# October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 12 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 14
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 26 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For October 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 30.

## Saints

* Martyr Florentius of Thessalonica (1st-2nd centuries) (see also: March 14)
* Saint Martyrius.
* Saint Diocletian.
* Hieromartyrs Carpus, Bishop at Thyateira, and Papylus the Deacon, and Martyrs Agathadorus and Agathonica, at Pergamus (251)
* Saint Dioscorus the Martyr, by decapitation (288)
* Martyr Antigonus, by fire.
* Holy Two Children-Martyrs, by fire.
* Hieromartyr Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr, of Persia (421-424)
* Saint Nicetas the Confessor and Patrician, of Paphlagonia (c. 838)
* Saint Luke of Demena, Sicily (984)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Faustus, Januarius and Martial, martyrs in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian, called "The Three Crowns of Cordoba" (304)
* Saints Fyncana and Fyndoca, two martyrs in Scotland.
* Saint Venantius, Abbot of the monastery of St. Martin in Tours, Confessor (end of 5th century)
* Saint Romulus of Genoa, Bishop of Genoa in Italy (c. 641)
* Saint Berthoald, Fifth Bishop of Cambrai-Arras in France (7th century)
* Saint Comgan, Abbot of Lochalsh (8th century)
* Saint Simpert (Simbert, Sinthert), Bishop of Augsburg in Germany (c. 809)
* Saint Gerald of Aurillac, Count of Aurillac in France, founder of a church and abbey on his estate of Aurillac (909)
* Saint Coloman of Stockerau, an Irish pilgrim en route to the Holy Land, tortured and hanged at Stockerau, near Vienna, Austria (1012)
* Saint Regimbald (Reginbald, Regimbaut), Bishop of Speyer (1039)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Monk-martyr Jacob of Hamatoura Monastery, Lebanon (late 13th century)
* Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves (14th century)
* Saint Meletius I Pegas, Archbishop of Alexandria (1601) (see also: September 13)
* New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglen (1795)
* Saint Anthony, Metropolitan of Chkondidi (Martvili Monastery), Georgia (1815), and his disciple James the Elder, Hieromonk.

### New Martys and Confessors

* New Martyr Bosiljka Rajičić (18th century)
* New Hieromartyr Innocent Kikin. Priest (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Nicholas Yermolov, Priest (1937)

## Other commemorations

* Translation to Moscow of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1648)
* Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Seven Lakes" (17th century)
* Repose of Monk Athanasius of Valaam Monastery (1852)
* 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 Sanctified, Jerusalem.
* Uncovering of the Relics (1993) of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver (1937)

## Icon gallery

* Martyr Florentius of Thessaloniki.
* Hieromartyrs Carpus, Papylus, Agathadorus and Agathonica, at Pergamus.
* Hieromartyr Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr, of Persia.
* St. Gerald of Aurillac.
* St. Coloman of Stockerau.
* Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves.
* New martyr Chryse (Zlata) of Meglin.
* New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver.
* Reliquary of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver.