12 October 1997, Sunday (29.09 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 12 October 1997
Saints commemorated
- Hierarch Saint John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco 1896–1966
- Martyr Gavedday (Gavdelas) of Persia, Prince IV век (ок. 330)
- Venerable Cyriacus the Anchorite, of Palestine ок. 448 — †556
- Venerable Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine 9 января 449 — †556/557