Daily Calendar – October 23

The 296th day of the year; 69 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Commemoration of the Martyrs Eulampius and his sister Eulampia (303–311); the Martyr Theotecnus (3rd–4th centuries); the Venerable Bassian (5th century); and the Venerable Theophilus the Confessor (8th century).

The martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia were siblings who lived in the city of Nicomedia. They were subjected to many torments by the pagans. Ultimately, Saint Eulampius was beheaded, while his sister, Saint Eulampia, perished as a result of the tortures.

The martyr Theotecnus was a renowned military commander in Antioch during the reign of Emperor Maximian. When the Emperor demanded that he worship pagan deities, Theotecnus refused, for which he was severely punished.

The Venerable Bassian was born in Eastern Syria. He pursued his ascetic life in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Marcian. About three hundred monks labored in the monastery where the Venerable Bassian served as abbot. Venerable Bassianus lived in his monastery until a very advanced age.

At the age of 13, Saint Theophilos the Confessor secretly left for a monastery located on Mount Selentia and was tonsured as a monk.

Born:

74 BC – Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, a Roman statesman, known in history as a patron of the arts and sciences; died in 8 BC.

1890 – Sandro Euli, Georgian poet and public figure.

1924 – Neli Mgaloblishvili, Georgian actress.

1929 – Tamaz Gamkrelidze, linguist, academician, and former President of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.

1940 – Pelé, the renowned football player.

1953 – Levan Berdzenishvili, philologist and politician.

1970 – Jondo Muzashvili, world champion in Sambo (1995–1997).

Died:

1872 – Théophile Gautier, French writer; born in 1811.

1946 – Ernest Seton-Thompson, Canadian writer; born in 1860. 1957 – Christian Dior, a French couturier (born 1905).

1994 – Tamar Ishkhneli, a Georgian singer.

Events:

1812 – Napoleon ordered the blowing up of the Moscow Kremlin.

1814 – The first plastic surgery operation was performed in England.

1890 – The opera Prince Igor premiered in Saint Petersburg.

1946 – The UN General Assembly opened in New York.

1958 – Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Commemorative Days:

USA – Mother-in-Law Day

USA – Veterans Day

Egypt – Liberation Day