Feast of St. Michael the Archangel
On this day is celebrated the commemorative feast of the glorious angel, Michael the archangel.
From the Synaxarium
Tikimt 12 · October 22
6 commemorations
Matthew the Apostle
On this day Saint Matthew the apostle and evangelist, one of the Twelve Apostles, became a martyr, after he had preached in the cities of the priests, and converted them to the knowledge of God.
Archbishop Demetrius
On this day died the holy father, the pure virgin, the fighter of lusts, the vanquisher of natural appetites, Abba Demetrius the twelfth Archbishop of the city of Alexandria.
Peter, Dionymus, Ya'Ekob, Abu Tefa, Theodore and 'Aminus
On this day are commemorated the righteous men Peter, and Dionymus (or Diyonas), and the strife of Ya'ekob, and Abu Tefa, and Theodore.
On this day God sent Michael to Samuel the prophet whilst he was in the sanctuary, and commanded him to go to the house of Jesse, the father of David, in Bethlehem to anoint his son David king over the children of Israel.
On this day God sent Saint Michael the archangel to David the prophet, and he helped him and gave him strength to slay Goliath, the giant of the Philistines, and deliver the children of Israel.
From the Synaxarium, the Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in the translation of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1928). Summarised — the full account is longer.
