October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 28 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 2.

Saints

• Martyrs Sarbelus (Thathuil) and his sister Bebaia, of Edessa (98-138)^{[1] [2] [3]} (see also: January 29 )
• Hieromartyr Lucian of Antioch, Presbyter of Greater Antioch (312)^{[1] [4] [5] [6]}
• Venerable Barsus the Confessor, Bishop of Edessa (378)^{[1] [5] [7] [8]}
• St. Theophilus I of Alexandria, 23rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (d. 412).^{[9] [10]}
• Saint Sabinus, Bishop of Catania, Wonderworker (760)^{[1] [2] [5] [8] [11] [12]}
• Venerable Euthymius the New, of Thessalonica, Confessor (889)^{[1] [5] [8] [13] [14]} (see also: January 4)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Agileus, martyred in Carthage in North Africa, (c. 300)^[12]
• Saint Aurelia of Strasbourg (Alsace, Gaul) (c. 383)^{[1] [2] [12]}
• Saint Severus of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany, Confessor (c. 455)^[12]
• Saint Antiochus of Lyon (Andeol), Bishop of Lyon (5th century)^[12]
• Saint Cannatus (Canus Natus), Bishop of Marseilles in France after St Honoratus (5th century)^[12]
• Saint Fortunatus, a martyr in Rome (537?)^[12]
• Saint Leonard of Vandœuvre, a hermit who founded Vandoeuvre, now Saint-Léonard-des-Bois, near Le Mans in France (c. 570)^[12]
• Saint Thecla, Abbess, of Ochsenfurt, Germany (c. 790)^{[1] [2] [12]}
• Saint Odilo, a monk at Gorze Abbey in Lorraine in France, who became Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium (c. 954)^[12]
• Saint Callistus, martyr (1003)^[12]
• Saint Bruno of Merseburg (Bruno-Boniface), Archbishop of Mersburg, martyred by the heathen Prussians (1009)^[12]
• Saint Willa, a nun at Nonnberg Abbey near Salzburg in Austria who reposed as an anchoress (c. 1050)^[12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Hieromartyr Lucian, Hieromonk of the Kiev Caves (1243)^{[1] [2] [8] [15] [16]}
• Saint John, Bishop of Suzdal (1373)^{[1] [2] [15] [17]}
• Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal (1385)^{[1] [2] [8]}

New Martys and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Symeon Konyukhov, Priest (1918)^{[2] [15]}
• New Hieromartyr Valerian Novitsky, Priest, of Telyadovich (1930)^{[1] [2]}
• New Hieromartyr Demetrius Kasatkin, Priest (1942)^{[2] [15] [18]}
• New Hiero-confessor Athanasius (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrov (1962)^{[1] [2] [15] [19]}
• Synaxis of the 23 New Hieromartyrs of the Minsk Diocese of Belorussia (1930-1950):^{[1] [2] [20]}

• Archimandrite: Seraphim (Shakhmut), of Zhyrovichy Monastery (1945);

• Priests: Alexander Shalai (1937); Vladimir Zubkovich (1938); Vladimir Izmailov (1930); Vladimir Pasternatsky (1938); Vladimir Khirasko (1932); Dimitry Pavsky (1937); John Voronet (1937); Leonid Biryukovich (1937); Matthew Kritsuk (1950); Michael Novitsky (1935); Michael Plyshevsky (1937); Porphyrius Rubanovich (1937); Sergius Rodakovsky (1933); Valerian Novitsky (1930); Vladimir Taliush (1933); Vladimir Khrischanovich (1933); Dimitry Plyshevsky (1938); John Vecherko (1933); John Pankratovich (1937); Nicholas Matskevich (1937); Peter Grudinsky (1930); and

• Deacon: Nicholas Vasyukovich (1937).

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "She Who Ripens the Grain" / "The Grower of Crops" (19th century)^{[1] [2] [15] [21]}

Sources

• October 15/28. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• October 28 / October 15. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• October 15. 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). pp. 76–77.
• The Fifteenth Day of the Month of October. Orthodoxy in China.
• October 15. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• 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. 318–319.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 493–494.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 15 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 15 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• 15/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• 28 октября (15 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 15 октября по старому стилю / 28 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20181015.html October 15/28
2. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2016&today=28&month=10&trp=0&tzo=-5 October 28 / October 15
3. Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκιανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πρεσβύτερος τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ἀντιοχείας. 15 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Συναξαριστής. 15 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
6. Martyr Lucian the Presbyter of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βάρσος. 15 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. 15/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
9. Canon 2, Council of Trullo: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3814.htm
10. Second Council of Constantinople: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3812.htm
11. St. Sabinus the Bishop of Catania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdoct.htm October 15
13. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Νέος. 15 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, and Monk of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
15. 15 октября по старому стилю / 28 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
16. Hieromartyr Lucian the Presbyter of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. St. John the Bishop of Suzdal. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
18. ДИМИТРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
19. АФАНАСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
20. Собор Белорусских святых. ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ЦЕРКОВНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ. Retrieved: 22 February 2017.
21. Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat". OCA - Lives of the Saints.