12 October
46 commemorations of 12 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 25 October of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Rome (c. 250)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀναστασία ἡ Παρθένοςorthochristian.com · saint.gr · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Domnina of Anazarbus in Cilicia (286)Ἡ Ἁγία Δομνίνη ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Malfetha, shot with arrowsἩ Ἁγία Μαλφεθᾶ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Anthea, martyred within a brazen bullἩ Ἁγία Ἀνθία ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Holy seventy (70) martyrsΟἱ Ἅγιοι 70 Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus (361)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουβεντίνος καὶ Μάξιμος (ἢ Μαξιμίνος) οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Martyrs Andromachos and Diodoros, by fireΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρομάχος καὶ Διόδορος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Saint Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours (397)oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus, at Tarsus in Cilicia (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρόβος, Τάραχος καὶ Ἀνδρόνικος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer, Bishop of Maiuma (c. 787)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodotus, Bishop of Ephesus, reposed in peaceὉ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφέσουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Jason, Bishop of Damascus, reposed in peaceὉ Ἅγιος Ἰάσων Ἐπίσκοπος Δαμασκοῦsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable Theosebius the God-bearer, of Arsinoe in CyprusὉ Ὅσιος Θεοσέβιος ὁ Ἀρσινοΐτηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable Symeon the New Theologian (1022)Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Epiktitos the Wonderworker, and with him several ascetics of the "300 Allemagne Saints", in Cyprus (12th century)
- Saints Valantios; Varlaam; Barnabus the Monk; Basil the Bishop; George (Vavatsiniotis); George (Epitideiotis); George (Perachoritis); George (Salamanis); Dimitrianos the Bishop; Irenikos (or Arniakos); Elpidios; and Epahroditos
- Venerable Saints Amphilochius (1452), Macarius (1480), and Tarasius (1440), Abbots, and Theodosius, monk (15th century), of Glushitsa Monastery, Vologda...calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Archpriest Kiril Cvjetkovic, Confessor of Bezdin and Dalmatia-Boka (1857)spc.rs · uoj.news
- Saint Arsenius, Archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1859)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Euphrosyne (Mezenova) the Faster, Schema-Abbess, of Siberia (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Letnikov (1930)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Juvenal (Maslovsky), Archbishop of Ryazan (1937)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Levchenko), Hieromonk, of Optina Monastery (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Pozdeyevsky, Priest (1940)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hiero-confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky), Metropolitan of Alma-Ata (1955)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
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 Monas, Bishop of Milan (249)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Maximilian, Bishop of Noricum (284)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Edistius, a martyr in Ravenna in Italy under Diocletian (303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Evagrius, Priscian and Companions, a group of martyrs either in Rome or else in Syriaorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pantalus, Bishop of Basle in Switzerland (451)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Felix and Cyprian, Bishops in North Africa, with 4966 martyrs, under Hunneric (c. 484)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fiace (Fiech), a bishop in Ireland, friend and disciple of St Patrick, in whose honour he wrote a hymn which still exists (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mobhi of Glasnevin (Mobhí Clárainech), one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland (544)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Salvinus, Bishop of Verona in Italy (562)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Edwin of Northumbria, King of Northumbria (633)oca.org · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Wilfrid, Bishop of York and Confessor (709)Ὁ Ἅγιος Wilfrid (Ἄγγλος)synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saints Herlindis and Relindis, Daughters of Count Adelard, who became respectively the first and second abbesses of Maaseik Abbey (c. 745 and 750)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.
- Apparition of Our Lady of the Pillar (40)orthochristian.com · patriarchia.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Jerusalem" (48)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk (1642)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Rudensk" (1687)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Kaluga" (1812)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Commemoration of Saint Dismas the Good Thief in Thessaloniki (1st century)johnsanidopoulos.com
- Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross of the Lord from Malta to Gatchina, together with the Philermia Icon of the Mother of God, and the right... (1799)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · oca.org
- Translation of the relics of St. Sabbas the Sanctified from Rome to Jerusalem (1965)pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Athens (1999)Σύναξις τῶν ἐν Ἀθήναις Ἁγίωνsynaxarion.gr · poimenas.com · saint.gr
- Glorification (2009) of St. Philaret (Gumilevsky), Archbishop of Chernigov (1866)pravoslavie.ru
The list is October 12 (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.