On October 6, 2 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs you about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Church holidays 6 October 2024
Holiday | Description |
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Conception of the honorable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John |
is a feast in honor of the conception of a son by the righteous priest Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth, who later pointed out the coming of the Messiah. |
Glorification of St. Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow |
The church celebrates the memory of the Metropolitan of Kolomna and Moscow, the enlightener of Siberia and America - St. Innocent (birth name - Ivan Yevseyevich Popov). Author of the translation of the Holy Scriptures into the Aleutian and Yakut languages. He was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church on October 6, 1977. |