1 October

41 commemorations of 1 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 14 October of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Romanos the Melodist (c. 490-556) · St. John Koukouzelis · The Protection of the Theotokos: October 1

Feasts

• The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, at the Blachernae church in Constantinople (911)Μνήμη Ἁγίας Σκέπης τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Βλαχερνῷsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org

Saints

• Saint Ananias of Damascus, Bishop and one of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνανίας ὁ Ἀπόστολοςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org
• Martyr Domninus of Thessalonica (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δομνίνοςsynaxarion.gr
• Ezana of Axum, king of Ethiopia (4th century)
• King Mirian III of Iberia (c. 361) and Queen Nana of Mtskheta (c. 364) - Equals-of-the-Apostles, St. Abiathar of Mtskheta, and St. Sidonia, disciple of St. Nina (4th century)orthochristian.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• Venerable Romanos the Melodist, "Sweet-singer" (c. 556)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ῥωμανὸς ὁ Μελῳδὸςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org
• Monk-Martyrs Michael, Abbot of Zovia Monastery near Sebaste, and 36 fathers with him (c. 790)pravoslavie.ru
• Venerable Melchizedek I, Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia (c. 1030)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

• Saint Gregory the Singer of the Great Lavra of Mount Athos (Gregory Domesticus) (1355)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Δομέστικοςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org
• Saint John Kukuzelis of Mount Athos (1360)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ψάλτης ὁ καλούμενος Κουκουζέληςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org
• Venerable Sabbas, abbot of Vishera in Novgorod, the Wonderworker (1460)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν Βησερίᾳ (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, priest (1918)mospat.ru · calendar.rop.ru
• New Hieromartyr Michael (Vologodsky), priest of Krasnoyarsk (1920)calendar.rop.ru
• New Hieromartyr George (Archangelsky), priest (1937)calendar.rop.ru
• New Hieromartyrs Alexander Agafonikov, Gregory, Nicholas Kuligin, priests (1937)calendar.rop.ru
• Martyr John Artemov (1937)calendar.rop.ru
• New Hieromartyr Archpriest Ismael (Rozhdestvensky) of Strelna, St. Petersburg (1938)pravoslavie.ru
• New Hieromartyr Theodore (1940)

Saints of the West before the Schism

Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.

• Saint Piatus of Tournai, he enlightened the areas around Tournai in Belgium and Chartres in France (c. 286)orthodoxengland.org.uk
• Martyrs Verissimus, Maxima and Julia, in Portugal under Diocletian (c. 302)orthodoxengland.org.uk
• Martyrs Aretas, and five-hundred-and-four other martyrs, at Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
• Saint Aladius (Albaud), Bishop of Toul in France (c. 520)orthodoxengland.org.uk
• Saint Wasnulf (died c. 650), missionary in Condé-sur-l'Escaut in Hainaut, Austrasia
• Saint Bavo of Ghent, penitent and hermit, confessor and patron of Haarlem in the Netherlands (659)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
• Saint Dodo, Abbot of Wallers-en-Faigne (750)orthodoxengland.org.uk
• Saint Fidharleus, restorer of the monastery of Rathin in Ireland (762)orthodoxengland.org.uk
• Martyr-prince Mylor of Brittany (Melorius)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
• Saint Virila, Abbot of the Monastery of the Saviour in Leyre in Spain (c. 1000)orthodoxengland.org.uk

Other commemorations

Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.

• Commemoration of the Apparition of the Pillar over the Robe of the Lord at Mtskheta, Georgia (c. 330)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• Translation of the relics of Saint Remigius of Rheims, Apostle to the Franks (533)pravoslavie.ru
• Synaxis of the Most-Holy Theotokos Gorgoepikoos ("She who is quick to hear"), at the Dochiariou monastery on Mount Athos (1664)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Γοργοϋπηκόουsynaxarion.gr
• Synaxis of the Saints of Moldovapravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru
• Repose of Hiero-schemamonk Euthemius of Valaam (1829)pravoslavie.ru
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Pokrov” (Pskov-Protection Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos) (1581)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• Icon of the Theotokos of Brayiliv-Pochaiv (Brailovska) at Brayiliv near Vinnitsaholytrinityorthodox.com
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Lublin (Liublinsk)pravoslavie.ru
• Transfer of the Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God from Terebovlya to Lvov (1672)ocafs.oca.org
• Icon of the Mother of God of Gerbovets (Herbovetska) (1790, 1859)ocafs.oca.org
• Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov (Kasperivska), defended the city of Odessa during the Crimean War (1853-1855)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org
• Icon of the Mother of God of Barsk (Barska) (1887)ocafs.oca.org
• Icon of the Mother of God “Eleutherotrias” (Deliveress) (1889)saint.gr

The list is October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.

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