October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Oct. 15
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 17
October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 16-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 28 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Æthelric, Bishop of Durham* Translation of the Relics of Saint Oswald, Archbishop of York...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 17
October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Oct. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 18-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Prophet Hosea...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 29 by Old CalendaristsOld Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- Martyr Longinus the Centurion who stood at the Cross of the Lord (1st century)
- Martyrs Isaurus and AphrodisiusAphrodisiusSaint Aphrodisius is a saint associated with the diocese of Béziers, in Languedoc, southern France.According to Gregory of Tours, Aphrodisius was an Egyptian who was martyred in Languedoc along with his followers Caralippus , Agapius, and Eusebius.-Legend:A Christian tradition states that he was a...
, who suffered with St. Longinus (1st c.) - St. Malus the hermit
- St. Eupraxia, abbess, before tonsure Princess Euphrosyne of PskovPskovPskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
(1243) - St. Longinus the gate-keeper of the Kiev Caves (13th - 14th c.)
- St. Longinus of Yarenga (SolovkiSolovkiThe Solovki prison camp was located on the Solovetsky Islands, in the White Sea). It was the "mother of the GULAG" according to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn...
) (1544-45) - St. Gall, Enlightener of Switzerland (ca. 646)
- St. Sabinus, monk
- St. Domna, fool-for-Christ of TomskTomskTomsk is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River. One of the oldest towns in Siberia, Tomsk celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2004...
(1872)