Orthodox calendar: October 10 is the day of remembrance of St. Savvaty of Solovetskytranslated

19th Week after Pentecost.

Today, October 10, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyr. Callistratus and his squad: Gymnasium and others (304); App. from 70 Mark, Aristarchus and Zina (I); mts. Bishops (III-IV); St. Ignatius (963-975); St. Savvaty of Solovetsky the Wonderworker; sschmch. Anfima Iveryanina, Metropolitan. Wallashsky (1716) (Rum.); sschmch. Peter, Metropolitan of Krutitsky (1937); sschmch. Demetrius the Presbyter (1918); sschmchch. Herman, Bishop of Volsky, and Michael the Presbyter (1919); sschmch. Theodore the Presbyter (1937).

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The Monk Savvaty of Solovetsky came to the Kirillo-Beloezersky Monastery in 1396, where he took monastic vows. There he labored for a long time, unquestioningly fulfilling all obediences. Humility, meek love for the brethren and strict life distinguished the Monk Savvaty among other ascetics. Soon he began to be burdened by the attention and respect of the brethren and the laymen who came and, having learned that there was a rocky island of Valaam on Lake Ladoga, he decided to move there. Grieving heavily, the brethren of the Kirillo-Beloezersk monastery said goodbye to the holy elder.

On Valaam, worldly fame also began to bother the humble old man. Meanwhile, the monk learned that in the north there is...