October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Hieromartyrs Dionysius of Alexandria, Bishop of Alexandria, and the Deacons Gaius and Faustus (264-265) • Martyr Charitina of Amisus (304) (see also: September 4, January 15) • Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Wonderworker, Bishop of Samos, whose relics are in Cyprus. • Martyr Mamelta (Mamelchtha) of Persia (344) • Saint Gregory (Grigol), Archimandrite of Khandzta in the Klarjeti desert, Georgia (861) • St. Cosmas, Abbot, in Bithynia (10th century) ==Pre-Schism Western saints==

• Saint Palmatius and Companions, martyrs in Trier in Germany under Maximian Herculeus (c. 287) • Saint Boniface, one of the martyrs with St Palmatius and Companions in Trier in Germany (c. 287) • Saint Galla of Rome, a lady in Rome who, as a widow, led the life of an anchoress on the Vatican Hill, where she died of breast cancer (c. 550) • Saint Magdalveus (Madalveus, Mauvé), a monk at St Vannes and later (c 736) Bishop of Verdun (776) • Saint Aymard of Cluny, Abbot of Cluny in France (965) • Saint Attilanus, a Spanish Benedictine and Bishop of Zamora, he was prior of Moreruela Abbey (1009) ==Post-Schism Orthodox saints==

• Saints Damian the Healer (1071), and Saints Jeremiah (c. 1070) and Matthew (c. 1085), clairvoyants, of the Kiev Caves. • Saint John (Mavropos), Metropolitan of Euchaita (1100) • Saint Charitina, Princess of Lithuania (1281) • Saint Sabbas the Fool-for-Christ, of Vatopedi monastery, Mount Athos (1350) (see also: June 15 ) • Saint Varlaam, desert-dweller of Chikoysk (1846) • Saint Seraphim (Amelin), schema-archimandrite of Glinsk Hermitage (1958) ==Other commemorations==

• Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers and Mothers of the Klarjeti Wilderness, holy fellow-strugglers of St. Gregory of Khandzta (9th century) • Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Moscow: Theognostus (1353), Alexis (1378),Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), Jonah (1461), Gerontius (1489), Ioasaph (1555), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Job (1607), Hermogenes (1612), Philaret (1867), Innocent (Veniaminov) (1879), Tikhon (1925), Macarius II (1926), and Peter (Polyansky) (1937), Hierarchs of Moscow. • Synaxis of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Iberian Peninsula (established 2018) — (On the Sunday before October 12 — between October 5-11 ) • Uncovering of the relics (1841) of Venerable Eudocimus the Unknown, monk of Vatopedi monastery, Mount Athos. • Uncovering of the relics (1985) of New Hiero-confessor Basil (Preobrazhensky), Bishop of Kineshma (1945) • Repose of Nun Agnia (Countess Anna Orlova-Chesmenskaya) of Novgorod (1848) • Repose of Hieroschemamonk Paisius (Olaru) of Sihastria, Romania (1990) ==Icon gallery==

File:Dionisii alek.jpg|Hieromartyr Dionysius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria. File:Charitina of Amisus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|Martyr Charitina of Amisus. File:Mamelta (Mamelchtha) of Persia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|Martyr Mamelta (Mamelchtha) of Persia. File:St. Grigol Khandzteli (18th century miniature).JPG|St. Gregory of Khandzta. File:Дамиан целебник Печерский патерик.jpg|St. Damian the Healer of the Kiev Caves. File:Saint Ieremiya of Kyiv Caves.jpg|St. Jeremiah of the Kiev Caves. File:Saint Matfey of Kyiv Caves.jpg|St. Matthew of the Kiev Caves. File:Four metropolitans of Moscow (19th c, priv.coll).jpg|Metropolitans Peter, Alexis, Jonah and Philip, Hierarchs of Moscow. File:Saint Anna YM.jpg|Nun Agnia (Countess Anna Orlova-Chesmenskaya) of Novgorod. ==Notes==