Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar

October 05

Saints commemorated, links to lives of Saints,

Feasts, Scripture Readings, rubrics

1. Saints Peter, Alexis, Jonah, Philip, Hermogenes (Germogen) and Tikhon, metropolitans of Moscow.
2. Martyr Charitina of Amisus.
3. Martyr Mamelta (Mamelchtha) of Persia.
4. Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria.
5. St. Damian the Healer and Saints Jeremiah and Matthew, clairvoyants of the Kiev Caves.
6. St. Charitina, princess of Lithuania.
7. St. Cosmas, abbot in Bithynia.
8. St. Gregory of Chandzoe in Georgia.
9. St. Eudocimus the Unknown, monk of Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos.
10. Namesday of New Martyr Crown Prince Alexis.
11. Greek Calendar
    • St. Methodia of Cimola.
12. Repose of Nun Agnia (Countess Orlova Chesmenskaya) (1848).