October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens, Bishop of Athens, and with him the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, martyrs
• Saint Damaris of Athens, a disciple of St. Dionysius of Athens
• Hieromartyrs Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, and eight other martyrs including the Deacons Gaius, Faustus, Eusebius and Chaeremon
• Martyr Theoctistus, by the sword.
• Martyr Theagenes, by fire.
• Martyr Theoteknos, by stoning.
• Saint Adauctus.
• Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine
• Blessed Hesychius the Silent, of Mt. Horeb

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Candidus, a martyr in Rome, buried on the Esquiline Hill.
• Saint Menna, a holy virgin from Lorraine in France, related to Sts Eucherius and Elaptius
• Saint Maximian, a convert from Donatism, he became Bishop of Bagaia in Numidia in North Africa
• Saint Cyprian of Toulon, a monk at St Victor at Marseilles and Bishop of Toulon in France
• Hieromartyrs Hewald the White and Hewald the Black, at Cologne
• Saint Widradus, restorer of the monastery of Flavigny near Dijon in France, also founded the monastery of Saulieu
• Saint Utto, founder of Metten Abbey in Bavaria in Germany
• Saint Gérard of Brogne, Abbot of Brogne
• Saint Froilan, Bishop of Léon

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Dionysius of the Kiev Caves, recluse

  New Martys and Confessors

• New Hiero-confessor Agathangelus, Metropolitan of Yaroslavl

  Other commemorations

• Trubchevsk Icon of the Mother of God, located in the Troitse-Scanov Convent.
• Repose of Blessed Olga, Fool-for-Christ, of Bogdanoya Bari and St. Petersburg
• Repose of Elder the Cappadocian of Aegina
• Uncovering of the relics of St., Elder of Optina Monastery
• The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved to glorify seven New Martyrs of Kastoria:

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