26 October
38 commemorations of 26 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 8 November of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Demetrios of Thessalonica
Saints
- Holy and Glorious Great-martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica (306)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Μυροβλύτηςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Lupus (Lypp), slave of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica (306)oca.org · saint.gr · calendar.rop.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Artemidorus and Basil, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀρτεμίδωρος καὶ Βασίλειος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Leptina, dragged to deathἩ Ἁγία Λέπτινα ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
- Martyr Glycon, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Γλύκων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
- Martyr LeontiniἩ Ἁγία Λεωντίνη ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Saint Athanasius of Medikion Monastery (814)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Demetrius of Tsilibinsk (14th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Theophilus of the Kiev Caves, Archbishop of Novgorod (1482)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable New Martyr Ioasaph, monk, of Mt. Athos, disciple of St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople (1536)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάσαφ ὁ νέος Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable Saints Leontios and Leontios, of Mt. AthosΟἱ Ὅσιοι Λεόντιοι (δύο) οἱ ἐν Ἄθῳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Saint Anthony, Bishop of Vologda (1588)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Demetrius of Basarabov in Bulgaria (1685)pravenc.ru · 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 Evaristus, the fourth Pope of Rome and a martyr (c. 105)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Rogatian, a priest, and Felicissimus, a layman, of the church of Carthage in North Africa where they were martyred (256)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rusticus of Narbonne, a monk of Lérins who later became Bishop of Narbonne, he was present at the Third Oecumenical Council in Ephesus in 431 (c. 462)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Alanus and Alorus, two Bishops of Quimper in Brittany (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Quadragesimus, a shepherd and subdeacon in Policastro in Italy who raised a man from the dead (c. 590)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Aneurin (or Gildas) and Gwinoc, father and son, both monks in Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gibitrudis, a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie in France (c. 655)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham (664)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Eadfrith of Leominster (Edfrid, Eadfrid), a priest from Northumbria in England, he preached in Mercia and founded a monastery in Leominster (c. 675)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eata of Hexham, Bishop of Hexham and Abbot of Lindisfarne (686)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Gaudiosus of Salerno, Bishop of Salerno in Italy, his relics were venerated in Naples (7th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Humbert, a monk at Fritzlar and Büraburg in Germany (7th or 8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sigibald, Bishop of Metz in France (c. 740)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cuthbert of Canterbury, a monk at Lyminge in Kent in England, he became Bishop of Hereford in c. 736 and the twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury in c. 740 (760)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Albinus (Witta), Bishop of Buraburg in Hesse (c. 760)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and all Orthodox England who defeated the Danish invaders and ensured the growth of the Church in England (899)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Beóán of Mortlach (Bean), Bishop of Mortlach in Banff in Scotland, he later preached in Aberdeen (c. 1012)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adalgott, a monk at Einsiedeln and from 1012 Abbot of Dissentis, both of which monasteries are in Switzerland (1031)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 Great Earthquake at Constantinople in 740Μνήμη τοῦ Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the holy icon (1149) of Great-martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica (306) from Thessaloniki to Constantinoplesaint.gr
- Translation of the relics (1971) of New Martyr George of Ioannina (1838)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Νεομάρτυρος Γεωργίου τοῦ ἐν Ἰωαννίνοις (1971)synaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Synaxis of the Holy Military Martyrs (2026)basilica.ro
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk Nilus of Kryuchi (1924)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Ignatius the Bulgarian, of Mt. Athos (1927)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Matushka Olga (A’rrsamquq) Michael of Kwethluk, Alaska (1979)pravoslavie.ru
The list is October 26 (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.