October 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 28

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 9 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 14.

Saints Saint Claudia Procula, wife of Pontius Pilate (1st century)October 27 / November 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Πρόκλα σύζυγος τοῦ Πιλάτου. 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 27 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Martyrs Capitolina and Eroteis, of Cappadocia (304)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Καπετωλίνα καὶ Ἐρωτηΐδα. 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. КАПИТОЛИНА И ЕРОТИИДА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Martyrs Mark of the island of Thasos and those with him (304)November 9 / October 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). 27 октября по старому стилю / 9 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. Martyr Nestor of Thessaloniki (306)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέστωρ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Mabrianos and Valentine.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μαβριανὸς καὶ Βαλεντίνος. 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 27/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Saint Kyriakos II, Patriarch of Constantinople (606)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυριάκος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Florentius, a martyr in Trois-Châteaux in Burgundy in France (3rd century)October 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyrs Vincent, Sabina and Christeta, martyrs in Avila in Spain (303)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. VINCENT, SABINA, AND CHRYSTETA, MM. (ABOUT A.D. 304.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 649-650. Saint Gaudiosus of Naples, Bishop of Abitina in North Africa (c. 455) Saint Namatius (Namace), ninth Bishop of Clermont in France (c. 462) Saint Abbán (Eibbán, Moabba), founder of many monasteries, mostly in the south of Ireland (c. 520)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ABBAN, AB. OF MAGHARNOIDHE. (6TH CENT.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 653-657. Saint Oran of Iona (Otteran, Odhran, Odran), monk of Iona Abbey (c. 563)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ODHRAN, AB. (ABOUT A.D. 563.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 668-669. Saint Desiderius of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 625) Saint Colman of Senboth-Fola (Colman Na Fiachrach), a disciple of St Aidan of Ferns, he was Abbot of Senboth-Fola (Seuboth-Folu, Seanboth-Colmain), near Ferns (c. 632)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Nestor the Chronicler, of the Kiev Caves (1114)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νέστωρ ὁ Χρονογράφος ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος). 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 9 ноября (27 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Venerable Nestor the Unlettered (not the Chronicler), of the Far Kiev Caves (14th century)St. Nestor (not the Chronicler) of the Far Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Demetrius of Basarabov in Bulgaria (13th century,Όσιος Δημήτριος ο Νέος (Μπασαράμπης). Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. or 1685)St. Demetrius of Basarabov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: October 26) Saint Alexander (Okropiridze), Bishop of Guria and Mingrelia, Georgia (1907)Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Zakaria Machitadze (Archpriest). Lives of the Georgian Saints. First English Edition. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2006. pp. 393-395. Righteous Mother Olga Arrsamquq Michael of Kwethluk (Kuiggluk), Alaska, Tanqilria, Wonderworker, Matushka of All Alaska (1979)Saint Olga of Kwethluk. OCA - Feasts & Saints.Russian Church adds St. Olga of Alaska to calendar, establishes feast of Egyptian saints. Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, October 31, 2025. Retrieved: February 15, 2026.Veneration of St. Olga of Alaska spreading rapidly in Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. Orthodox Christianity. Prešov, Slovakia, November 5, 2025. Retrieved: February 15, 2026.

New Martys and Confessors New Hieromartyr Sergius (Chernukhin), Abbot, of Danilov Monastery, Moscow (1942)

Other commemorations Narrative about the Iberians, involving a certain ascetic woman who healed the sick, including their queen, converting many to Christ (c. 332)Great Synaxaristes: Διήγηση γιὰ τοὺς Ἴβηρες. 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Διήγηση για τους Ίβηρες. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Uncovering of the relics (1539), in Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, of St. Andrew, Prince of Smolensk (1390)Uncovering of the relics of St Andrew the Prince of Smolensk. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antiochus of Svir, disciple of Elder Theodore of Svir (1832)

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Sources October 27 / November 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). November 9 / October 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). October 27. 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. 80. The Twenty-Seventh Day of the Month of October. Orthodoxy in China. October 27. 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. p. 331. 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. 516. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 27 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 27 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 27/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 9 ноября (27 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 27 октября по старому стилю / 9 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.