The Monthly Calendar

The Month of October

1. f.     I.   THE PROTECTION OF THE ALL-HOLY THEOTOKOS;
                And of the Holy Apostle Ananias, One of the Seventy;
                And of our Venerable Father Roman, the Sweet Singer.

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2. e.     V. Of the Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian;
                And of the Holy Martyr Justina;
                And of Saint Andrew, the Fool in Christ.

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3. d.     V. Of theHoly Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite.

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4. c.        Of the Holy Hieromartyr Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens.

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5. b.        Of the Holy Martyr Charitina;
          IV. Onthe same day, Memorial of the Holy Hierarchs, Peter, Alexis, Jonah, andPhilip,
                   Metropolitans of Moscow and all Russia, Wonderworkers.

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6. a.  III.  Of the Holy GloriousApostle Thomas,

Dispensation for Wine and Oil

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7. g.  V.  Of the Holy MartyrsSergius and Bacchus.

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8. f.       Of our Venerable Mother Pelagia.

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9. e. III.  Ofthe Holy Apostle James, Son of Alpheus;
             And of our Venerable Father Andronicus, and his Wife Athanasia.

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10. d.     Of the HolyMartyrs Eulampius and Eulampia.

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11. c.     Of the HolyApostle Philip, One of the Seven Deacons;
            And of our Venerable Father Theophanes, Composer and Writer of Canons,Bishop of Nicea.

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      On the Sunday following,we celebrate the Memorial of the Seventh Holy Council.

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12. b.     Of the HolyMartyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus;
             And of our Venerable Father Cosmas of the Holy City, Bishop of Maium, andWriter of
               Canons;
        III. Onthe same day occurs the Celebration for St. John, Baptist of our Lord,in memory of the
               transfer from Malta to the city of Gatchina of a cross from a part of thewood of the
               life-creating Cross of the Lord; the wonderworking icon of the Mother ofGod painted by the
               holy Evangelist Luke; and the relic of the right hand of Saint John, Forerunnerand Baptist.
 

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13. a.    Of the Holy MartyrsCarpus and Papylus.

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14. g.     Of the HolyMartyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsius;
             And of our Venerable Mother Paraskeva of Serbia.

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15. f.     Of our VenerableFather Euthymius, the New;
            And of the Holy Monk-Martyr Lucian, Presbyter of Great Antioch.

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16. e     Of the HolyMartyr Longinus, the Centurion.

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17. d.    Of the Holy ProphetHosea; And of the Holy Monk-Martyr Andrew of Crete.

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18. c. III Of theHoly Apostle and Evangelist Luke.

Dispensation for Wine and Oil

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19. b.     Of the HolyProphet Joel; And of the Holy Martyr Varus;
        V.  Andof our Venerable Father John of Ryla.

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20.a. V. Of the Holy Great Martyr Artemius.

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21.g. V. Of our Venerable Father Hilarionthe Great;
         V.On the same daythe Translation of the Relics of our Venerable Father Hilarion, Bishopof
               Meglina.

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22. f.     Of the HolyEqual of the Apostles, Abercius, Bishop of Hierapolis, Wonderworker;
            And of the Seven Holy Children of Ephesus;
        III Onthe same day we celebrate the Holy Wonderworking Icon of the All-holy Theotokosof
            Kazan.

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23.e. IV. Of theHoly Apostle James, Brother of God, First Bishop of Jerusalem;

Dispensation for Wine and Oil

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24. d.     Of the HolyMartyr Arethas and those with him.

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25. c.     Of the HolyMartyrs Marcian and Martyrius, Notaries.

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26.b. III Of the Holy and Glorious GreatMartyr Demetrius;
             And the Commemoration of the Great and Frightful Earthquake;

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Feast, Dispensation for Wine and Oil

At Matins, Prokeimenon, Tone 4:

    God is wondrous in His saints, the God of Israel.
    Verse: To thesaints, who are on His earth, the Lord hath revealed the wonders of allHis will in them.

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27. a.    Of the Holy MartyrNestor; And of our Venerable Father Nestor, the Chronicler, of the Caves.

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28. g.    Of the Holy MartyrsTerence and Neonilla;
            And of our Venerable Father Stephen the Sabbaite, Composer of Canons;
        IV And of our Father amongthe Saints, Arsenius Archbishop of Serbia;
            And of the Holy Martyr Paraskeve;
            The Translation of the Venerable Job, Hegumen and Wonderworker of Pochaev.

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29. f.     Of the HolyNun-Martyr Anastasia of Rome; And of our Venerable Father Abramius the
               Recluse.

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30. e.     Of the HolyMartyrs Zenobius and his Sister Zenobia.

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31.     Of the HolyApostles, Stachys, Amplius, and those with them (of the Seventy);
            And of the Holy Martyr Epimachus; And of the Monk-Martyr Nicholas.


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