4 October
28 commemorations of 4 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 October of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. John Lampadistis (10th c.)
Saints
- Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens, first Bishop of Athens (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερόθεοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theodore the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tamassos, Cyprus (2nd century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος Ταμασοῦsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Gaius, Faustus, Eusebius, and Chaeremon, Deacons, of Alexandria (3rd century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φαῦστος, Γάϊος, Εὐσέβιος καὶ Χαιρήμων (ἢ Χαρήμων) οἱ Διάκονοιoca.org · synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Domnina and her daughters Berenice (Bernice) and Prosdoce, of Syria (302)Ἡ Ἁγία Δομνίνη ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῆς Βερνίκη καὶ Προσδόκηsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Adauctus (c. 312) and his daughter St. Callisthene (c. 318), of EphesusὉ Ἅγιος Αὔδακτος (ἢ Ἄδαυκτος) ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ ἡ θυγατέρα του Καλλισθένηsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Paul the Simple (c. 339) and Venerable Ammon (350), of Egypt, disciples of St. Anthony the GreatὉ Ὅσιος Ἀμμοῦν ὁ Αἰγύπτιοςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Peter of Capitolia, Bishop of Bostra in Arabia (715)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Καπιτωλίωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable John (Lampadistes) of Cyprus (10th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Λαμπαδιστὴςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Vladimir Yaroslavich, prince of Novgorod (1052), and his mother St. Anna of Novgorod (Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden) (1050)oca.org · saint.gr · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saints Helladius and Onesimus of the Near Caves in Kiev (12th-13th centuries)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ammon, recluse, of the Far Caves in Kiev (13th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Stephen Stiljanovic, despot of Srem, Serbia (1540), and his wife St. Elena (Elizabeth in monasticism) (c. 1543)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Jonah and Nectarius, monks, of Kazan (16th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Evdemoz I, Catholicos of Georgia (1642)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Peter (Michurin) of Kuznetsk, Siberia (1820)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nikodim Milaš of Dalmatia (1915)spc.rs · uoj.news
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Voznesensky, Priest (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Vereschagin, Michael Tverdovsky, Jacob Bobirev and Tikhon Archangelsky, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Basil (Tsvetkov), Archimandrite, of Stary Kelets, Ryazan (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Khionia Archangelsky, Confessor (1945)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hiero-confessor Barsanuphius (Yurchenko) of Kherson (1954)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hiero-confessor Dumitru Stăniloae, Priest, theology professor in Sibiu and Bucharest (1993)basilica.ro · orthochristian.com
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 Petronius of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna (c. 450)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Quintius of Tours (Quentin), a citizen of Tours, martyred at L'Indrois near Montrésor (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aurea, a Syrian who moved to France and became Abbess of St Martial in Paris, where she remained for thirty-three years (666)Roman Martyrology · 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.
- Uncovering of the relics (1595) of St. Gurias (1563), first Archbishop of Kazan, and St. Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver (1576)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γουρίας καὶ Βαρσανούφιος οἱ ἐν Κοζάνῃ (Ρώσοι)oca.org · synaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Kazan (1984)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Kitrinopetritissa" ("Yellow-stone") in Australiasaint.gr
The list is October 4 (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.