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October 11, 2017

Saints and Feasts of October 11


Philip the liturgist received his reward on the eleventh.

Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy, 
One of the Seven Deacons
 
 
 


Holy Martyrs Zenaida and Philonella the Sisters

Holy Martyrs Zenaida and Philonella the Sisters

Three Holy Unmercenary Female Physicians


Holy Confessor Theophanes the Graptos, 
Bishop of Nicaea
 
 
Holy Patriarchs Nektarios, Arsakios and Sisinios 
of Constantinople
 
 
 
 
Saint Jonah of Pergamos in Cyprus
 
 
 
Saint Athanasios the Demon-Destroyer,
Archbishop of Trebizond  
 
Saint Arsenios Autoreianos, 
Patriarch of Constantinople
  
 
Saint Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Philotheos Kokkinos (+ 1379)


Saint Savvas of Vatopaidi

Saint Savvas of Vatopaidi, the Fool for Christ (+ 1349)


Venerable Germanos Maroulis the Hagiorite

Saint Germanos Maroulis the Hagiorite (+ 1336)


Venerable Ethelburga of Barking

Saint Ethelburga of Barking (+ 686)


Venerable Leonid of Optina

Saint Leonid of Optina (+ 1841)

On Prayer For Those Who Commit Suicide and For the Departed Non-Orthodox


Synaxis of the Venerable Elders of Optina
 
 
Commemoration of the Miracle of the Icon 
of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Beirut
 
 
 
 

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