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

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

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