October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

October 30 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 1

All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 13 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 18.

Saints

• Apostles of the Seventy: Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles and Aristobulus^{[1] [2]} (1st century)^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}
• Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium, at Alexandria (c. 250)^{[3] [5] [7] [8]}
• Saint Maura of Constantinople (436)^{[3] [9] [10]}
• Martyrs Epimachus the Roman^[11] and his companion Gordianos^[12] (361-363)^{[3] [5]} (see also: May 9)
• Saint Jacob of Nisibis the Worderworker, Bishop of Antiochia Mygdoniae (4th century)^{[3] [5] [9] [13]}
• Martyrs Seleucius and Stratonica his wife, myrrh-gushers.^{[5] [14]}
• Martyrs Stephen, Barnabas, Trophimus, Dorymedon, Cosmas, Damian, Sabbas, Bassa, Abramios, and others with them.^{[5] [15]} (see also: September 19)
• The Holy Twelve Daughters.^[16]
• The Holy Three Martyrs of Melitene.^[17]
• The Holy Child Martyr.^[18]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Quentin (Quinctinus), martyr.^{[3] [9] [19] [20]}
• Saint Erth (Erc of Slane, Herygh, Urith) (6th century)^[19] (see also: November 2)
• Monk-martyr Foillan, Irish missionary, of Burgh Castle (East Anglia) and Fosse (Gaul) (655)^{[3] [9] [19]}
• Saint Antoninus, called Fontana, Archbishop of Milan, Confessor (660)^[19]
• Saint Begu, a nun at Hackness in Yorkshire in England (c. 660)^[19]
• Saint Notburga, a nun at the convent of St Mary in the Capitol in Cologne in Germany (c. 714)^[19]
• Saint Arnulf, a monk at Novalese in Piedmont in Italy, martyred by the Saracens (c. 840)^[19]
• Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, Bishop of Regensburg (994)^{[19] [21]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Spyridon and Nicodemus the Prosphora-bakers, of the Kiev Caves (1148)^{[3] [5] [9] [22] [23]}
• Saint Anatolius, recluse of the Near Caves in Kiev (12th century)^{[3] [9]}
• 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi slain under Jalal al-Din (1227)^{[3] [9] [24]}
• New Martyr Nicholas of Chios (1754)^{[3] [5] [9] [25]}
• Righteous Petro Kalnyshevsky, Koshevoy-Commander of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (1803)^[26]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr John Kochurov, Archpriest, of Chicago and St. Petersburg, First Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik Yoke (1917)^{[3] [9] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]}
• New Hieromartyr Leonid (Molchanov), Abbot of the Sovlvychegodsk Monastery, Vologda (1918)^{[3] [9] [30] [31]}
• New Hieromartyrs (1937):

• Sergius, Archbishop of Yeletsky.^[29]

• Vsevolod Smirnov, Protopresbyter, of Moscow.^{[9] [29] [31]}

• Alexis Sibersky of Tver, and of Moscow, priest.^{[9] [29] [31]}

• Alexander Vozdvizhensky and Sergius Rozanov, priests.^{[9] [29] [31]}

• Basil Archangelsky, priest.^{[9] [31]}

• Euphrosynus (Antonov), Hieromonk of the Seven Lakes Monastery, Kazan.^{[3] [9] [30] [31]}

• Anatole (Botvinnikov), Hieromonk, of Dubrovskoye, Tver.^{[3] [9] [30] [31]}
• New Martyr Jacob Blatov (1937)^{[9] [29] [30] [31]}
• New Hieromartyr Innocent (Mazurin), Hierodeacon, of Buygorod, Volokolamsk (1938)^{[3] [9] [30] [31]}

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of an Anonymous Apologist, under Julian the Apostate (c. 361)^[32]
• Consecration of the Patriarchal Prayer Chapel.^[33]
• Martyrdom of José Muñoz Cortés, keeper of the "Montreal" copy of the Panagia Portaitissa icon, in Athens (1997)^[34]

Sources

• October 31/November 13. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
• November 13 / October 31. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• October 31. 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). p. 81.
• The Thirty-First Day of the Month of October. Orthodoxy in China.
• October 31. 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. p. 335-336.
• 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. 519–520.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 31 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• 31/10/2015. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• 13 ноября (31 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 31 октября по старому стилю / 13 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год.

Notes and References

1. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀριστόβουλος ὁ Ἀπόστολος. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
3. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20181031.html October 31/November 13
4. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Στάχυς, Ἀπελλῆς, Ἀμπλίας, Οὐρβανός, καὶ Νάρκισσος οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τῶν 70. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Συναξαριστής. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
6. Apostle Stachys of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπίμαχος ὁ Αἰγύπτιος. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Apostle Epimachus of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2015&today=13&month=11&trp=0&tzo=-4 November 13 / October 31
10. St Maura of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπίμαχος ὁ Ρωμαῖος. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γορδιανός ὁ Μάρτυρας. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυγδονίας. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σέλευκος καὶ Στρατονίκη οἱ σύζυγοι. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Στέφανος, Βαρνάβας, Τρόφιμος, Δορυμέδων, Κοσμᾶς, Δαμιανός, Σάββας, Βάσης, Ἀβράμιος καὶ ἡ συνοδεία αὐτῶν. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Δώδεκα Κόρες. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τρεῖς Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Μελιτινῇ. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: Τὸ Ἅγιο Παιδὶ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdoct.htm October 31
20. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. QUINTIN, M. (A.D. 286.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 725-728.
21. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. WOLFGANG, B. OF RATISBON. (A.D. 994.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 728-732.
22. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Σπυρίδων καὶ Νικόδημος οἱ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρώσοι). 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Venerable Spyridon the Prosphora-baker of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi by the Mongols. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
25. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴ Χῖο. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. КИЇВ. Останнього кошового отамана Запорізької Січі Петра Калнишевського причислено до лику святих. Українська Православна Церква - СИНОДАЛЬНИЙ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-ПРОСВІТНИЦЬКИЙ ВІДДІЛ УПЦ. 12/23/2014 18:11.
27. Άγιος Ιωάννης Κοτσούρωφ ο πρωτομάρτυρας της νεότερης Ρωσίας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
28. Priestmartyr John Kochurov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. 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). p. 81.
30. 13 ноября (31 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
31. 31 октября по старому стилю / 13 ноября по новому стилю . Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2015 год.
32. Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Ἀνώνυμου Ἀπολογητοῦ. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
33. Great Synaxaristes: Ἐγκαίνια τοῦ Πατριάρχου Εὐκτηρίων. 31 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. Web site: José Muñoz-Cortez. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John Baptist. Potapov. Victor. 7 February 2018.