October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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October 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - October 6
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar
Saints
- Martyr Charitina of Amisus (304)
- Saints Peter (1326), Alexis (1378), Jonah (1461), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), and Hermogenes (1612), metropolitans of Moscow and Wonderworkers of all Russia
- Martyr Mamelta (Mamelchtha) Persia (344)
- Hieromartyr Dionysius of Alexandria, bishop (265)
- Saints Damian the Healer (1071); and Saints Jeremiah (1070) and Matthew (1085), clairvoyants, of the Kiev Caves
- Saint John (Mavropos), metropolitan of Euchaita (1100)
- Saint Charitina of Lithuania, princess (1281)
- Saint Cosmas of Bithynia (10th century)
- Saint Gregory (Grigol), archimandrite of Khandzta in the Klarjeti desert, Georgia (861)
- St. Sabbas the fool-for-Christ, of Vatopedi monastery, Mt. Athos (1350)
- St. Varlaam, desert-dweller of Chikoysk (1846)
- Saint Methodia of Cimola (1908)
- St. Seraphim (Amelin), schema-archimandrite of Glinsk Hermitage (1958)
- New Hiero-confessor Gabriel, archimandrite in Melekess (Saratov) (1959)
Other commemorations
- Repose of Nun Agnia (Countess Anna Orlova-Chesmenskaya) (1848)
- Uncovering of the relics (1841) of St. Eudocimus the Unknown, monk of Vatopedi monastery, Mt. Athos
- Uncovering of the relics (1985) of New Hiero-confessor Basil (Preobrazhensky), bishop of Kineshma (1945)
