27 October
23 commemorations of 27 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 9 November of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Claudia Procula, wife of Pontius Pilate (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Πρόκλα σύζυγος τοῦ Πιλάτουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Capitolina and Eroteis, of Cappadocia (304)Οἱ Ἁγίες Καπετωλίνα καὶ Ἐρωτηΐδαsynaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Mark of the island of Thasos and those with him (304)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Nestor of Thessaloniki (306)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέστωρ ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Mabrianos and ValentineΟἱ Ἅγιοι Μαβριανὸς καὶ Βαλεντίνοςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Kyriakos II, Patriarch of Constantinople (606)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυριάκος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Nestor the Chronicler, of the Kiev Caves (1114)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νέστωρ ὁ Χρονογράφος ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable Nestor the Unlettered (not the Chronicler), of the Far Kiev Caves (14th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru
- Venerable Demetrius of Basarabov in Bulgaria (13th century, or 1685)saint.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alexander (Okropiridze), Bishop of Guria and Mingrelia, Georgia (1907)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Righteous Mother Olga Arrsamquq Michael of Kwethluk (Kuiggluk), Alaska, Tanqilria, Wonderworker, Matushka of All Alaska (1979)oca.org · orthochristian.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Sergius (Chernukhin), Abbot, of Danilov Monastery, Moscow (1942)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 Florentius, a martyr in Trois-Châteaux in Burgundy in France (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Vincent, Sabina and Christeta, martyrs in Avila in Spain (303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gaudiosus of Naples, Bishop of Abitina in North Africa (c. 455)
- Saint Namatius (Namace), ninth Bishop of Clermont in France (c. 462)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Abbán (Eibbán, Moabba), founder of many monasteries, mostly in the south of Ireland (c. 520)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Oran of Iona (Otteran, Odhran, Odran), monk of Iona Abbey (c. 563)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Desiderius of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 625)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Colman of Senboth-Fola (Colman Na Fiachrach), a disciple of St Aidan of Ferns, he was Abbot of Senboth-Fola (Seuboth-Folu, Seanboth-Colmain), near Ferns (c. 632)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.
- Narrative about the Iberians, involving a certain ascetic woman who healed the sick, including their queen, converting many to Christ (c. 332)Διήγηση γιὰ τοὺς Ἴβηρεςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Uncovering of the relics (1539), in Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, of St. Andrew, Prince of Smolensk (1390)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antiochus of Svir, disciple of Elder Theodore of Svir (1832)pravoslavie.ru
The list is October 27 (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.