October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 20

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For October 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 6.

Saints

• Prophet Joel (800 BC)^[1][2][3][4]
• Saint Mnason of Tamassos, Cyprus, the early disciple, mentioned in Acts 21:15-16^{[3][5][6][7][note 2]} (see also: October 18 )
• Hieromartyr Felix the Presbyter and Eusebius the Deacon, by the sword.^[6][8]
• Martyrs Varus (Ouarus)^[3][9][10] and six (seven) others with him,^[6][11][12] in Egypt (c. 307)^{[1][13][14][note 3]} (see also: February 28)
• Blessed Cleopatra (327) and her son John (320), in Egypt.^{[1][3][16][17]}
• Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 120 martyrs^[6][18] with him (342)^[1][19]
• Saint Leontius the Philosopher, of St. Sabbas Monastery (624)^{[1][3][6][20]}
• Saint Prochorus of Pechenga (Pchinja), Abbot, in the Vranski Desert on the Pchinja river (10th century)^[1][21]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Ptolemy and Lucius, martyrs in Rome under Antoninus Pius (c. 165)^{[22][23][note 4][note 5]}
• Saint Altinus (Attinus), founder of the churches of Orléans and Chartres in France and perhaps a martyr (4th century)^[22]
• Saint Eusterius, fourth Bishop of Salerno in Italy (5th century)^[15][22]
• Saint Lupus of Soissons, a nephew of St Remi of Rheims who became Bishop of Soissons (c. 540)^[22]
• Saint Veranus of Cavaillon, Bishop of Cavaillon (590)^[15][22]
• Saint Ethbin, monk, then hermit near Kildare, Ireland (c. 600)^{[15][22][note 6][note 7][note 8]}
• Saint Aquilinus of Évreux, Bishop of Evreux, Confessor (695)^{[15][22][note 9]}
• Saint Desiderius, a monk at Lonrey and a disciple of St Sigiranus, he became a hermit in La Brenne near Bourges, France (c. 705)^[22]
• Saint Theofrid (Theofroy, Chaifre), Abbot of Carmery-en-Velay (Monastier-Saint-Chaffre), martyred by invading Saracens (728)^[22]
• Saint Frideswide of Oxford, Royal Abbess, patron saint of Oxford (c. 735)^{[1][6][15][21][22][24][26][27][note 10]}
• Saint Laura of Cordoba, a nun at Santa María de Cuteclara de Córdoba, martyred by the Moors by being thrown into a cauldron of molten lead (864)^[22]
• Saint Eadnoth the Younger (Ednoth, Eadnot), successively Abbot of Ramsey and Bishop of Dorchester (1016)^{[note 11]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• New Monk-martyr Nicholas Dvali of Jerusalem (1314)^[1][21] (see also: February 12 )
• Venerable Serapion of Kozheozersky Monastery (1611)^{[28][29][30][31][32]} (see also: June 27 )
• Saint Gabriel, Archimandrite (Abbot) of St. Elias Skete, Mount Athos (1901)^[1][21]
• Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker (1908)^[1][21] (see also December 20)
• Saint Anthony (Abashidze), Schema-Archbishop, of the Kyiv Caves Lavra (1942)^[1]

New Martys and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, Priest, of Petrograd (1918)^[1][21]
• New Hieromartyr Sergius Pokrovsky, Priest (1937)^[13][21][33]

Other commemorations

• First translation (1187) of the relics of Venerable John of Rila, founder of Rila Monastery in Bulgaria (946)^{[1][6][13][21][34][35][36]}
• Synaxis of the icon of "Panagia Vasilissa" ("Panagia the Queen"), in Mouzaki, Karditsa, Greece.^[37]

Icon gallery

• 
  Prophet Joel.
• 
  Martyrs Varus and six others with him, in Egypt.
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  Martyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 120 martyrs with him.
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  St. Frideswide of Oxford (Stained-glass window in Christ Church, Oxford).
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  Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker.
• 
  Venerable John of Rila.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. See: Acts 21:15-16 New King James Version (NKJV):

   • " And after those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem. Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge."

3. "In Egypt, St. Varus, soldier, under the emperor Maximinus. He used to visit and comfort seven saintly monks detained in prison, when one of them happening to die, he wished to take his place, and having suffered with them cruel afflictions, he obtained the palm of martyrdom."^[15]
4. Ptolemy was put to death for instructing a woman in the Orthodox Faith. One Lucius and an unnamed man protested against the injustice of the sentence and were also martyred. Their story was written down by St Justin Martyr, their contemporary.
5. "At Rome, the birthday of the holy martyrs Ptolemy and Lucius, under Marcus Antoninus. The former, as we learn from the martyr Justin, having converted an immodest woman to the faith of Christ, and taught her to practise chastity, was accused by a profligate man before the prefect Urbicius, and condemned to languish a long time in a filthy dungeon. At length, as he declared by a public confession that Christ was his master, he was led to execution. Lucius disapproving the sentence of Urbicius, and avowing freely that he was a Christian, received the same sentence. To them was added a third, who was condemned to suffer a like punishment."^[15]
6. Born in Britain, he was a disciple of St Samson in Brittany. Ordained deacon, he served at the monastery of Taurac until it was destroyed by the Franks. He then went to Ireland and led the life of a hermit near Kildare.

   • See: (in French) Saint Yben. Wikipédia. (French Wikipedia).

7. "ST. ETHBIN was born in Great Britain, and went over to Continental Brittany to place himself under the guidance of his fellow-countryman St. Samson, Bishop of Dole. There he made great progress in virtue; but having one day heard in the Mass the words of the Gospel, "Everyone of you that doth not renounce all he possesseth cannot be My disciple," he felt himself, like the great St. Antony, called upon to make a complete renunciation of the world. Accordingly, with the prelate's approval, he retired to the Abbey of Tauroc, and lived under the conduct of Guinold, or Winwaloc the younger. About the year 560, this monastery was devastated by the Franks, and Ethbin took refuge in Ireland, and there built a small cell in a spot known as Necton Wood, where he lived in great sanctity, until, at the age of eighty-three, he was invited to his heavenly reward."^[24]
8. "S. Ethbin was the son of Eutius and Eula, a noble pair in Brittany. His father died when he was aged fifteen, and his mother then took the veil, and confided her son to S. Samson of Dol, who ordained him. Ethbin afterwards became a monk and disciple of S. Winwaloe at Tauriac, who is not to be confounded with S. Winwaloe of Llandevenec. He was privileged to see his master perform a very nasty but notable miracle, without his stomach being turned. When Tauriac was destroyed by the Franks, S. Ethbin went to Ireland, and there died, but whereabouts does not appear."^[25]
9. Born in Bayeux in France, he and his wife agreed to live by good works. They went to Evreux and Aquilinus was soon made bishop there. However, he managed to live more as a hermit than a pastor.
10. Daughter of a prince of the Upper Thames, she founded a convent dedicated to the Virgin on the site of what is now Christchurch in Oxford. From childhood she took as her maxim 'Whatever is not God is nothing'. She is the patron saint of Oxford.
11. A monk at Worcester and Abbot of Ramsey in England. In 1006 he became Bishop of Dorchester. He was killed by the Danes and is sometimes called a martyr.