Orthodox Calendar for October 2027

October 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Protection (Pokrov) of the Most-Holy Theotokos The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary St Romanos the Melodist of Constantinople (556) Our Holy Father Gregory the Choirmaster (Domestikos) of the Great Lavra (1355) Saint Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle to the Franks (533)	2 St Andrew the Fool for Christ (911) Hieromartyr Cyprian and Virgin-Martyr Justina (304). St Cassian the Greek, Wonderworker of Uglich (1504)
3 15th Sunday after Pentecost Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite (96) Holy Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, and his disciples (258) St John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (532)	4 Hieromartyr Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens (1st c.) Our Holy Father Ammon of Egypt (4th c)	5 Holy Martyr Charitina of Amissos (304) Holy Hierarchs of Moscow Peter (1326), Alexis (1378), Jonas (1461), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Hermogenes (1612), Philaret (1867), Innocent (1879), and Tikhon (1925) Our Holy Mother Methodia of Kimolos (1865)	6 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed St Innocent, Metr. of Moscow / Holy Apostle Thomas Holy Apostle Thomas	7 Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus (296/303) Holy Hieromartyr Polychronius (4th c.) The Ninety-nine Fathers of Crete (date unknown)	8 Fast Our Holy Mother Pelagia (461) Saint Thaïs the Repentant Harlot (4th c.)	9 St Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow / Holy Apostle James, Son of Alphaeus Holy Apostle James, Son of Alphaeus. Saints Andronicus and Athanasia (5th c.) Holy and Righteous Abraham and Lot St Stephen the Blind, Prince of Serbia (1476) Holy Hieromartyr Denis (Dionysius), first Bishop of Paris (ca. 258)
10 16th Sunday after Pentecost Holy Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia (196) Blessed Fool for Christ Andrew of Totma (1637)	11 Holy Apostle Philip, One of the Seven Deacons Synaxis of the Holy Startsi of Optina Monastery Saint Theophanes the Hymnographer (the Branded) (847) Our Holy Father Philotheos Kokkinos,Patriarch of Constantinople (1379)	12 St Symeon the New Theologian (1022) Holy Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus (304)	13 Fast Holy Martyrs Carpus and Papylus, with Agathodorus and Agathonica (251) Holy Martyr Zlata (Chryse) (1796)	14 Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.) Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.) Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)	15 Fast Holy Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of the Church of Antioch (312)	16 Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion (1st c.) Our Venerable Father Gall, Enlightener of Switzerland (640)
17 17th Sunday after Pentecost Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council Holy Prophet Hosea (820 BC) Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian, the Unmercenaries of Cilicia (4th c.)	18 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke Holy Apostle and Evangelist St Luke	19 Righteous John, Wonderworker of Kronstadt (1908). Holy Prophet Joel (8th c. BC) Holy Martyr Varus and those with him (304) Holy Hieromartyr Sadoth (Shahdost) and his 128 companions (342)	20 Fast Holy Great Martyr Artemius (362) St Gerasimus the New, ascetic of Cephalonia (1579) St Jonah, Bishop of Manchuria (1925) (October 7 OC)	21 St Hilarion the Great of Palestine (371) Holy New Martyr John of Monembasia (1773)	22 Fast St Abercius, Bishop of Hierapolis, Wonderworker and Equal to the Apostles (167) Venerable Lot of Egypt (5th c.) Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus	23 Memorial (Demetrius) Saturday Holy Apostle James, Brother of the Lord Holy Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord and First Bishop of Jerusalem (63) Saint Macarius the Roman of Mesopotamia (?)
24 18th Sunday after Pentecost Holy Martyr Arethas and those with him (524)	25 Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius (346) St Tabitha of Joppa	26 Greatmartyr Demetrius Holy, Glorious and Great Martyr Demetrius the Outpourer of Myrrh (306)	27 Fast Holy Martyr Nestor, Companion of St Demetrius (306) St Procla, the wife of Pontius Pilate. Our Venerable Father Demetrius of Basarabov (Romania) (13th c.)	28 St Dimitri (Demetrius) of Rostov (1709) Our Holy Father Firmilian, Bishop of Caesarea (268) Holy Hieromartyr Cyriacus, Bishop of Jerusalem, and his mother Anna (4th c.)	29 Fast Holy Virgin Martyr Anastasia of Rome (256) Our Holy Father Abramius (366) and his niece Mary (371) of Mesopotamia	30 Holy Martyrs Zenobius and his sister Zenobia (ca. 290) Holy Apostle Cleopas St Joseph I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1283) Holy Martyr Hermengild, Prince of the Visigoths (486) Holy Hieromartyr John Kochurov, First Hieromartyr of the Russian Revolution (1917)
31 19th Sunday after Pentecost Hieromartyr John Kochurov Holy Apostles Stachys, Apelles, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus and Aristobolus. New Martyr Nicholas of Chios (1754)