October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 28

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 9 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For October 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 14.

## Saints

* Saint Claudia Procula, wife of Pontius Pilate (1st century)
* Martyrs Capitolina and Eroteis, of Cappadocia (304)
* Martyrs Mark of the island of Thasos and those with him (304)
* Martyr Nestor of Thessaloniki (306)
* Martyrs Mabrianos and Valentine.
* Saint Kyriakos II, Patriarch of Constantinople (606)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Florentius, a martyr in Trois-Châteaux in Burgundy in France (3rd century)
* Martyrs Vincent, Sabina and Christeta, martyrs in Avila in Spain (303)
* Saint Gaudiosus of Naples, Bishop of Abitina in North Africa (c. 455)
* Saint Namatius (Namace), ninth Bishop of Clermont in France (c. 462)
* Saint Abbán (Eibbán, Moabba), founder of many monasteries, mostly in the south of Ireland (c. 520)
* Saint Oran of Iona (Otteran, Odhran, Odran), monk of Iona Abbey (c. 563)
* Saint Desiderius of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 625)
* Saint Colman of Senboth-Fola (Colman Na Fiachrach), a disciple of St Aidan of Ferns, he was Abbot of Senboth-Fola (Seuboth-Folu, Seanboth-Colmain), near Ferns (c. 632)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Nestor the Chronicler, of the Kiev Caves (1114)
* Venerable Nestor the Unlettered (not the Chronicler), of the Far Kiev Caves (14th century)
* Venerable Demetrius of Basarabov in Bulgaria (13th century, or 1685) (see also: October 26 )
* Saint Alexander (Okropiridze), Bishop of Guria and Mingrelia, Georgia (1907)

### New Martys and Confessors

* New Hieromartyr Sergius (Chernukhin), Abbot, of Danilov Monastery, Moscow (1942)

## Other commemorations

* Narrative about the Iberians, involving a certain ascetic woman who healed the sick, including their queen, converting many to Christ (c. 332)
* Uncovering of the relics (1539), in Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, of St. Andrew, Prince of Smolensk (1390)
* Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antiochus of Svir, disciple of Elder Theodore of Svir (1832)

## Icon gallery

* St. Claudia Procula, wife of Pontius Pilate.
* Martyrs Capitolina and Eroteis, of Cappadocia.
* Martyr Nestor of Thessaloniki.
* St. Namatius, Bishop of Clermont.
* Saint Demetrius of Basarabov, Bulgaria.
* St. Alexandre Oqropiridze and his nephew Leonide Oqropiridze.
* St. Andrew, Prince of Smolensk.
