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19 October

29 commemorations of 19 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 1 November of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. John of RilaSt. Mnason of Tamassos

Saints

  • Prophet Joel (800 BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Ἰωήλorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Mnason of Tamassos, Cyprus, the early disciple, mentioned in Acts 21:15-16Ὁ Ἅγιος Μνάσων ὁ ἀρχαῖος μαθητὴςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
  • Hieromartyr Felix the Presbyter and Eusebius the Deacon, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Φήλιξ καὶ Εὐσέβιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
  • Martyrs Varus (Ouarus) and six (seven) others with him, in Egypt (c. 307)Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὔαρος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Blessed Cleopatra (327) and her son John (320), in EgyptἩ Ὁσία Κλεοπάτραsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 120 martyrs with him (342)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαδῶθ (ἢ Σαδῶκ ἢ Σαδῶχ) ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος καὶ οἱ 120 Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Περσίαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Saint Leontius the Philosopher, of St. Sabbas Monastery (624)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεόντιος ὁ φιλόσοφοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Saint Prochorus of Pechenga (Pchinja), Abbot, in the Vranski Desert on the Pchinja river (10th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • New Monk-martyr Nicholas Dvali of Jerusalem (1314)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Serapion of Kozheozersky Monastery (1611)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραπίων ἐκ Ρωσίαςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Saint Gabriel, Archimandrite (Abbot) of St. Elias Skete, Mount Athos (1901)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker (1908)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Anthony (Abashidze), Schema-Archbishop, of the Kyiv Caves Lavra (1942)pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, Priest, of Petrograd (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieromartyr Sergius Pokrovsky, Priest (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 Ptolemy and Lucius, martyrs in Rome under Antoninus Pius (c. 165)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Altinus (Attinus), founder of the churches of Orléans and Chartres in France and perhaps a martyr (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Eusterius, fourth Bishop of Salerno in Italy (5th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Lupus of Soissons, a nephew of St Remi of Rheims who became Bishop of Soissons (c. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Veranus of Cavaillon, Bishop of Cavaillon (590)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Ethbin, monk, then hermit near Kildare, Ireland (c. 600)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Aquilinus of Évreux, Bishop of Evreux, Confessor (695)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Desiderius, a monk at Lonrey and a disciple of St Sigiranus, he became a hermit in La Brenne near Bourges, France (c. 705)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Theofrid (Theofroy, Chaifre), Abbot of Carmery-en-Velay (Monastier-Saint-Chaffre), martyred by invading Saracens (728)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Frideswide of Oxford, Royal Abbess, patroness saint of Oxford (c. 735)Ἡ Ἁγία Frideswide (Ἀγγλίδα)synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Saint Laura of Cordoba, a nun at Santa María de Cuteclara de Córdoba, martyred by the Moors by being thrown into a cauldron of molten lead (864)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Eadnoth the Younger (Ednoth, Eadnot), successively Abbot of Ramsey and Bishop of Dorchester (1016)

Other commemorations

Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.

The list is October 19 (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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