7 October
27 commemorations of 7 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 20 October of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Polychronius the Hieromartyr (4th c.)
Saints
- Hieromartyrs Julian the Presbyter, and Caesarius the Deacon, at Terracina (1st century or 268)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ πρεσβύτερος καὶ Καισάριος ὁ διάκονοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Eusebius the Priest and martyr Felix, at Terracina (1st century or 268)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Λεόντιος ὁ Ὑπατικὸς, Εὐσέβιος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος καὶ Φήλιξsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Leontius the Governor, at Terracina (1st century or 268)ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, in Syria (290-303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σέργιος καὶ Βάκχοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Polychronius, Priest, of Gamphanitus (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολυχρόνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Ten companions with Hieromartyr Polychronius (4th century)
- Saints Parmenias, Polyteleios, Elymos, Mocius, Chrysotelis, Maximus, Luke, Obadiah, Semnios and Olympiada
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σέργιος ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος)oca.org · synaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable Sergius of Nurma in Vologda, Abbot (1412), disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezhoca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Joseph, Elder and Wonderworker, of Khevi, Georgia (1763)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Jonah of Manchuria, Bishop of Hankou, Manchuria, Wonderworker (1925)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Valentine Sventsitsky, Archpriest, of Moscow (1931)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Kazansky, Priest (1942)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.
- Saint Justina of Padua, a virgin-martyr in Padua in Italy under Diocletian (c. 300)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Marcellus and Apuleius, in Capua in Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mark, Pope of Rome (336)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Canog (Cynog), martyred by barbarians in Merthyr Cynog (c.492)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dubthach the First, Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland from 497 (513)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Palladius of Saintes, Bishop of Saintes in France (c.590)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Augustus, Abbot of Bourges in France and a friend of St Germanus of Paris (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Helanus, priest, in the diocese of Rheims in France (6th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Osyth (Osith), Princess of Chich, England (c. 700)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Adalgis, Bishop of Novara in Italy (c.830-c.850)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 (1514) of the relics of St. Martinian of Byelozersk, Abbot of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (White Lake) (1483)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves (1524)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
- Synaxis of Panagia Nafpaktiotissa (Virgin of Nafpaktos) (1571)Μνήμη Παναγίας Ναυπακτιώτισσαςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Uncovering of the relics (1906) of St. John Triantaphyllides, the New Chrysostom and Merciful, of Chaldia in Asia Minor (1903)saint.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
The list is October 7 (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.