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October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
October 29 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 29 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.
Saints
Virgin Martyr Anastasia the Roman (258) (see also: October 12; and October 28 - West)
Martyrs Claudius, Asterius, Neon, and Theonilla, of Aegae in Cilicia (285) (see also: October 30)
Martyr Sabbas Stratelates. (see also: April 24)
Martyrs Cyril, Menas, and Menaeus, by the sword.
Venerable Abramius the Recluse (360) and his niece St. Mary of Mesopotamia (397)
Martyr Melitene of Marcionopolis, by beheading.
Venerable Anna of Mt. Olympus in Bithynia, known as "Euphemianus" (826)
Saint Serapion of Zarzma monastery, Georgia (900)
Martyr Vassa (Bassa).
Saint Diomedes of Lefkosia.
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saint Eusebia, a virgin-martyr in Bergamo in Italy and niece of St Domnio, martyred under Maximian Herculeus (late 3rd century)
Martyrs Hyacinth, Quintus, Felician and Lucius, at Lucania in the south of Italy.
Saint Kennera (Cinnera, Cannera), an anchoress in Kirk-Kinner in Galloway in Scotland (4th century)
Saint Terence of Metz, sixteenth Bishop of Metz in the east of France (520)
Saint Theodore (Theudar), a priest and disciple of St Caesarius of Arles, also abbot of one of the monasteries of Vienne in France (c. 575)
Venerable Ermelinda (Ermelindis), Anchoress in Meldaert, Belgium (c. 595)
Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh, a hermit in Arranmore and Burren in Co. Clare, founder of the monastery of Kilmacduagh (c. 632)
Saint Bond (Baldus), born in Spain, he became a hermit in Sens in France (7th century)
Saint Sigolinus (Sighelm), abbot of Stavelot and Malmédy in Belgium (c. 670)
Saint John of Autun, a Bishop venerated in Autun, Confessor.
Saint Stephen of Cajazzo, Abbot of San Salvatore Maggiore, and Bishop of Cajazzo (1023)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Venerable Abramius of Rostov, Archimandrite, Wonderworker (1073)
Venerable Abramius, recluse of the Kiev Near Caves (14th century)
New Martyr Athanasius of Sparta, at Mudanya (1653)
Martyr Timothy of Esphigmenou Monastery, Mt. Athos, at Adrianople (1820)
New martyrs and confessors
New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Probatov, priest (1918), and with him:
Cosma, Victor Krasnov, Naum, Philip, John, Paul, Andrew, Paul, Basil, Alexis, John and Virgin-martyr Agatha (1918)
New Hieromartyr John Rudinsky, priest (1930)
New Hieromartyr Eugene Ivashko, priest (1937)
New Martyr Anastasia Lebedev (after 1937)
New Hieromartyr Leonid Muravev, Priest (1941)
Other commemorations
Commemoration of the deposition of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. (see also: August 29 - commonly celebrated feast day)
Glorification (1994) of Equal-to-the-Apostles Rostislav, Prince of Greater Moravia, Czechoslovakia (870) (see also: May 11)