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Today's feasts October 3 2026: Hieromartyr Dionysius (Dennys) the Areopagite, first bishop of Athens, and with him Martyrs Presbyter Rusticus and Deacon Eleutherius; Saint John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesaria in Palestine; Blessed Hesychius the Silent; Saint Dionysius, recluse of the Kiev Caves; New-Martyr Agathangel, Metropolitan of Yaroslav; Martyr Theoctistus; Martyr Theagenes; Hieromartyrs Hewald the White and Hewald the Black, at Cologne; Hieromartyr Dionysios and eight others; Martyr Theoteknos; Martyr Avdaktos ( September 20 2026: Julian Calendar ) Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross; Greatmartyr Eustathius (Eustace) Placidas, his wife Martyr Theopistes, and their children Martyrs Agapius and Theopistus, of Rome; Holy Martyr and Confessor Michael and his councillor Theodore, Wonder-workers of Chernigov; Saint Oleg, prince of Briansk; Martyr John the Confessor of Egypt, beheaded in Palestine, and with him 40 martyrs; Saints Theodore and Euprepius and two named Anastasius, confessors and disciples of St. Maximus the Confessor; New-Martyr Hilarion of Crete and St. Anne's Skete (Athos); Martyrs Artemidorus and Thallos; Saint Meletius of Cyprus, Bishop; Saint Kyr John of Crete, monk; Saint Martin, Pope of Rome; Hieromartyr Ypatios, Bishop of Ephesus, and Presbyter Andrew Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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