October 2026
The Orthodox calendar for October 2026: each day with its feast, its saint, and its fast.
In October 2026, on the New Calendar, no Great Feast or fasting season falls; each day keeps its own saints.
- 1Protection of the Theotokos
St Gregory the Choirmaster › - 2Fridayfast
Cyprian, Justina and Theoctistus › - 3Saturday
St Dionysius the Areopagite › - 4Uncovering of the Relics of Sts Gurias and Barsanuphius of Kazan
St Ammon of Egypt › - 5Monday
St Charitina of Amissos › - 6Tuesday
St Thomas › - 7Wednesdayfast
Sergius and Bacchus › - 8Thursday
St Pelagia the Penitent › - 9Fridayfast
St Denis of Paris › - 10Saturday
St Andrew of Totma › - 11Sunday
St Theophanes the Hymnographer › - 12Monday
St Symeon the New Theologian › - 13Tuesday
St Zlata › - 14Wednesdayfast
St Parasceva of Serbia › - 15Thursday
St Lucian of Antioch › - 16Fridayfast
St Longinus the Centurion › - 17Saturday
St Hosea › - 18Sunday
St Luke › - 19Monday
St John of Kronstadt › - 20Tuesday
St Gerasimus the New of Cephalonia › - 21Wednesdayfast
St Hilarion the Great › - 22Thursday
St Lot of Egypt › - 23Fridayfast
St James, Brother of the Lord › - 24Memorial Saturday of Saint Demetrius
Arethas and Companions › - 25Sunday
St Tabitha of Joppa › - 26St Demetrios the Myrrh-streamer
St Demetrius of Thessalonica › - 27Tuesday
St Nestor of Thessalonica › - 28Wednesdayfast
St Cyriacus of Jerusalem › - 29Thursday
St Anastasia the Roman › - 30Fridayfast
St Cleopas › - 31Saturday
St John Kochurov ›
Questions about October 2026
What Orthodox feasts are in October 2026?
No Great Feast falls in October 2026 on the New Calendar; each day keeps its own saints.
Is there an Orthodox fast in October 2026?
No fasting season falls in October 2026 on the New Calendar. Wednesdays and Fridays are kept as fast days, except in fast-free weeks and on some feast days.