Calendar
Today, Friday, October 16, 2026 (October 3, 2026 by the Julian calendar)
20th Week after Pentecost, Tone two.
[.:] Hieromartyr Dionysius (Dennys) the Areopagite, and with him Martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius (96).
New Martyr Agathangel, metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928).
Finding of the relics (1988) of St. Joseph of Optina (1911).
St. Dionysius, recluse of the Kiev Caves (15th c.).
St. John the Chozebite, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (532).
Blessed Hesychius the Silent of Mt. Horeb (6thc.).