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Venerable Amvrosiy Optinskiy.

23 October 2026

Fast day.

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Icons of the day

Evlampiy Nikomidiyskiy, mch.

Evlampiya Nikomidiyskaya, mts.

Amvrosiy Optinskiy, prp.

Saint Innokentiy (Smirnov), episkop Penzenskiy

Feotekn Antiokhiyskiy, mch.

Vassian (Vasiliy) Konstantinopolskiy, chudotvorets, igumen, prp.

Feofil Tiveriopolskiy, Konstantinopolskiy, ispovednik, prp.

Andrey Totemskiy, Khrista radi yurodivyy

Saint Amfilokhiy Vladimiro-Volynskiy

Sobor Volynskikh svyatykh

About this church day

The parish calendar is updated daily from the Orthodox calendar source. It provides the date, fasting guidance, readings and icon for the day; the parish service schedule remains separate.

Commemorations

Mchch. Evlampiya i Evlampii. Venerable Amvrosiya (icon) Optinskogo. Saint Innokentiya (icon), episkopa Penzenskogo. Martyr Feotekna. Venerable Vassiana, the Wonderworker. Venerable Feofila isp. Blzh. Andreya, Khrista radi yurodivogo, Totemskogo. Saint Amfilokhiya, ep. Vladimiro-Volynskogo. Sobor Volynskikh svyatykh.

What the saints titles mean

Readings

Utr. - Mt., 43 zach., XI, 27-30. Lit. - Kol., 253 zach., II, 1-7. Lk., 32 zach., VII, 31-35. Venerable : Gal., 213 zach., V, 22 - VI, 2. Lk., 24 zach., VI, 17-23.

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