October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, at the Blachernae church in Constantinople

  Saints

• Saint Ananias of Damascus, Bishop and one of the Seventy Apostles
• Martyr Domninus of Thessalonica
• King Mirian III of Iberia and Queen Nana of Mtskheta - Equals-of-the-Apostles, St. Abiathar of Mtskheta, and St. Sidonia, disciple of St. Nina
• Venerable Romanos the Melodist, "Sweet-singer"
• Monk-Martyrs Michael, Abbot of Zovia Monastery near Sebaste, and 36 fathers with him
• St. Melchizedek, Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Piatus of Tournai, he enlightened the areas around Tournai in Belgium and Chartres in France
• Martyrs Verissimus, Maxima and Julia, in Portugal under Diocletian
• Martyrs Aretas, and five-hundred-and-four other martyrs, at Rome.
• Saint Aladius, in France.
• Saint Bavo of Ghent, penitent and hermit, confessor and patron of Haarlem in the Netherlands
• Saint Dodo, Abbot of Wallers-en-Faigne
• Saint Fidharleus, restorer of the monastery of Rathin in Ireland
• Martyr-prince Mylor of Brittany.
• Saint Virila, Abbot of the Monastery of the Saviour in Leyre in Spain

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Gregory the Singer of the Great Lavra of Mount Athos
• Saint John Kukuzelis of Mount Athos
• Venerable Sabbas, abbot of Vishera in Novgorod, the Wonderworker

  New Martys and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, priest
• New Hieromartyr Michael, priest of Krasnoyarsk.
• New Hieromartyr George, priest
• New Hieromartyrs Alexander Agafonikov, Gregory, Nicholas Kuligin, priests
• Martyr John Artemov
• New Hieromartyr Archpriest Ismael of Strelna, St. Petersburg
• New Hieromartyr Theodore

  Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Apparition of the Pillar over the Robe of the Lord at Mtskheta, Georgia
• Translation of the relics of Saint Remigius of Rheims, Apostle to the Franks
• Synaxis of the Most-Holy Theotokos , at the Dochiariou monastery on Mount Athos
• Synaxis of the Saints of Moldova.
• Repose of Hiero-schemamonk Euthemius of Valaam

  Icons

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Pokrov”
• Icon of the Theotokos of Brayiliv-Pochaiv at Brayiliv near Vinnitsa.
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Lublin
• Transfer of the Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God from Terebovlya to Lvov
• Icon of the Mother of God of Gerbovets
• Icon of the :ru:Касперовская икона Божией Матери|Mother of God of Kasperov, defended the city of Odessa during the Crimean War
• Icon of the Mother of God of Barsk

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