ancient Greek: Πέργαμος) was the son of the warrior Neoptolemus and Andromache. Pergamus's parents both figure in the Trojan War, described in Homer's ''The Iliad'': Neoptolemus was the son of Achilles and ...

(251) * Saint Dioscorus the Martyr, by decapitation (288) * Martyr Antigonus, by fire. * Holy Two Children-Martyrs, by fire. * Hieromartyr

Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr Benjamin (AD 329 – ) was a deacon martyred around 424 in Persia. Benjamin was executed during a period of persecution of Christians that lasted forty years and through the reign of two Persian kings: Isdegerd I, who died in 421, and his son a ...

, of

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

(421-424) * Saint Nicetas the Confessor and Patrician, of

Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; , modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; ) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus (region), Pontus to the east, and separated from Phrygia (later, Galatia ...

(c. 838) * Saint Luke of Demena, Sicily (984)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Faustus, Januarius and Martial, martyrs in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian, called '' "The Three Crowns of Cordoba" '' (304)October 13
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saints Fyncana and Fyndoca, two martyrs in Scotland. * Saint Venantius, Abbot of the monastery of St. Martin in Tours, Confessor (end of 5th century)October 26 / October 13
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint

Romulus of Genoa Romulus (or Remo) of Genoa (; ) was an early Bishop of Genoa, around the time of Syrus. His dates are uncertain: since Jacobus de Voragine traditional lists compiled from local liturgies generally place his bishopric fourth in a largely legenda ...

Bishop of Genoa The Archdiocese of Genoa () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Erected in the 3rd century, it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 March 1133. The archdiocese of Genoa was, in 1986, united with ...

in Italy (c. 641) * Saint Berthoald, Fifth

Bishop of Cambrai-Arras This is a List of bishops and archbishops of Cambrai, that is, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai. Bishops For the first bishops of Arras and Cambrai, who resided at the former place, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras. On the death ...

in France (7th century) * Saint Comgan, Abbot of Lochalsh (8th century) * Saint Simpert (''Simbert, Sinthert''),

Bishop of Augsburg Diocese of Augsburg () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich. History Early history The present city of Augsburg appears in Strabo as ''Damasia'', a stronghold of t ...

in Germany (c. 809) * Saint

Gerald of Aurillac Gerald of Aurillac (or Saint Gerald) ( 855 – c. 909) is a French saint of the Roman Catholic Church, also recognized by other religious denominations of Christianity. Life Gerald was born into the Gallo-Roman nobility, counting Cesarius of Ar ...

, Count of Aurillac in France, founder of a church and abbey on his estate of Aurillac (909) * Saint

Coloman of Stockerau Coloman of Stockerau (; ; died 18 October 1012) was an Irish saint. While on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was mistaken for a spy and hanged near Vienna. Life Originally known as Colmán (variously rendered Koloman, Kálmán, Colman, and Colom ...

, an Irish pilgrim en route to the Holy Land, tortured and hanged at Stockerau, near Vienna, Austria (1012) * Saint

Regimbald Reginbald (also Reginbold, Regimbald or Regenbald) may refer to: * () * Reginbald II (bishop of Speyer) () *Regenbald Regenbald (sometimes known as Regenbald of Cirencester) was a priest and royal official in Anglo–Saxon England under King Ed ...

(''Reginbald, Regimbaut''),

Bishop of Speyer The Bishop of Speyer is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer, which is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.

(1039)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Monk-martyr Jacob of Hamatoura Monastery, Lebanon (late 13th century) * Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves (14th century)13 октября по старому стилю / 26 октября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Saint Meletius I Pegas, Archbishop of Alexandria (1601)26 октября (13 октября)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (''see also:

September 13 Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. *509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill ...

'') * New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglen (1795) * Saint Anthony, Metropolitan of Chkondidi (Martvili Monastery),

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

(1815), and his disciple James the Elder, Hieromonk.

New Martys and Confessors

* New Martyr Bosiljka Rajičić (18th century)
SERBIAN CHURCH CANONIZES THREE MARTYRS
'' Orthodox Christianity. May 11, 2018. * New Hieromartyr Innocent Kikin. Priest (1937) * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Yermolov, Priest (1937)

Other commemorations

Translation Translation is the communication of the semantics, meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English la ...

to Moscow of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1648) * Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Seven Lakes" (17th century) * Repose of Monk Athanasius of

Valaam Monastery The Valaam Monastery (; ) is a stauropegic Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery in Russian Republic of Karelia, Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe. History It is not clear when the mon ...

(1852) * Translation of the relics (1965) of Venerable

Sabbas the Sanctified SabasPatrich (1995). (439–532), in Church parlance Saint Sabas or Sabbas the Sanctified (), was a Cappadocian Greek monk, priest, grazer and saint, who was born in Cappadocia and lived mainly in Palaestina Prima. He was the founder of several ...

(532), from the church of

Sant'Antonin, Venice Sant'Antonin is a church in the sestiere of Castello in Venice, Italy. History The church was initially founded by the patrician Badoer family in the seventh century. It was reconstructed in the 12th century, and again in 1680, under designs o ...

, to the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified, Jerusalem.''.'' The Orthodox World. OCTOBER 28, 2019. * Uncovering of the Relics (1993) of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver (1937)

Icon gallery

File:Florentius of Thessaloniki (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyr Florentius of Thessaloniki. File:Carpus, Papylus, Agathadorus, and Agathonike at Pergamus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Hieromartyrs Carpus, Papylus, Agathadorus and Agathonica, at Pergamus. File:Benjamin von Persien.jpg, Hieromartyr

, of

. File:Géraud d'Aurillac.jpg, St.

. File:Heiliger-Koloman.jpg, St.

. File:Saint Benjamin.jpg, Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves. File:Sveta zlata.jpg, New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglin. File:Епископ Владимиро-Волынский Фаддей (Успенский).jpg, New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver. File:Faddei (Yspenski).jpg, Reliquary of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver.

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
October 26 / October 13
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
October 13
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * 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. 76. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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. pp. 316–317. * 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. p. 492. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *

Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. {{DEFAULTSORT:October 13 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) October in the Eastern Orthodox calendar