October 20 Events Pre-1600 *1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent. * 1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the r ...

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 22 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council. * 794 – Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates his empire's capital to H ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 3 by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...

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 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 316 – Constantine I Battle of Cibalae, defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis ...

Saints

* Hieromartyr Socrates, Priest, and Martyr Theodote, of

Ancyra Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altında ...

(c. 230)October 21 / November 3
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
21 Οκτωβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus at

Nicomedia Nicomedia (; , ''Nikomedeia''; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletian who rul ...

(303) * Saint Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs of Nicaea by Diocletian (4th century) * Martyr Azes, by fire.
21/10/2017
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.November 3 / October 21
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saints Plantinos (''Platinus''), Irene and Marina of Raithu. * Venerable

Hilarion Hilarion (291–371), also known by the bynames of Thavata, of Gaza, and in the Orthodox Church as the Great was a Christian anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356). While ...

the Great, of Gaza (371) * The 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem (724):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. 78. :* Pegasus, Neophytus, Acacius, Dorotheus, Stephen, Dometius, Herman, Dionysius, Epiphanius, Stratonicus, Leontius, Emmanuel, Theophilus, Elias, John, Samuel, Eulampius, Alexius, Photius, Eutrepius, Methodius, Chariton, Theophylactus, Anastasius, Andronicus, Symeon, Theoktistus, Romanus, Paul, Agathonicus, Minas, Athanasius, Jacob, Nicephorus, Porphyrius, Timothy, Irenarchus, Auxentius, Joseph, Gregory, Callinicus, Aaron, Cyriacus, Theodosius, Eustathius, Isaac, Alexander, Eleutherius, Adrian, Christophor, Antiochus, Isidore, Parthenius, Sergius, Euplus, Ignatius, Theophanes, Cyril, Zachariah, and Anthimus. * Martyrs

Andrew Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "c ...

, Stephen, Paul and Peter, under

Constantine V Copronymus Constantine V (; July 718 – 14 September 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able military leader, Constantine took advantage of civil war in the Muslim ...

(c. 741–775) * Venerable Martyr Zacharias, by drowning in the sea. * Venerable Baruch, reposed in peace. * Venerable Phillip * Venerable Jacob,

Oeconomus ''Oikonomos'' (, from - 'house' and - 'rule, law'), Latinized œconomus, oeconomus, or economos, was an Ancient Greek word meaning "household manager." In Byzantine times, the term was used as a title of a manager or treasurer of an organizati ...

Batheos Rhyakos Monastery Batheos Rhyakos Monastery was a Byzantine-era monastery near medieval Trigleia in Bithynia (modern Tirilye in Turkey). It is known locally as Aya Sotiri. The church of the monastery had an east-west oriented rectangular naos, with a rounded aps ...

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Asterius of Ostia Asterius of Ostia (d. 3rd century AD) was a martyred priest venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Information on him is based on the apocryphal ''Acts of Saint Callixtus''.Sabine Baring-Gould, ''The Lives of the Saints''. Vol. 2. (J. Hodg ...

, martyred priest (c. 223)October 21
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Viator of Lyons, hermit (389). * Saint

Ursula of Cologne Ursula (Latin for 'little she-bear') was a Romano-British culture, Romano-British Virgin (title), virgin and martyr possibly of royal origin. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Co ...

and her companions, martyrs at Cologne (c. 451)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. 508-510. * Saint Cilinia, the mother of St Principius,

Bishop of Soissons The Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (Latin: ''Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The dioc ...

and St Remigius, Bishop of Rheims (c. 458) * Saint Fintan Munnu (''Finian''), of Teachmunnu, Ireland (635) * Saint

Tuda of Lindisfarne Tuda of Lindisfarne (died 664), also known as Saint Tuda, was appointed to succeed Colman as Bishop of Lindisfarne. He served for less than a year. Although raised in Ireland, he was a staunch supporter of Roman practices, being tonsured in the R ...

Bishop of Lindisfarne The bishop of Durham is head of the diocese of Durham in the province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler was the most recent bishop of Durham until his retirement ...

(c. 664) * Saint Condedus (''Condé, Condède''), a hermit at Fontaine-de-Saint-Valéry in the north of France (c. 690) * Saint

Wendelin of Trier Saint Wendelin of Trier (; 554 - 617 AD) was a hermit and abbot. His cultus is wide-spread in German-speaking areas. He is a patron of country folk and herdsmen. He is honored on October 22. Life Because no information about him was availabl ...

(''Wendolinus, Wendel''), a shepherd who was famous for his holiness and is venerated at St Wendel on the Nahe in the west of Germany (7th century) * Saint Malathgen of Cluain-Edneach, Ireland, Abbot (767) * Saint Hugh of Ambronay, third Abbot of Ambronay Abbey near

Belley Belley (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Bèlê'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, France. It is the capital of the historical regi ...

in France (9th–10th centuries) * Saint Maurontus, Abbot of St Victor at Marseilles, he became bishop of the same city around 767 (c. 804)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint

Hilarion of Kiev Hilarion or Ilarion was the first non-Greek Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'. He held the metropolitan post before or during the ongoing 11th century East–West Schism. While there is not much verifiable information regarding Hilarion's biograp ...

, the first non-Greek

Metropolitan of Kiev Metropolitan of Kyiv is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title that has been created with varying suffixes at multiple times in different Christian churches, though always maintaining the name of the Metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolita ...

(c. 1055) * Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the

Kiev Caves The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv. Sinc ...

(11th century)21 октября по старому стилю / 3 ноября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Venerables Barnabas and Hilarion the

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy () is the practical application of magic to effect change in the physical world. Historically, thaumaturgy has been associated with the manipulation of natural forces, the creation of wonders, and the performance of magical feats t ...

s, of

Peristerona Peristerona (Greek: Περιστερώνα) is a large village about 32 kilometres west of the capital Nicosia, on the foothills of the Troodos Mountain range in the Morphou basin. It is built on the west bank of the river that bears the same na ...

, Cyprus, of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century) * Venerable Philotheus of Neapolis and Mt. Athos (14th century) * Saints Theophilus and James, monks of Konevits, founders of Dormition Monastery at Omutch (modern-day Feofilova Pustyn'),^{( ru)}

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov O ...

(c. 1412) * Saint Hilarion, founder of Pskovoezersk Monastery, Gdov (1476) * Saints Bessarion (Sarai), Hieromonk (1745), and Sophronius of Ciorara, monk (c. 1765), Confessors, and St. Oprea of

Săliște Săliște ( or ''Selischte''; ) is a town in Sibiu County, in the centre of Romania, west of the county capital, Sibiu. Declared a town in 2003, it is the main locality in the Mărginimea Sibiului area. Geography The town is situated at the ed ...

(18th century), martyred by the Latins in Romania. * New Martyr John of

Monemvasia Monemvasia (, or ) is a town and municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located in mainland Greece on a tied island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea. Monemvasia is connected to the rest of the mainland by a ...

Peloponnesus The Peloponnese ( ), Peloponnesus ( ; , ) or Morea (; ) is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the ...

, at

Larissa Larissa (; , , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. It is also the capital of the Larissa ...

(1773) * Hieroconfessors John of Galёs, and Moses (Macinic), Priests, of Sibiel, Transylvania (18th century)

New Martyrs and Confessors

* New Hieromartyr Alexis (Bui), Bishop of Voronezh (1930) (''see also:

February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular. * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post- ...

'') * New Hieromartyrs Paulinus (Kroshechkin), Archbishop of

Mogilev Mogilev (; , ), also transliterated as Mahilyow (, ), is a city in eastern Belarus. It is located on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, about from the Belarus–Russia border, border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from Bryansk Oblast. As of 2024, ...

, and Arcadius (Yershov), Bishop of

Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

, and with them Anatole Levitsky and Nicander Chernelevsky, Priests, and New Martyr Cyprian Annikov (1937) * New Hieromartyr Damian (Voskresensky), Archbishop of

Kursk Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk ...

(1937) * New Hieromartyrs Constantine Chekalov, Sergius Smirnov, Basil Nikolsky, Theodore Belyaev, Vladimir Vvedensky, Nicholas Raevsky, John Kozyrev, Basil Kozyrev, Alexander Bogoyavlensky, Demetrius Troitsky, and Alexis Moskvin, Priests, and Sergius Kazansky and John Melnitsky, Deacons, all of the Tver diocese (1937) * New Hieromartyrs Neophytus (Osipov), Archimandrite, of Moscow, and Sophronius (Nesmeyanov), Hieromonk, of Lozeva, Tver (1937)3 ноября (21 октября)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * New Virgin-Martyr Pelagia Testovoy (1944)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of St. Christodoulos the Wonderworker of Patmos (1093) * Translation of the relics (1206) of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin, Bulgaria (1164)
Translation of the relics of St Hilarion the Bishop of Meglin in Bulgaria
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Herman (Bogdanov) of New Valaam Monastery in Siberia (1938) * Repose of Schema-Nun Seraphima (Bobkova) of Shamordino Convent (1990)

Icon gallery

File:Hilarion the Great (Menologion of Basil II) (cropped).jpg, Venerable

the Great. File:Dasias, Caius and Zoticus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus, at

. File:Carlo Crivelli 041.jpg, St.

File:Sainte Cilinia mère de Rémi Montanus 595.JPG, Saint Cilinia of Laon. File:Pfärrenbach Wandmalerei Hl Wendelin.jpg, St.

. File:Illarion ikona.jpg, Saint

, Metropolitan of Kiev. File:Visarion Oprea Sofronie.jpg, Sts. Bessarion (Sarai) and Sophronius of Ciorara, Confessors, and St. Oprea of

. File:Епископ Алексий (Буй).jpg, New Hieromartyr Alexis (Bui), Bishop of Voronezh. File:Paulinus (Kroshechkin).jpg, New Hieromartyr Paulinus (Kroshechkin), Archbishop of

. File:Епископ Екатеринбургский Аркадий (Ершов).jpg, New Hieromartyr Arcadius (Yershov), Bishop of

. File:Архиепископ Дамиан (Воскресенский).jpg, New Hieromartyr Damian (Voskresensky), Archbishop of

Notes

References

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November 3 / October 21
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
October 21
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. 78. *

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21 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
21 Οκτωβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

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 21 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) October in the Eastern Orthodox calendar