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11 October

27 commemorations of 11 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 24 October of the civil calendar.

Saints

  • Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy Disciples, one of the seven deacons (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἀπόστολοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Zenaida (Zenais) and Philonilla, of Tarsus in Cilicia (1st century)Οἱ Ἁγίες Ζηναΐδα καὶ Φιλονίλλαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saints Nectarius (397), Arsacius (405) and Sinisius (427), Archbishops of Constantinople and Ecumenical PatriarchsΟἱ Ἅγιοι Νεκτάριος, Ἀρσάκιος καὶ Σισίνιος Πατριάρχες Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Theophanes Graptus ("the Branded"), Confessor and Hymnographer, Bishop of Nicaea (850)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Γραπτός, Ἐπίσκοπος Νίκαιαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saints Theophanes, Soleas and Jonah of Pergamos, Cyprus (12th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεοφάνης, Σολέας καὶ Ἰωνᾶς οἱ ἐν Περγάμῳ τῆς Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
  • Saint Theophanes, faster, of the Kiev Caves (12th century)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Germanos "Maroulis" the Hagiorite (1336)saint.gr · diakonima.gr
  • Venerable Philotheus Kokkinos of Mount Athos, Patriarch of Constantinople (1379)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Κόκκινος, Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινούποληςsynaxarion.gr · diakonima.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Philaret Velikanov and Alexander Grivsky, Priests (1918)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Juvenalius (Maslovsky), Bishop of Riazan (1937)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 Germanus of Besançon, Bishop of Besançon (c. 390)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Placidia, a holy virgin venerated in Verona in Italy (c. 460)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Gratus of Oloron, first Bishop of Oloron in the south of France (c. 506)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Firminus of Uzès, born in Narbonne in the south of France, he became Bishop of Uzès (553)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Cainnech of Aghaboe (Canice, Kenneth, Kenny), Abbot, of Aghaboe in Ireland, and missionary in Scotland (600)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Venerable Æthelburh of Barking (Ethelburga), foundress of Barking Abbey, England (c. 676)oca.org · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Saint Agilbert (Aglibert), Bishop of Paris (c. 685)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Emilian, according to tradition a hermit in Rennes in Brittanyorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Eufridus, a monk near Asti in Italy, whose relics were venerated in the Cathedral of Alba in Piedmont (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Ansilio, a monk whose relics were enshrined at the monastery of Lagny in the north of France (late 7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Juliana of Pavilly, A servant girl who became a nun and then abbess at Pavilly in France (c. 750)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Gummarus (Gomer), Belgian hermit, patron of Lier, Belgium (c. 774)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Bruno the Great, Bishop of Cologne in Germany (965)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 Miracle from the Icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Beirut of Phoenicia (7th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical CouncilΜνήμη Ζ’ Οἰκουμενικῆς Συνόδουsynaxarion.gr
  • Synaxis of the Saints of Kiossaint.gr
  • Synaxis of the Elders of Optina
    • Leonid of Optina (1841)
    • Macarius (1860)
    • Moses (1862)
    • Anthony (1865)
    • Hilarion (1873)
    • Ambrose (1891)
    • Anatole I the "Elder" (1894)
    • Isaac I (1894)
    • Joseph (1911)
    • Barsanuphius (1913)
    • Anatole II the "Younger" (1922)
    • Nektary (1928)
    • New Hieroconfessor Nikon (1931)
    • New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Isaac II (1938)
    oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

The list is October 11 (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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