Orthodox calendar: October 14 – Feast of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Marytranslated

20th Week after Pentecost.

Today, October 14, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. from the 70 of Ananias (I);  St. Romana the Sweet Singer (c. 556); St. Savva of Vishera, Novgorod (1461); martyr Domnina of Thessalonica (IV); prmch. Michael, abbot of Zovia, and with him the 36 venerable martyrs (780–790); St. John Kukuzel (XIV); celebration in honor of the Chiton of the Lord and the Life-Giving Pillar (Georgian); equal to app. the king of Iveron Mirian and the queen of Iveron Nana (IV), who received Baptism with their people in the 4th century (Georgian); sschmch. Alexy Stavrovsky presbyter (1918); sschmch. Mikhail Vologda presbyter (1920); sschmchch. Alexandra Agafonnikova, Georgy Arkhangelsky, Nikolai Kuligin presbyters, martyr. Ioanna Artemova (1937).

Today the Orthodox Church also honors the memory of the Council of Moldavian Saints, as well as the Lublin, Pskov-Pokrovskaya, Kasperovskaya, Brailovskaya, Gerbovetskaya and Barskaya icons of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

On October 14, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos, established in memory of the appearance in the Blachernae Church in Constantinople of the Mother of God, extending her cover over all believers.

The Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated...