October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 22 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. ^{[note 1]}

For October 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 26 .

Saints

• Righteous Forefather Abraham and his nephew righteous Lot (c. 2000 B.C.) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [note 2] [note 3]}
• Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus (1st century) ^{[1] [3] [7] [8]}
• Saint Demetrius, Bishop of Alexandria (231) ^{[1] [9]}
• Saint Publia the Confessor, Deaconess, of Antioch (361-363) ^{[1] [3] [10] [11] [note 4]}
• Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus, soldiers, at Antioch (361-363) ^{[1] [9] [12] [13] [14]} (see also: September 5, October 12)
• Venerables Andronicus and his wife St. Athanasia, of Egypt (6th century) ^{[1] [3] [15] [16] [17] [note 5]} (see also: March 2 )
• Saint Peter of Galatia (9th century) ^{[1] [3] [18] [19]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Hieromartyr Dionysius (Denis, Dennis, Denys), Bishop of Paris , ^{[1] [9] [20]} with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius (c. 258) ^{[21] [22] [note 6]}
• Saint Domninus of Fidenza (Donnino), martyr (304) ^{[21] [note 7] [note 8]}
• Saint Gislenus (Ghislain, Guislain), a confessor and anchorite in Belgium (680) ^{[21] [23] [note 9] [note 10]}
• Saints Lambert and Valerius (Bellère, Beriher), disciples of St Gislenus in Belgium and the north of France (c. 680) ^[21]
• Saint Geminus, A monk at San Paterniano de Fano in Umbria, Italy (c. 815) ^{[21] [note 11]}
• Saint Savin (Sabinus), venerated as one of the Apostles of the Lavedan, in the Pyrenees, France (c. 820) ^{[21] [24]}
• Saint Deusdedit, a monk at Montecassino in Italy, chosen abbot about the year 830 (836) ^{[21] [note 12] [note 13]}
• Saint Gunther of Bohemia, a Bohemian hermit (1045) ^{[21] [note 14]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Blessed Stefan Lazarević, King of Serbia (1427) ^{[1] [9]}
• Saint Stephen the Blind, King of Serbia (1468) ^{[1] [9] [25]}

New Martys and Confessors

• New Hieromartyrs Constantine Sukhov and Peter Vyatkin, Priests (1918) ^{[9] [12] [13]}
• New Hieromartyr Constantine Aksenov, Priest (1937) ^{[9] [12] [13]}

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Korsun" (Cherson) (988) ^{[1] [9] [12] [13] [26] [note 15]}
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Assuage My Sorrow" (12th century) ^{[1] [9] [27]}
• Glorification (1989) of New Hiero-confessor Tikhon (Bellavin), Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1925) ^{[28] [29]} (see also: September 26 )
• Uncovering of the relics (1997) of New Hiero-confessor Sebastian (Fomin), Archimandrite, of Optina and Karaganda (1966) ^{[1] [12] [13] [note 16]}
• Uncovering of the relics (2007) of St. Job (Kundrya), Archimandrite, of Malaya Ugolka, Carpatho-Russia (1985) ^{[30] [31]} (see also: July 15 )

Icon gallery

• 
  Patriarch Abraham.
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  Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus.
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  Saint Publia the Confessor, Deaconess, of Antioch.
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  Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus, soldiers, at Antioch.
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  Martyr Maximinus (Maxym), soldier.
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  Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Paris.
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  St. Gunther of Bohemia, tombstone effigy.
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  Blessed Stefan Lazarević, King of Serbia.
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  Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Korsun" (Cherson).
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  Reliquary containing the relics of New Hiero-confessor Sebastian (Fomin).

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Name days celebrated today include:
   • Abraham (Ἀβραάμ).
3. "The same day, the commemoration of the holy patriarch Abraham, father of all believers." ^[6]
4. "At Antioch, St. Publia, abbess, who, whilst Julian the Apostate was passing by, sang with her religious these words of David:

   • "The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold;" and: "Let them that make them, become like unto them."

   By the command of the emperor, she was struck on the face and severely rebuked." ^[6]
5. "At Jerusalem, the Saints Andronicus, and Athanasia, his wife." ^[6]
6. According to St Gregory of Tours, Denis, or Dionysius, was born in Italy and sent with five other bishops to Gaul: he became the first Bishop of Paris. He and his two companions were beheaded under Decius and the monastery of St Denis was built over their tomb. (Note, the Roman Martyrology confounds Dionysius of Paris with Dionysius the Areopagite).
7. Born in Parma in Italy, while fleeing his persecutors, he was overtaken and beheaded on the Via Claudia or Aemilia. This was a few miles outside Parma at a place now called Borgo San Donnino after him, where his relics are venerated.
8. "At Julia (now Borgo-San-Donnino), near Parma, on the Claudian road, St. Domninus, martyr, under the emperor Maximian. As he was trying to escape the raging persecution, he was overtaken by his pursuers, and being transpierced with a sword, died gloriously." ^[6]
9. A hermit who lived in the forest in Hainault in Belgium where several disciples gathered around him. He built the monastery of Sts Peter and Paul, now Saint-Ghislain near Mons, where he was abbot for thirty years.
10. "In Hainaut, St. Gislenus, bishop and confessor, who, resigning his See, led the monastical life in a monastery built by himself, and was distinguished by many virtues." ^[6]
11. He is the patron-saint of San Gemini.
12. He was noted for his almsgiving. To extort money from him, a tyrant ill-treated and imprisoned him. He died in prison of hunger and misery and was venerated as a martyr.
13. "At Cassino, St. Deusdedit, abbot, who was cast into prison by the tyrant Sicardus, and being there consumed with hunger and misery, yielded up his soul." ^[6]
14. A cousin of St Stephen of Hungary. He began life full of worldly ambition, but was brought to better ways by St Godehard of Hildesheim and became a monk at Niederaltaich in Bavaria. His ambitious nature asserted itself once more and he became Abbot of Göllingen but proved a failure. Made wise by experience, he went to live as a hermit for twenty-eight years in the mountains of Bakory in Hungary.
15. See: (in Russian) Корсунская икона Божией Матери . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
16. See: (in Russian) Севастиан (Фомин) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

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5. Righteous Lot. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 311–312.
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8. Apostle James, son of Alphaeus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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11. Saint Publia the Confessor, Deaconess of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἀθανασία ἡ συμβία του. 9 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Venerable Andronicus, and his wife Athanasia, of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. ANDRONICUS AND ATHANASIA, CC. (5TH CENT.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 198-203.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ «ἀπὸ στρατιωτῶν». 9 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Venerable Peter the former soldier. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. Hieromartyr Dionysius of Paris, Bishop. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
21. October 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
22. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. DIONYSIUS, B.M., RUSTICUS, AND ELEUTHERIUS, MM. (about a.d. 286.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 195-197.
23. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GHISLAIN, C. (about a.d. 681.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 211-213.
24. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SAVIN, H. (5TH CENT.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eleventh: October – Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 203-210.
25. St. Stephen of Serbia, “the blind one”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
26. Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
27. Icon of the Mother of God “Assuage My Sorrows”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
28. Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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30. (in Russian) ИОВ УГОЛЬСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: 13 November 2018.
31. (in Russian) СОСТОЯЛОСЬ ЗАСЕДАНИЕ СВЯЩЕННОГО СИНОДА УКРАИНСКОЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ. Православие.Ru. Киев, 15 апреля 2009 г.

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• October 9. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 75.
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Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 9 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 9 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
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Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 22 октября (9 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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