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October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
October 13 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 13 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.
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)