13 October
33 commemorations of 13 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 26 October of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyr Florentius of Thessalonica (1st-2nd centuries)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλωρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυραςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · saint.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint MartyriusὉ Ἅγιος Μαρτύροχοςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Saint DiocletianὉ Ἅγιος Διοκλητιανόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Hieromartyrs Carpus, Bishop at Thyateira, and Papylus the Deacon, and Martyrs Agathadorus and Agathonica, at Pergamus (251)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κάρπος, Παπύλος, Ἀγαθόδωρος καὶ Ἀγαθονίκη οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Dioscorus the Martyr, by decapitation (288)Ὁ Ἅγιος Διόσκορος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Antigonus, by fireὉ Ἅγιος Ἀντίγονος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Holy Two Children-Martyrs, by fireΤὰ Ἅγια δύο Παιδιάsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr, of Persia (421–424)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βενιαμὴν ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Διάκονοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicetas the Confessor and Patrician, of Paphlagonia (c. 838)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ὁμολογητής καὶ Πατρίκιοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Luke of Demena, Sicily (984)pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Monk-martyr Jacob of Hamatoura Monastery, Lebanon (late 13th century)saint.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves (14th century)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Meletius I Pegas, Archbishop of Alexandria (1601)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglen (1795)Ἡ Ἁγία Χρυσὴ ἡ Παρθενομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Anthony, Metropolitan of Chkondidi (Martvili Monastery), Georgia (1815), and his disciple James the Elder, Hieromonkoca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Bosiljka Rajičić (18th century)orthochristian.com
- New Hieromartyr Innocent Kikin. Priest (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Yermolov, Priest (1937)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.
- Saints Faustus, Januarius and Martial, martyrs in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian, called "The Three Crowns of Cordoba" (304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Fyncana and Fyndoca, two martyrs in Scotlandorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Venantius, Abbot of the monastery of St. Martin in Tours, Confessor (end of 5th century)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Romulus of Genoa, Bishop of Genoa in Italy (c. 641)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Berthoald, Fifth Bishop of Cambrai-Arras in France (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Comgan, Abbot of Lochalsh (8th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Simpert (Simbert, Sinthert), Bishop of Augsburg in Germany (c. 809)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gerald of Aurillac, Count of Aurillac in France, founder of a church and abbey on his estate of Aurillac (909)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Coloman of Stockerau, an Irish pilgrim en route to the Holy Land, tortured and hanged at Stockerau, near Vienna, Austria (1012)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Regimbald (Reginbald, Regimbaut), Bishop of Speyer (1039)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 to Moscow of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1648)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Seven Lakes" (17th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Monk Athanasius of Valaam Monastery (1852)pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1965) of Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified (532), from the church of Sant'Antonin, Venice, to the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the...theorthodoxworld.com
- Uncovering of the Relics (1993) of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver (1937)calendar.rop.ru
The list is October 13 (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.