The divine Apostle, recounting the achievements of the Saints, and setting forth their memorial as an example for us to turn away from earthly thrings and sin, and emulate their patience and courage in the struggles for virtue, says, "therefore we also are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every burden, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us" (Heb 12:1).
Guided by the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and Apostolic Tradition, we honour the Saints, who are friends of God who keep His commandments, are shining examples of virtue, and are benefactors of mankind. Of course, we honour the known Saints on their own day of the year. However, many Saints are unknown and their number increases with time, so the Church has appointed that once a year a common commemoration be made of all the Saints on All Saints Day. This is the harvest of the coming of the Holy Spirit into the world; it is the "much fruit" brought forth by that "Grain of wheat that fell into the earth and died" (John 12:24); it is the glorification of the Saints as "the foundation of the Church, the Gospel's perfection, they who fulfilled in deed the sayings of the Saviour" (Sunday of All Saints, Doxasticon of Vespers).
January
Circumcision of our Lord, and St Basil the Great (1 January)
St Seraphim of Sarov (2 January)
Prophet Malachi, and Martyr Gordios of Caesarea (3 January)
The 70 Apostles (4 January)
Holy Martyrs Theopemptos and Theonas, and Righteous Mother Syncletiki (5 January)
Theophany (Epiphany) of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
St Theophan the Recluse (6 January)
Synaxis of St John the Baptist and Forerunner of Christ (7 January)
Our Righteous Mother Domnica. Our Righteous Father George of Hozeva (8 January)
Holy Martyr Polyeuctos, and St Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow (9 January)
St Gregory of Nyssa, and St Dometian (10 January)
St Theodosios the Cenobiarch (11 January)
Holy Martyr Tatiana (12 January)
Holy Martyrs Hermylos and Stratonikos, and St Hilary of Poitiers (13 January)
St Apodosis of Epiphany, and Holy Fathers Slain at Sinai and Raitho, and
St Sava of Serbia (14 January)
Our Righteous Fathers Paul of Thebes and John the Hut-Dweller (15 January)
Precious Chains of the Apostle Peter (16 January)
St Anthony the Great (17 January)
St Athanasios the Great and St Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria (18 January)
Sts Macarios the Great of Egypt, Macarios of Alexandria, Arsenios of Corfu, and Mark Eugenicus of Ephesus (19 January)
Our Righteous Father Euthymios the Great (20 January)
St Maximos the Confessor, and Holy Martyr Neophytos (21 January)
St Timothy the Apostle, and Venerable Joseph the Sanctified (22 January)
St Clement, Bishop of Ancyra, and Holy Martyr Agathangelos (23 January)
St Xeni (24 January)
St Gregory Nazianzen the Theologian (25 and 30 January)
Synaxis of All the Holy New Martyrs of Russia (Sunday nearest 25 January)
Sts Xenophon, Maria, and sons (26 January)
Translation of the Holy Relics of St John Chrysostom (27 January)
St Ephraim the Syrian, and St Isaac the Syrian (28 January)
Translation of the Sacred Relics of St Ignatius the God-bearer (29 January)
Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs Sts Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom (30 January)
Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus and John (31 January)
February
St Tryphon (1 February)
Presentation of our Lord in the Temple (2 February)
Synaxis of St Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy Prophetess Anna (3 February)
St Isidore of Mount Pelusium (4 February)
Martyr Agatha (5 February)
St Photios the Great of Constantinople, and Holy Fathers Sts Barsonuuphios and John (6 February)
St Parthenios of Lampsacos, and St Luke of Mount Stirion (7 February)
Holy Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates, and the Holy Prophet Zechariah (8 February)
Holy Martyr Nicephoros (9 February)
St Charalambos the Wonder-worker (10 February)
St Blasios (11 February)
St Meletios the Great of Antioch (12 February)
St Martinianos of Palestine, and St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer (13 February)
St Auxentios (14 February)
Holy Apostle Onesimos (15 February)
Martyr Pamphilios and his Companions (16 February)
Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro, and St Hermogenes of Moscow (17 February)
St Leo the Great (18 February)
Sts Philemon, Apphia and Archippos of the 70, and Holy Righteous Martyr Philothei of Athens
(19 February)
St Leo of Catania, Sicily (20 February)
St Zacharias of Constantinople, St Timothy of Symbola and St Eustathios of Antioch (21 February)
Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs of Eugenios (22 February)
St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (23 February)
First and Second Finding of the Head of St John the Forerunner (24 February)
St Tarasios of Constantinople (25 February)
St Photini, the Samaritan Woman, Great Martyr and Equal to the Apostles (26 February)
St Prokopios the Confessor of Decapolis (27 February)
St Basil the Confessor, and St Kyranna of Thessaloniki (28 February)
St John Cassian the Confessor (28 or 29 February)
March
St Eudokia, Holy Martyr (1 March)
Martyr Hesychios the Senator (2 March)
Holy Martyrs Eutropios, Kleonikos and Vasiliskos (3 March)
St Gerasimos the Righteous of Jordan (4 March)
St Konon the Gardener (5 March)
Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion (6 March)
Holy Seven Hieromartyrs of Cherson (7 March)
St Theophylaktos Bishop of Nicomedia (8 March)
Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia (9 March)
Martyr Kodratos of Corinth and his Companions (10 March)
St Sophronios of Jerusalem (11 March)
St Symeon the New Theologian, and St Gregory the Great (12 March)
Translation of the Relicts of St Nicephoros (13 March)
St Benedict of Nursia (14 March)
Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the 70, and Holy Martyr Agapios and his Companions (15 March)
St Christodoulos the Wonderworker, and Martyr Savinos (16 March)
St Alexios, Man of God, and St Patrick the Enlightener of Ireland (17 March)
St Cyril (Archbishop of Jerusalem) (18 March)
Martyrs Chrysanthos and Daria (19 March)
Fathers of the Monastery of St Sabbas, and St Cuthbert the Wonderworker (20 March)
St James the Confessor (21 March)
Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra (22 March)
Martyr Nikon and the 199 (23 March)
Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, and St Tikhon of Moscow (24 March)
Annunciation of the Holy Theotokos (25 March)
Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (26 March)
Sunday of St Gregory Palamas
St Matrona of Thessalonica (27 March)
St Hilarion the New (28 March)
Hieromartyr Mark the Bishop of Arethusa, Holy Martyr Cyril the Deacon and his Companions, St John the Anchorite, St Eustathios the Confessor and Bishop of Bithynia, and Sts Mark, Jonah and Bassa (29 March)
St John Climacus (30 March and 4th Sunday of the Great Lent)
St Hypatios the Wonderworker (31 March)
St Innocent (31 March and 23 September)
April
St Lazarus of Bethany (Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday before Palm Sunday)
Sts Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene (Bright Tuesday)
St Mary of Egypt (1 April and Fifth Sunday of Great Lent)
St Titus the Wonderworker (2 April)
St Nikitas the Confessor (3 April)
St George of Maleon (4 April)
Monk-Martyrs Victor, Victorin, and their Companions (5 April)
St Eutychios (Patriarch of Constantinople) (6 April)
Holy Martyrs St Kalliopios and Theocleia (7 April)
Sts Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, and Hermes of the 70 Apostles (8 April)
Martyr Eupsychios (9 April)
Martyrs Terence and his Companions, and Hieromartyr Gregory V of Constantinople (10 April)
Martyr Antipas (11 April)
St Basil the Confessor (12 April)
St Martin the Confessor (13 April)
Sts Aristarchos, Pudens, and Trophimos of the 70 Apostles (14 April)
Martyr Crescens (15 April)
Virgin-Martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chione (16 April)
Hieromartyr Symeon of Persia (17 April)
St John the Righteous (18 April)
Martyr Paphnoutios (19 April)
St Theodore Trichinas (20 April)
St Alexandra (21 April)
St Theodore the Sykeote (22 April)
St George the Great Martyr (23 April)
St Elizabeth the Wonderworker (24 April)
St Mark the Apostle and Evangelist (25 April)
Hieromartyr Basil of Amaseia (26 April)
Hieromartyr Symeon, and St Stephen the Abbott of Kiev Caves (27 April)
Holy Martyrs of Dorostolum (28 April)
Sts Jason and Sosipater of the 70 Apostles (29 April)
Apostle James (30 April)
May
Coming of the Holy Spirit (the Feast of Pentecost)
All Saints Day (1st Sunday after Pentecost)
Prophet Jeremiah (1 May)
St Athanasios the Great (2 May)
St Xenia (3 May)
Martyr Pelagia (4 May)
Great Martyr Irene (5 May)
Prophet Job (6 May)
Appearance of the sign of the Cross in Jerusalem (7 May)
St John the Theologian, and St Arsenios the Great (8 May)
Prophet Isaiah (9 May)
Apostle Simon the Zealot (10 May)
Sts Cyril and Methodios First teachers of the Slavs, Hieromartyr Mokios (11 May)
St Epiphanios (Bishop of Cyprus) (12 May)
St Glykeria (13 May)
Martyr Isidore (14 May)
St Pachomios the Great (15 May)
St Theodoros the Sanctified (16 May)
St Andronikos of the 70 Apostles, and St Junia (17 May)
Martyrs Peter, Dionysios and Paul (18 May)
Hieromartyr Patrick of Proussa (19 May)
St Nicholas of Myra, Translation of Relics (20 May)
Sts Constantine and Helene (21 May)
Hieromartyr Vasilikos (22 May)
St Michael (Bishop of Synnada) (23 May)
St Symeon the Stylite, and St Vincent of Lerins (24 May)
Third finding of the Head of the Forerunner (25 May)
Sts Carpos and Alphaeus of the 70 Apostles (26 May)
St John the Russian (27 May)
Martyr Eutyches (28 May)
Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre, and Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (29 May)
St Isaakios of Dalmatos (30 May)
Martyr Hermias (31 May)
June
St Justin the Martyr (1 June)
St Nicephoros the Confessor (2 June)
Martyr Lucillian and those with him (3 June)
Sts Mary and Martha, St Metrophanes (4 June)
Hieromartyr Dorotheos, Bishop of Tyre (5 June)
St Hilarion the New (6 June)
Martyr Theodotos of Ancyra (7 June)
St Kalliope the Martyr (8 June)
Memorial Saturday, the Day of Souls (on Saturday)
St Columba of Iona (9 June)
Holy Martyrs of China (10 June)
Miraculous Icon of "Axion Estin" (11 June)
St Peter of Athos (12 June)
Martyr Akylina (13 June)
Prophet Elisha, and St Methodios the Confessor (14 June)
Prophet Amos (15 June)
St Tychnon the Wonderworker (16 June)
Righteous Father Botolph (17 June)
Martyr Leontios and his companions (18 June)
St John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco (19 June)
Hieromartyr Methodios (20 June)
Martyr Julian (21 June)
Hieromartyr Eusebios (22 June)
Martyr Agrippina (23 June)
Nativity of St John the Baptist and Forerunner of Christ (24 June)
Martyr Fevronia (25 June)
St David the Righteous of Thessalonika (26 June)
St Sampson the Innkeeper (27 June)
Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman, Founders of Valaam Monastery (28 June)
Holy Apostles Sts Peter and Paul (29 June)
Synaxis of the Thelve Apostles of Christ (30 June)
Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Sts Kosmas and Damian of Rome (1 July)
Robe of the Theotokos (2 July)
Martyr Hyacinth (3 July)
St Andreas (4 July)
St Athanasios of Mount Athos (5 July)
St Sisoes the Great (6 July)
St Thomas of Malea (7 July)
Great Martyr St Prokopios (8 July )
St Pankratios (9 July)
Forty Five Martyrs of Nicopolis (10 July)
St Euphemia the Great Martyr (11 July)
Martyrs Proklos and Hilarios (12 July)
Archangel Gabriel (13 July)
St Nikodimos of Athos, St Hellius, and St Cyril of Crete (14 July)
Martyrs Julitta and Kyrikos (15 July)
St Matrona of Chios (15 July and 20 October)
Hieromartyr Athenogenes (16 July)
Great Martyr Marina (17 July)
St Emilianos of Bulgaria (18 July)
St Macrina the Younger (19 July)
Prophet Elias (Elijah) (20 July)
Sts Symeon the Fool for Christ and St John (21 May)
St Mary Magdalene, Equal to the Apostles (22 July)
Prophet Ezekiel (23 July)
Great Martyr Christina (24 July)
Dormition of St Anna the mother of the Theotokos (25 July)
Martyr Paraskevi of Rome (26 July)
Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon (27 July)
Righteous Father Paul of Xiropotamos (28 July)
Martyr Kallinikos (29 July)
Sts Silas, Silvanos, Apainetos and Crescens of the 70 Apostles (30 July)
Righteous Joseph of Arimathea (31 July)
August
Procession of the Honourable Wood of the Lifegiving Cross of the Lord (1 August)
Translation of the relics of St Stephen (2 August)
Righteous Isaacius, Dalmatius, and Faustus (3 August)
Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus (4 August)
Forefeast of the Transfiguration of Lord Jesus Christ, and Holy Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (5 August)
Metamorphoses (Transfiguration) of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (6 August)
St Ioseph (6 August)
Martyr Dometios, St Dometios of Mount Athos (7 August)
St Emilianos the Confessor (8 August)
St Matthias of the 70 Apostles (9 August)
Martyr Archdeacon Laurence (10 August)
Martyr Euplus the Deacon, Patriarch Niphon (11 August)
Martyrs Photios and Aniketos (12 August)
St Maximos the Confessor (13 August)
Prophet Micah (14 August)
Dormition (Falling-asleep) of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (15 August)
St Stamatios the New Martyr (16 August)
Sts Eutychlos and Eutychlanos Cassiane (17 August)
Martyrs Floros and Lauros (18 August)
Great Martyr Andrew Stratelates (19 August)
Prophet Samuel (20 August)
St Thaddaeus of the 70 Apostles (21 August)
Martyr Agathonikos and his Companions (22 August)
Apodosis of the Dormition of the Ever-Virgin and Theotokos Mary (23 August)
St Kosmas of Aitolia (24 August)
St Titus (25 August)
Martyrs Adrian and Natalia (26 August)
St Poimen the Great (27 August)
St Moses the Ethiopian, and St Charalambos of Crete (28 August )
Beheading of the Baptist and Forerunner St John (29 August)
St Alexander of Constantinople (30 August)
Venerable Sash of the Theotokos (31 August)
September
Indiction beginning of the Church year (1 September )
St Symeon the Stylite (1 September)
St John the Faster and St Mamas (2 September)
Righteous Theoctistus and Euthymius (3 September)
Prophets Moses and Aaron (4 September)
St Zacharias the Prophet and Righteous Elizabeth (5 September)
Miracle of St Michael in Colassai (6 September)
Martyr Sozon, and Sts Evodios and Onesiphoros of the 70 Apostles (7 September)
Nativity of the Theotokos (8 September)
Sts Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Theotokos (9 September)
Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora (10 September)
St Theodora the Martyr (11 September)
Hieromartyr Autonomos of Italy (12 September)
Martyr Cornelius the Centurion (13 September)
Feast of the Elevation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross (14 September)
Great Martyr Nikitas (15 September)
Great Martyr Euphemia (16 September)
Sts Faith, Hope and Charity, and their mother Sophia (17 September)
St Eumenios of Gortyna (18 September)
Martyrs Trophimos, Sabbatios, and Dorymedo (19 September)
St Eustathios the Great Martyr, his wife and two children (20 September)
Apostle Quadratus (21 September)
Hieromartyr Phocas (22 September)
St Innocent (23 September)
Holy Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla (24 September)
St Euphrosyne of Alexandria (25 September)
Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist St John the Theologian (26 September)
Holy Apostle and Evangelist St John the Theologian (26 September, and 8 May)
Martyr Kallistratos and his Companions (27 September)
St Chariton the Confessor (28 September)
St Kyriakos the Hermit of Palestine (29 September)
St Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia (30 September)
October
St Ananias of the 70 Apostles (1 October)
Sts Cyprian and Justina, Holy Martyrs (2 October)
St Dionysios the Areopagite (3 October)
St Hierotheos of Athens (4 October)
Martyr Charitina (5 October)
Holy Apostle St Thomas (6 October and Thomas Sunday)
Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus (7 October)
St Pelagia (8 October)
Holy Apostle James, the son of Alphaeus (9 October)
The Fourteen Holy Elders of Optina Monastery (10 October)
St Theophanis the Confessor (11 October)
Martyrs Provos, Tarachos, Andronicus of Tarsus (12 October)
Sts Carpos, Papylos, Agathodoros, and Agathoniki of Pergamus (13 October)
Righteous Paraskeve of Serbia (14 October)
St Euthymios the New of Thessalonica and Mount Athos (15 October)
St Longinos the Centurion (16 October)
St Lazaros (17 October)
Holy Apostle and Evangelist St Luke (18 October)
St John of Kronstadt (19 October)
St Gerasimos of Cephalonia (20 October) and St Matrona of Chios (20 October and July 15)
St Hilarion the Great (21 October)
St Averkios, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis (22 October)
Holy Apostle St James the Just (23 October)
Sts Arethas the Great Martyr, and Syncletiki and her two daughters (24 October)
Sts Marcianos and Martyrios the Notaries of Constantinople (25 October)
St Dimitrios the Great Martyr (26 October)
Great Martyr Nestor of Thessaloniki (27 October)
Holy Protection of the Theotokos, and St Stephen of Sava Monastery in Palestine (28 October)
St Timotheos the Esphigmenitis (29 October)
Martyrs Zenobios and Zenobia (30 October)
Sts Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles of the 70 Apostles (31 October)
November
Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, and their mother St Theodota (1 November)
Martyr Akindynos and his Companions (2 November)
Martyrs Ascepsimas, Joseph and Aeithalas (3 November)
St Ioannikos the Great (4 November)
St Jonah of Novgorod (5 November)
St Paul the Confessor (6 November)
St Lazarus the Wonderworker (7 November)
Archangels (8 November)
St Nektarios the Wonderworker of Pentapolis (9 November)
Sts Erastos, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipatros, Quartus, and Tertios of the 70 Apostles (10 November)
St Menas of Egypt, and St Theodore the Studite (11 November)
St Nilus the Ascetic of Sinai (12 November)
St John Chrysostom of Constantinople (13 November, and 1, 27, 30 January)
Holy Apostle Philip, and St Gregory Palamas (14 November)
Sts Gurias, Samonas and Avivos of Edessa (15 November)
Holy Apostle St Matthew (16 November)
St Gregory the Wonderworker (17 November)
Martyr Romanus (18 November)
Prophet Obadiah (19 November)
St Gregory of Decapolite (20 November)
Presentation of the Virgin Mary to the Temple (21 November)
St Archippos, St Philemon and his wife St Apphia, and St Onesimos of the 70 Apostles (22 November)
St Gregory of Agrigentum (23 November)
St Clement of Rome (24 November)
Great Martyr St Katherine (25 November)
St Stylianos (26 November)
St James the Great Martyr of Persia (27 November)
St Stephen the New (28 November)
Sts Paramonus, Philumenus, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia (29 November)
Holy Apostle St Andrew (30 November)
December
Prophet Nahum, and St Philaret the Almsiver of Constantinople (1 December)
Prophet Habakkuk (2 December)
Prophet Sophonias (3 December)
St John Damascene, and St Barbara (4 December)
St Sabbas the Sanctified (5 December)
St Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myria (6 December)
St Ambrose (Bishop of Milan; 7 December)
Our Righteous Father Patapios (8 December)
Conception of St Anna, the Mother of the Theotokos (9 December)
Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphos (10 December)
St Daniel the Stylite (11 December)
Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (11-17 December)
St Spyridon (12 December)
Holy Martyr Eustratios and Companions of Greater Armenia (13 December)
Holy Virgin Martyr Lucia of Sicily (13 December)
Holy Martyrs Thyrsos and Companions of Asia Minor (14 December)
Philemon, Apollonios, and Arian of Alexandria (14 December)
St Eleutherios (15 December)
Holy Prophet Haggai. Holy Empress Theophano the Wonderworker (16 December)
St Dionysios of Zakynthos, the Wonder-Worker (17 December)
St Sebastian the Martyr (18 December)
St Boniface (19 December)
Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer (20 December)
Martyr Juliana, and St Peter of Moscow (21 December)
Great Martyr Anastasia (22 December)
Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete (23 December)
St Eugenia (24 December)
Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (25 December)
Synaxis of the Theotokos (26 December)
Prophet and King David, and Sts Joseph and James (Sunday after 26 December)
St Stephen, the First Martyr, and St Theodore the Branded (27 December)
Holy Twenty Thousand Martyrs burned of Nicomedia (28 December)
Holy Infants (29 December)
Holy Righteous Martyr Anysia (30 December)
Apodosis of the Feast of Christ's Nativity, and St Melania the Younger (31 December)