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October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

October 11 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective October 11 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy Disciples, one of the seven deacons (1st century)

Martyrs Zenaida (Zenais) and Philonilla, of Tarsus in Cilicia (1st century)

Saints Nectarius (397), Arsacius (405) and Sinisius (427), Archbishops of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarchs.

Venerable Theophanes Graptus ("the Branded"), Confessor and Hymnographer, Bishop of Nicaea (850)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Germanus of Besançon, Bishop of Besançon (c. 390)

Saint Placidia, a holy virgin venerated in Verona in Italy (c. 460)

Saint Gratus of Oloron, first Bishop of Oloron in the south of France (c. 506)

Saint Firminus of Uzès, born in Narbonne in the south of France, he became Bishop of Uzès (553)

Saint Cainnech of Aghaboe (Canice, Kenneth, Kenny), Abbot, of Aghaboe in Ireland, and missionary in Scotland (600)

Venerable Æthelburh of Barking (Ethelburga), foundress of Barking Abbey, England (c. 676)

Saint Agilbert (Aglibert), Bishop of Paris (c. 685)

Saint Emilian, according to tradition a hermit in Rennes in Brittany.

Saint Eufridus, a monk near Asti in Italy, whose relics were venerated in the Cathedral of Alba in Piedmont (7th century)

Saint Ansilio, a monk whose relics were enshrined at the monastery of Lagny in the north of France (late 7th century)

Saint Juliana of Pavilly, A servant girl who became a nun and then abbess at Pavilly in France (c. 750)

Saint Gummarus (Gomer), Belgian hermit, patron of Lier, Belgium (c. 774)

Saint Bruno the Great, Bishop of Cologne in Germany (965)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saints Theophanes, Soleas and Jonah of Pergamos, Cyprus (12th century)

Saint Theophanes, faster, of the Kiev Caves (12th century)

Venerable Germanos "Maroulis" the Hagiorite (1336)

Venerable Philotheus Kokkinos of Mount Athos, Patriarch of Constantinople (1379)

New Martys and Confessors

New Hieromartyr Philaret Velikanov and Alexander Grivsky, Priests (1918)

New Hieromartyr Juvenalius (Maslovsky), Bishop of Riazan (1937)

Other commemorations

Commemoration of the Miracle from the Icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Beirut of Phoenicia (7th century)

Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council. ( On the Sunday between October 11 and 17 )

Synaxis of the Saints of Kios. (On the Sunday between October 11–17)

Synaxis of the Elders of Optina:

Leonid of Optina (1841)

Macarius (1860)

Moses (1862)

Anthony (1865)

Hilarion (1873)

Ambrose (1891)

Anatole I the "Elder" (1894)

Isaac I (1894)

Joseph (1911)

Barsanuphius (1913)

Anatole II the "Younger" (1922)

Nektary (1928)

New Hieroconfessor Nikon (1931)

New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Isaac II (1938)