October 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Holy and Glorious Great-martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica
• Martyr Lupus, slave of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica
• Martyrs Artemidorus and Basil, by the sword.
• Martyr Leptina, dragged to death.
• Martyr Glycon, by the sword.
• Martyr Leontini.
• Saint Athanasius of Medikion Monastery

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Evaristus, the fourth Pope of Rome and a martyr
• Saints Rogatian, a priest, and Felicissimus, a layman, of the church of Carthage in North Africa where they were martyred
• Saint Rusticus of Narbonne, a monk of Lérins who later became Bishop of Narbonne, he was present at the Third Oecumenical Council in Ephesus in 431
• Saints Alanus and Alorus, two Bishops of Quimper in Brittany
• Saint Quadragesimus, a shepherd and subdeacon in Policastro in Italy who raised a man from the dead
• Saints Aneurin and Gwinoc, father and son, both monks in Wales
• Saint Gibitrudis, a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie in France
• Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham
• Saint Eadfrith of Leominster, a priest from Northumbria in England, he preached in Mercia and founded a monastery in Leominster
• Saint Eata of Hexham, Bishop of Hexham and Abbot of Lindisfarne
• Saint Gaudiosus of Salerno, Bishop of Salerno in Italy, his relics were venerated in Naples
• Saint Humbert, a monk at Fritzlar and Büraburg in Germany
• Saint Sigibald, Bishop of Metz in France
• Saint Cuthbert of Canterbury, a monk at Lyminge in Kent in England, he became Bishop of Hereford in c. 736 and the twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury in c. 740
• Saint Albinus, Bishop of Buraburg in Hesse
• Saint Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and all Orthodox England who defeated the Danish invaders and ensured the growth of the Church in England
• Saint Beóán of Mortlach, Bishop of Mortlach in Banff in Scotland, he later preached in Aberdeen
• Saint Adalgott, a monk at Einsiedeln and from 1012 Abbot of Dissentis, both of which monasteries are in Switzerland

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Demetrius of Tsilibinsk
• Saint Theophilus of the Kiev Caves, Archbishop of Novgorod
• Venerable New Martyr Ioasaph, monk, of Mt. Athos, disciple of St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Venerable Saints Leontios and Leontios, of Mt. Athos.
• Saint Anthony, Bishop of Vologda
• Saint Demetrius of :bg:Басарбово|Basarabov in Bulgaria

  Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople in 740
• Translation of the holy icon of Great-martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica from Thessaloniki to Constantinople.
• Translation of the relics of New Martyr George of Ioannina
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk Nilus of Kryuchi
• Repose of Elder Ignatius the Bulgarian, of Mt. Athos
• Repose of Matushka Olga Michael of Kwethluk, Alaska

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