On October 31, 2 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Church Orthodox holidays October 31
| Apostle and Evangelist Luke | The day of honoring Luke - one of the 70 apostles, a companion of Paul. Author of one of the four Gospels and the Acts of the Holy Apostles. He is considered the first icon painter and patron of doctors and painters. The symbol of the saint is a winged calf holding a Gospel. |
| Finding the relics of St. Joseph, abbot of Volotsk (Volokolamsk), wonderworker | The church remembers the event of the discovery of the holy relics of Volotsk abbot Joseph (birth name - John Sanin) in 2001. |
On October 31, 2 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
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Apostle and Evangelist Luke
The day of honoring Luke - one of the 70 apostles, a companion of Paul. Author of one of the four Gospels and the Acts of the Holy Apostles. He is considered the first icon painter and patron of doctors and painters. The symbol of the saint is a winged calf holding a Gospel.
Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, a native of Syrian Antioch, an apostle from the 70, a companion of the holy Apostle Paul (Phil. 1:24; 2 Tim. 4:10), a doctor from an enlightened Greek environment. Having heard about Christ, Luke arrived in Palestine and here he ardently accepted the saving teaching from the Lord Himself. Among the 70 disciples, Saint Luke was sent by the Lord to preach the first sermon about the Kingdom of Heaven during the Savior’s life on earth (Luke 10: 1 - 3). After the Resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to Saints Luke and Cleopas on their way to Emmaus.
Apostle Luke took part in the second missionary journey of the Apostle Paul, and from then on they were inseparable. When everyone around him abandoned Saint Paul, the Apostle Luke continued to share with him all the difficulties of his evangelistic work (2 Tim. 4:10). After the martyrdom of the chief apostles, Saint Luke left Rome and preached through Achaia, Libya, Egypt and Thebaid. In the city of Thebes, he ended his earthly journey as a martyr.
Tradition credits him with painting the first icons of the Mother of God.
“May the grace of Him who was born of Me and My mercy be with these icons,” said the Most Pure Virgin, seeing the icons.
Saint Luke also painted icons of the holy supreme apostles Peter and Paul. The Gospel was written by him in the years 62-63 in Rome, under the leadership of the Apostle Paul. Saint Luke in the first verses (Luke 1:3) clearly expressed the purpose of his work: he most fully and in chronological order described in order everything that Christians know about Jesus Christ and His teaching, and thereby gave a solid historical justification for the Christian hope (Luke . 14). He carefully researched the facts, made extensive use of the oral tradition of the Church and the stories of the Most Pure Virgin Mary Herself (Luke 2:19; Luke 2:51).
In theological content, the Gospel of Luke is distinguished primarily by the teaching about the universality of salvation accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ, about the universal significance of the gospel preaching. The holy apostle also wrote the book of the Acts of the Holy Apostles in 62-63 in Rome. The Book of Acts, being a continuation of the Four Gospels, tells about the labors and exploits of the holy apostles after the Ascension of the Savior. At the center of the narrative is the Apostolic Council (51 years after the Nativity of Christ), as a fundamental church event that served as the dogmatic basis for the dissociation of Christianity from Judaism and its independent spread in the world (Acts 15: 6 - 29). The theological subject of the book of Acts is primarily the Economy of the Holy Spirit, carried out in the Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ from the Ascension and Pentecost to the Second Coming of Christ.
Signs
- You should expect a change in the weather soon if you hear a fox howling.
- Winter will not come to power soon if it rains on this day.
- Soon a strong wind will blow if the cat in the house begins to scratch the floor.
- Rain will not be long in coming if the stars in the sky have become cloudy.
- Winter will be rich in frost and snow if pets begin to grind their teeth.
- If the horse begins to snort, then you can hope for better weather.
- The sun will delight people throughout the day if the clouds move from north to south.
- Fallen snow will not lie on the ground for a long time if there are still leaves on the cherry tree.
- Fishermen should not count on a rich catch if they get a ruff in their net.
- People who celebrate their name day on this day have great creative potential. If they develop it, they can become famous artists. To protect against evil spirits, they should use a stone called “aquamarine”.
Finding the relics of St. Joseph, abbot of Volotsk (Volokolamsk), wonderworker
The church remembers the event of the discovery of the holy relics of Volotsk abbot Joseph (birth name - John Sanin) in 2001.
The Monk Joseph of Volotsk (in the world Ioann Sanin) was born into the family of a patrimonial landowner, the owner of the village of Yazvische, Volokolamsk principality. The exact date of birth of the saint has not been established, but most sources indicate the years 1439-1440. Joseph’s great-grandfather, Sanya (the founder of the family), was from Lithuania. Almost no news has been preserved about the parents of the Monk Joseph, John and Mary, except for information that they died as a monk. In addition to the Monk Joseph, they had three more sons: Vassian, Akaki and Eleazar. Vassian and Akaki took monastic vows. Subsequently, Vassian became Archbishop of Rostov.
At the age of seven, the youth John was sent to study by the elder Arseny of the Volokolamsk Holy Cross Monastery. In two years he studied the Holy Scriptures and became a reader in the monastery church. At the age of twenty, John visited the Tver Savvin Monastery, where he met the spiritual mentor Barsanuphius, and “wisely following the advice and blessing of the perspicacious and holy elder Barsanuphius, you came to the monastery of the Venerable Paphnutius and begged him to accept you into obedience” (Kondakion 4).
At the Borovsky Monastery, the Monk Paphnutius tonsured a young man into monasticism with the name Joseph. The Monk Joseph spent eighteen years under the guidance of the holy ascetic. Upon the death of his teacher, he was appointed abbot of the Borovsky monastery, which he ruled for about two years. In this monastery he introduced a communal rule, which caused discontent among some monks. The Monk Joseph was forced to leave the monastery and went on a pilgrimage to Russian shrines.
So he ended up in the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Here he became even stronger in his desire to create a new monastic hostel. From the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery he retired to the Volokolamsk region, where in 1479, at the confluence of the Struga and Sestra rivers in the forest, he founded the monastery of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In his monastery, the Monk Joseph introduced the strictest community life and drew up his own charter for it, a significant part of which was taken from the Charter of St. Nil Sorsky.
The Monk Joseph trained a whole school of ascetic monks. Many tonsures of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery were archpastors and occupied the most important departments of the Russian Church: Metropolitans of Moscow and All Rus' Daniel (+ 1539) and Saint Macarius (+ 1563), Archbishop Vassian of Rostov (+ 1515), Bishops Simeon of Suzdal (+ 1515), Dosifei Krutitsky (+ 1544), Savva Krutitsky, nicknamed Black, Akakiy of Tver, Vassian of Kolomna, Saints of Kazan Gury (+ 1563) and German (+ 1567), Saint Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver (+ 1576).
At the Church Councils of 1490 and 1504, the Monk Joseph denounced the heresy of the Judaizers that arose in Novgorod. He vigorously sought the condemnation of stubborn apostates. In addition to his main work, “The Enlightener,” directed against this heresy, the saint also wrote 24 epistles to various individuals, short and lengthy editions of the monastic “Rules.”
The Monk Joseph reposed on September 9, 1515 and was buried near the altar of the Assumption Church of his monastery. By the Council of 1578, the Monk Joseph was numbered by the Church among the locally revered saints, and in 1591 - among the all-Russian saints.
October 31, 2021 - Apostle and Evangelist Luke.
On October 31, 2021, Andrey, Gabriel, David, Ivan, Joseph, Leonty, Luke celebrate their name days.
Died
• Fra Bartolomeo (1472-1517) - Italian artist.
• Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) - American religious leader, founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses movement.
• Egon Schiele (1890-1918) - Austrian painter and graphic artist, representative of expressionism.
• Kiriak Kostandi (1852-1921) - Ukrainian Itinerant artist, one of the founders of the Association of South Russian Artists.
• Harry Houdini (1874-1926) - American illusionist.
• Federico Fellini (1920-1993) - Italian film director, winner of five Oscar awards (films “La Dolce Vita”, “Eight and a Half”).
Kiriak Kostandi. "Blooming lilac." Photo: Wikipedia
Church Orthodox holidays, name days, memorial days in November 2021
November 1, 2021 - Transfer of the relics of St. John of Rila.
November 1, 2021 is the Day of Remembrance of the Prophet Joel.
November 1, 2021 - Blessed Cleopatra and her son Saint John.
November 1, 2021 is a fast day.
On November 1, 2021, according to the church calendar, name days are celebrated by: German, Alexander, Gerasim, Ivan, Nikolai, Sergei, Fedor.
November 2, 2021 - Great Martyr Artemios of Antioch.
November 2, 2021 - Dimitrievskaya Parents' Saturday.
November 2, 2021 - Righteous Youth Artemy Verkolsky.
On November 2, 2021, Artemy, Valery, Dmitry, Ivan, Claudia, Leonid, Mikhail, Nikolay, Pavel, Peter, Felix celebrate their name day.
November 3, 2021 - Venerable Hilarion the Great.
November 3, 2021 - Transfer of the relics of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin.
On November 3, 2021, the name day is celebrated by Aza, Alexander, Alexey, Anatoly, Arkady, Vasily, Vladimir, Denis, Dmitry, Zakhar, Ivan, Illarion, Konstantin, Maximilian, Nikolay, Pavel, Pelageya, Fedor, Yakov.
November 4, 2021 - Celebration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
November 4, 2021 is the Day of Remembrance of Equal-to-the-Apostles Averky the Pleasure Worker.
November 4, 2021 - Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God of Unexpected Joy.
On November 4, 2021, Anna, Alexander, Anfisa, Vasily, Vladimir, Denis, German, Grigory, Elizaveta, Emelyan, Ivan, Konstantin, Maxim, Nikolay, Pavel, Fedor celebrate their name day.
November 5, 2021 - Apostle James, brother of the Lord according to the flesh.
November 5, 2021 - Blessed Jacob of Borovichi, Novgorod Wonderworker (transfer of relics).
On November 5, 2021, Alexander, Afanasy, Vladimir, Ivan, Ignat, Nikolay, Maxim, Peter, Yakov celebrate their name day.
November 6, 2021 - Icons of the Mother of God “Joy to All Who Sorrow.”
November 6, 2021 - St. Zosima Verkhovsky.
November 6, 2021 - Martyr Arethas and with him 4299 martyrs.
November 6, 2021 is a fast day.
On November 6, 2021, Alexey and Afanasy celebrate their name day.
November 7, 2021 - Martyrs Marcian and Martyrios, notaries of Constantinople.
November 7, 2021 - Celebration of the Valcurian Icon of the Mother of God.
November 7, 2021 is the name day for Valery, Athanasius, Mark, Maria.
November 8, 2021 - Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica.
November 8, 2021 - Memories of the great and terrible earthquake that happened in Constantinople.
November 8, 2021 is a fast day.
November 8, 2021, according to the Orthodox calendar, is the name day for men and women with the names Vasily, Anton, Athanasius, Dmitry, Mark.
November 9, 2021 - St. Nestor the Chronicler, Pechersk, in the Near Caves.
November 9, 2021 - Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica.
November 9, 2021 in the calendar the names Andrey, Afanasy, Ivan, Kapitolina, Maxim, Mark, Nikolay, Stepan, Terenty.
November 10, 2021 - Paraskeva - day of remembrance of the martyr Paraskeva, named
November 10, 2021 - St. Arseniy 1, Archbishop of Serbia.
November 10, 2021 - Venerable Job, Abbot of Pochaev.
November 10, 2021 - St. Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov.
On November 10, 2021, name days are celebrated by: Anna, Arseny, Afanasy, Valentina, Georgy, Dmitry, Ivan, Konstantin, Kuzma, Maxim, Naum, Neonila, Nikolay, Pavel, Praskovya, Stepan, Timofey.
November 11, 2021 - St. Avramius, Archimandrite of Rostov.
November 11, 2021 - Martyrs Claudius, Asterius, Neon and Martyrs Feonilla.
November 11, 2021 - Venerable Martyr Anastasia of Rome.
On November 11, 2021, Kirill, Alexey, Anastasia, Andrey, Anna, Vasily, Victor, Evgeny, Maria, Timofey will celebrate their Angel Day.
November 12, 2021 - Holy Martyr Zinovia and Martyr Zinovia.
November 12, 2021 - Apostles from the 70 Terentius, Mark, Barsabas and Artema.
November 12, 2021 - Ozeryansk Icon of the Mother of God.
On November 12, 2021, Anastasia, Alexander, Artemy, German, Elena, Zinovy, Joseph, Leonid, Makar, Maxim, Mark, Matvey, Stepan, Julian celebrate their name day.
November 13, 2021 - Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria.
November 13, 2021 - Venerable Maura of Constantinople.
November 13, 2021 - Apostles from the 70 Stachia, Amplia, Urvana, Narcissa, Apellia and Aristobula.
November 13, 2021 is a fast day.
On November 13, 2021, Angel Day is celebrated by Vsevolod, Alexander, Alexey, Anatoly, Artemy, Vasily, German, Ivan, Kuzma, Nikolay, Roman, Sergey, Stepan, Fedor.
November 14, 2021 - Unmercenary and miracle workers Cosmas and Damian.
November 14, 2021 - Martyrs of Cyriene and Juliana.
On November 14, 2021, Elizabeth, Adrian, Alexander, David, Denis, Dmitry, Ivan, Kuzma, Sergey, Fedor, Juliania, Yakov celebrate their name day.
November 15, 2021 - Martyrs of Akindinus, Pigasius, Affonia, Elpidiphoros, Anempodista and others like them.
November 15, 2021 - St. Markian of Cyrene.
November 15, 2021 - Celebration of the Shuya-Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God.
November 15, 2021 is a fast day.
November 15, 2021 is the name day of Konstantin, Albert, Mark.
November 16, 2021 - Martyrs Akepsim the bishop, Joseph the presbyter and Aifal the deacon.
On November 16, 2021, Pavel, Alexander, Anna, Bogdan, Vasily, Vincent, Vladimir, Georgy, Evdokia, Ivan, Ilya, Joseph, Nikolay, Peter, Svetlana, Sergey, Fedor celebrate the day of the angel.
November 17, 2021 - Venerable Ioannikis the Great.
November 17, 2021 - Hieromartyrs Nikander and Hermeus.
November 17, 2021 Ilya, Alexander, Ivan, Porfiry, Semyon, Stepan, Faina, Fedor.
November 18, 2021 - St. Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod.
November 18, 2021 - St. Tikhon Belavin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
November 18, 2021 - Fathers of the Local Council of the Russian Church of 1917–1918.
November 18, 2021, according to the calendar, is a holiday for people with the names Timofey, Anna, Gabriel, Gregory, Natalya, Pamphil.
November 19, 2021 - St. Paul, Patriarch of Constantinople, Confessor.
November 19, 2021 - Repose of St. Varlaam of Khutyn.
On November 19, 2021, the name day is celebrated by Nina, Alexandra, Anatoly, Arseny, Vasily, Victor, Gabriel, German, Claudia, Nikita, Nikolay, Pavel, Seraphima.
November 20, 2021 - Venerable Lazarus of Galicia.
November 20, 2021 - Venerable Zosima of Vorbozom.
November 20, 2021 - Finding of the relics of St. Kirill of Novoezersk.
November 20, 2021 - Celebration of the Icon of the Virgin Mary “Leaping”.
November 20, 2021 is a fast day.
On November 20, 2021, Angel Day is celebrated by Mikhail, Alexander, Alexey, Afanasy, Bogdan, Valery, Veniamin, Grigory, Evgeny, Elizaveta, Illarion, Kirill, Fedor.
November 21, 2021 - Council of the Archangel Michael and other ethereal Heavenly Powers.
November 21, 2021 is the name day of Gabriel, Martha, Michael, Raphael.
November 22, 2021 - Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyry.
November 22, 2021 - Venerable Matrona of Constantinople.
November 22, 2021 - Venerable Theoctista of Paria.
November 22, 2021 - St. Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Wonderworker of Aegina.
November 22, 2021 - Icon of the Mother of God, called “Quick to Hear.”
November 22, 2021 is a fast day.
On November 22, 2021, name days are celebrated according to the church calendar by people who were named Victor, Alexander, Alexey, Afanasy, Dmitry, Ivan, Ilya, Joseph, Konstantin, Maxim, Peter, Porfiry, Timofey, Yakov at baptism.
November 23, 2021 - Apostles Erastus, Olympus, Rodion, Sosipatra, Quarta (Quarta) and Tertius.
November 23, 2021 - Martyr Orestes the doctor.
November 23, 2021 - Hieromartyr Milius of Persia and his two disciples.
On November 23, 2021, Olga, Alexander, Alexey, Anna, Boris, Denis, Ivan, Konstantin, Mikhail, Nikolay, Orest, Peter, Rodion, Yuri celebrate their name days.
November 24, 2021 - Blessed Maxim, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Moscow wonderworker.
November 24, 2021 - Martyr Victor and Martyr Stefanida.
November 24, 2021 - Iveron Montreal Icon of the Mother of God.
November 24, 2021 Vikenty, Victor, Evgeny, Maxim, Stepan, Fedor.
November 25, 2021 - St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria.
November 25, 2021 - Rev. Neil the Faster.
November 25, 2021 - Memorial Day of St. Nile the Myrrh-Streaming.
November 25, 2021 - Icons of the Mother of God “Merciful”.
November 25, 2021 name day: Dmitry, Alexander, Afanasy, Boris, Vladimir, Ivan, Karina, Konstantin, Lev, Stepan.
November 26, 2021 - St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople.
November 26, 2021 - Martyr Manetha of Palestine.
November 26, 2021 - Martyrs Antoninus, Nicephorus and Herman.
November 26, 2021 is the day of the angel for Herman, Ivan.
November 27, 2021 - Preparation for the Nativity (Filippov) fast (meat-free).
November 27, 2021 - Apostle Philip.
November 27, 2021 is a fast day.
On November 27, 2021, name days are celebrated by people with the names Alexander, Alexey, Anna, Aristarkh, Vasily, Gabriel, Gregory, Dmitry, Konstantin, Mikhail, Nikolay, Peter, Sergey, Fedor, Philip.
November 28, 2021 - Beginning of the Nativity Fast.
November 28, 2021 - Martyrs and confessors of Guria, Samon and Aviv.
November 28, 2021 - St. Paisius Velichkovsky.
November 28, 2021 - Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God Kupyatitskaya, Ipatmenskaya, Fragrant Flower.
November 28, 2021 is a fast day.
On November 28, 2021, Samson, Varvara, Gregory, Dmitry, Nikita, Nikolai, Peter celebrate their name day.
The Nativity Fast continues from November 28, 2021 until January 6, 2021.
November 29, 2021 - Apostle and Evangelist Matthew.
November 29, 2021 is a fast day.
November 29, 2021 in the calendar the names Vasily, Victor, Dmitry, Ivan, Matvey, Mikhail, Nikolay, Semyon, Sergey, Fedor.
November 30, 2021 - St. Gregory the Wonderworker.
November 30, 2021 - St. Nikon, abbot of Radonezh, disciple of St. Sergius.
November 30, 2021 - Icons of the Mother of God “Unction”.
November 30, 2021 is a fast day.
November 30, 2021 is the name day for Gennady, Grigory, Zakhar, Ivan.
Born
• Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) - Dutch artist.
• John Keats (1795-1821) - English poet.
• Anatoly Papanov (1922-1987) - theater and film actor, theater teacher and director, People's Artist of the USSR (films “Beware of the Car”, “The Diamond Arm”, “12 Chairs”).
• Rob Schneider (b. 1963) - American comedy film actor (film “Call Man”).
Fra Bartolomeo. "The Mystical Wedding of St. Catherine of Siena." Photo: Wikipedia Egon Schiele. Portrait of Anton Peshka Photo: Screenshot
