Yes, that Moses! The Martyrology for today says, 'The death of the holy Law-giver and Prophet Moses, upon Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab.'
There is only one Feast Day in the General Calendar of the Roman Church that commemorates Old Testament Saints and that is the Feast of the Holy Machabees on 1 August, but there ARE other Old Testament Saints commemorated in certain places or Orders. For example, the Orders of Carmel, both O.Carm and O.C.D., keep St Elias on 20 July and St Eliseus on 14 June, as Founders of the Order.
There are other Saints named Moses as well. St Moses the Black , (Feast Day, 28 August) and St Moses, Bishop of the Arabs (Feast Day, 7 February) come to mind. It is still a common name amongst Eastern monastics, as well. In fact, I have a Facebook friend, named Moses, who is a Hierodeacon at Holy Resurrection Monastery under the Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St George.
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