8 October
28 commemorations of 8 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 21 October of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Artemon, a priest at Laodicea (c. 283-305)ecclesia.gr
- Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Antioch (303)Ἡ Ἁγία Πελαγία ἡ Παρθένοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Thaïs of Egypt (Taisia), repentant courtesan (4th century)Ἡ Ἁγία Ταϊσίαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Pelagia the Penitent, of the Mount of Olives (457)Ἡ Ὁσία Πελαγίαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Anthony of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod (1232)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Dositheus of Verkhneostrov in Pskov (1482)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δοσίθεος τοῦ Βερκνεοστρόβsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Tryphon of Vyatka, Archimandrite (1612)oca.org · saint.gr · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Monk-martyr Ignatius of Bulgaria and Mount Athos, at Constantinople (1814)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰγνάτιος ὁ νέος Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Monk-martyr Varlaam (Efimov) (end of 1930)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs (1937)
- Demetrius (Dobroserdov), Archbishop of Mozhaisk
- Ambrose (Astakhov), Archimandrite, of Aksinyino, Moscow
- Pachomius (Turkevich), Abbot, of Moscow
- John Khrenov, Deacon
- Nun-martyr Tatiana (Besfamilnov)
- Martyrs Nicholas Reyin, Maria Vonukhina, and Nadezhda (Hope) Azhgerevich
- New Hieromartyr Jonah (Lazarev), Bishop of Nevel, Pskov (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Seraphim Schelokov (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Peter Nicotin, Basil Ozeretskovsky, Paul Preobrazhensky, Peter Ozeretskovsky, Vladimir Speransky, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Victor Frolov, John Rybin, Nicholas Kuzmin (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Elizabeth Kuranov (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 Palatias and Laurentia, in Fermo near Ancona, Italy (302)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Keyne (Keyna, Keyne, Ceinwen), hermitess of Cornwall (5th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Evodus, Bishop of Rouen in France (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Benedicta, a virgin-martyr in Laon in Franceorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gratus, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône in France (c. 652)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Badilo, a monk at Vézelay Abbey in France, he became Abbot of Leuze in Hainault in Belgium (c. 870)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Peter of Seville, a martyr venerated in Seville in SpainRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amor of Aquitaine, hermit, rebuilder of Munsterbilzen Abbey (9th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Triduana (Tredwall, Trallen), nun of Restalrig, Scotland (4th century or 8th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- St. Iwig (Iwi, Ywi) Hierodeacon of Lindisfarne (c. 690)holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Translation of the relics of St. Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne and Enlightener of Northumbriaholytrinityorthodox.com
- Translation of the relics of St. Ceolfrith, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrowholytrinityorthodox.com
- Synaxis of the Saints of Vyatkacalendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is October 8 (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.