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6 October

20 commemorations of 6 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 19 October of the civil calendar.

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Saints

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Venerable Cindeus (Cindeos, Kendeas) the Wonderworker of Cyprus, one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κενδέαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • The Holy Six "Allemagne Saints", in Cyprus (12th century)
    • Hilarion the New; John; Joseph, at Lythrodontas; Calantius of Tamassos; Cassianos of Glypha; Cassianos of Axylou
    Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰλαρίων ὁ Νέος, Ἰωάννης, Ἰωσὴφ ὁ «εἰς τὸν Λυθροδώνταν», Καλάντιος ἐν Ταμασίᾳ, Κασσιανὸς ὁ τῆς Γλυφᾶς, Κασσιανὸς ὁ τῆς Ἀξύλου οἱ ἐξ Ἀλαμανῶν, ἐν Κύπρῳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Venerable Martyr Macarius of Saint Anne's Skete, Mount Athos, at Prusa (Kion) in Bithynia (1590)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ νέος Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieroconfessor Michael Soyuzov, Archpriest of Kronstadt (1922)pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieromartyr John Rybin, Priest (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.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.

  • Martyrs of Trier, innumerable martyrs slain for Christ in diverse ways, in Trier in Germany under Diocletian (287)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Virgin Martyr Faith (Foi. Foy), a holy virgin in Agen in the south of Gaul (France), burnt to death with companions under Maximian Herculeus (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Romanus, Bishop of Auxerre, France (564)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Magnus of Oderzo, born in Venice in Italy, he became Bishop of Oderzo on the Adriatic and later of Heraclea (c. 660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Cumine the White, born in Ireland, he became Abbot of Iona and wrote a life of St Columba (669)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Ceollach, Bishop of the Mercians or Mid-Angles, before going to Iona and then returning to Ireland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Pardulphus (Pardoux), born in Sardent near Guéret in France, he became a hermit, then went to the monastery of Guéret where he became abbot (c. 738)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Aurea, a nun in Boves who became the abbess of a large convent (8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Epiphania of Pavia, a nun at the convent of Santa Maria della Caccia, in Pavia in Italy (c. 800)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Lalluwy, Virginorthodox.cn

Other commemorations

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

  • Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "O All-Hymned Mother"oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • "Hodigitria" ("Directress") Icon of the Theotokos at Xenophontos Monastery, Mount Athospravoslavie.ru
  • Glorification (1977) of Saint Innocent, the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas (1879)oca.org · saint.gr

The list is October 6 (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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