Today, October 18, the Church celebrates the memory of the Moscow saintstranslated

The memory of the Moscow saints Peter, Theognostus, Alexius, Cyprian, Photius, Jonah, Gerontius, Joasaph, Macarius, Philip, Job, Hermogenes, Tikhon, Peter, Philaret, Innocent and Macarius is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on October 18.

The celebration of the All-Russian Saints Peter, Alexy and Jonah on the same day was established by Patriarch Job on October 5, 1596.

Saint Philip was numbered among them in 1875, at the request of Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, and one of the saviors of Russia from the Time of Troubles, Saint Hermogenes, in 1913.

The names of the holy metropolitans Theognostus, Cyprian, Photius, Gerontius and Joasaph were included in the Council of Moscow Saints with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on March 6, 2017.

Celebrating the memory of the saints on one day, the Church gives each of them equal honor, as the heavenly patrons of Moscow and prayer books for all of Russia.

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