October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 14 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 16

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 28 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 2.

Saints Martyrs Sarbelus (Thathuil) and his sister Bebaia, of Edessa (98-138)October 15/28. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).October 28 / October 15. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: January 29 ) Hieromartyr Lucian of Antioch, Presbyter of Greater Antioch (312)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκιανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πρεσβύτερος τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ἀντιοχείας. 15 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 15 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Martyr Lucian the Presbyter of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Barsus the Confessor, Bishop of Edessa (378)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βάρσος. 15 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 15/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. St. Theophilus I of Alexandria, 23rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (d. 412).Canon 2, Council of Trullo: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3814.htmSecond Council of Constantinople: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3812.htm Saint Sabinus, Bishop of Catania, Wonderworker (760)St. Sabinus the Bishop of Catania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.October 15. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Venerable Euthymius the New, of Thessalonica, Confessor (889)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Νέος. 15 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, and Monk of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: January 4)

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Agileus, martyred in Carthage in North Africa, (c. 300) Saint Aurelia of Strasbourg (Alsace, Gaul) (c. 383) Saint Severus of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany, Confessor (c. 455) Saint Antiochus of Lyon (Andeol), Bishop of Lyon (5th century) Saint Cannatus (Canus Natus), Bishop of Marseilles in France after St Honoratus (5th century) Saint Fortunatus, a martyr in Rome (537?) Saint Leonard of Vandœuvre, a hermit who founded Vandoeuvre, now Saint-Léonard-des-Bois, near Le Mans in France (c. 570) Saint Thecla, Abbess, of Ochsenfurt, Germany (c. 790) Saint Odilo, a monk at Gorze Abbey in Lorraine in France, who became Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium (c. 954) Saint Callistus, martyr (1003) Saint Bruno of Merseburg (Bruno-Boniface), Archbishop of Mersburg, martyred by the heathen Prussians (1009) Saint Willa, a nun at Nonnberg Abbey near Salzburg in Austria who reposed as an anchoress (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Hieromartyr Lucian, Hieromonk of the Kiev Caves (1243) 15 октября по старому стилю / 28 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.Hieromartyr Lucian the Presbyter of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint John, Bishop of Suzdal (1373)St. John the Bishop of Suzdal. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal (1385) Saint Magdalena of Mălainița (Măndalina Milenco), a worthy and industrious believer of the Romanian community from Mălainița, of the Timoc Vicariate in Serbia (1962)Romanian Church proclaims canonization of 16 holy women (+VIDEO). Orthodox Christianity. February 7, 2026. Retrieved: February 12, 2026. ✝ Sfânta Magdalena de la Mălainița. DOXOLOGIA.ro. Retrieved: February 12, 2026. Saint Magdalena of Mălainița (+ 1962). Mystagogy Resource Center. October 15, 2025. Retrieved: February 12, 2026.Romanians and Serbs celebrate canonization of St. Magdalena of Malajnica. Orthodox Christianity. Malajnica, Serbia, September 14, 2026. Retrieved: September 15, 2026.

New Martys and Confessors New Hieromartyr Symeon Konyukhov, Priest (1918) New Hieromartyr Valerian Novitsky, Priest, of Telyadovich (1930) New Hieromartyr Demetrius Kasatkin, Priest (1942) ДИМИТРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hiero-confessor Athanasius (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrov (1962) АФАНАСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Synaxis of the 23 New Hieromartyrs of the Minsk Diocese of Belorussia (1930-1950): Собор Белорусских святых. ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ЦЕРКОВНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ. Retrieved: 22 February 2017. БЕЛОРУССКИЕ 23 НОВОМУЧЕНИКА. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Archimandrite: Seraphim (Shakhmut), of Zhyrovichy Monastery (1945); ВАСЮКОВИЧ СЕРАФИМ (ШАХМУТЬ). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Priests: Alexander Shalai (1937); ШАЛАЙ АЛЕКСАНДР СЕМЕНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Vladimir Zubkovich (1938); ЗУБКОВИЧ ВЛАДИМИР ГАВРИЛОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Vasily Izmailov (1930); ИЗМАЙЛОВ ВАСИЛИЙ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Vladimir Pasternatsky (1938); ПАСТЕРНАЦКИЙ ВЛАДИМИР ИЛАРИОНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Vladimir Khirasko (1932); ХИРАСКО ВЛАДИМИР ГРИГОРЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Dimitry Pavsky (1937); ПАВСКИЙ ДМИТРИЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. John Voronet (1937); ВОРОНЕЦ ИВАН ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Leonid Biryukovich (1937); БИРЮКОВИЧ ЛЕОНИД ПЛАТОНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Matthew Kritsuk (1950); КРИЦУК МАТВЕЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Michael Novitsky (1935); НОВИЦКИЙ МИХАИЛ КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Michael Plyshevsky (1937); ПЛЫШЕВСКИЙ МИХАИЛ ПЕТРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Sergius Rodakovsky (1933); РОДАКОВСКИЙ СЕРГЕЙ ПЕТРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Valerian Novitsky (1930); НОВИЦКИЙ ВАЛЕРИАН ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Vladimir Taliush (1933); ТАЛЮШ ВЛАДИМИР ДМИТРИЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Vladimir Khrischanovich (1933); ХРИЩЕНОВИЧ ВЛАДИМИР ИВАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Dimitry Plyshevsky (1938); ПЛЫШЕВСКИЙ ДМИТРИЙ ИВАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. John Vecherko (1933); ВЕЧЕРКО ИОАНН МАРТИНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. John Pankratovich (1937); ПАНКРАТОВИЧ ИВАН ФЕДОРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Nicholas Matskevich (1937); МАЦКЕВИЧ НИКОЛАЙ СТЕПАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Peter Grudinsky (1930); ГРУДИНСКИЙ ПЕТР ФЕОФИЛОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. Porphyrius Rubanovich (1943); РУБАНОВИЧ ПОРФИРИЙ АДАМОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026. and Deacon: Nicholas Vasyukovich (1937). ВАСЮКОВИЧ НИКОЛАЙ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 7, 2026.

Other commemorations Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "She Who Ripens the Grain" / "The Grower of Crops" (19th century)Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat". OCA - Lives of the Saints.

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