November 16 Events Pre-1600 * 951 – Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom. *1272 – Whi ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rul ...

November 18 Events Pre-1600 * 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. * 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. * 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 30 by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For November 17, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 4 Events Pre-1600 *1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. *1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico. *1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...

Saints

* Saint

Gregory the Wonderworker Gregory Thaumaturgus or Gregory the Miracle-Worker ( grc, Γρηγόριος ὁ Θαυματουργός, ''Grēgórios ho Thaumatourgós''; la, Gregorius Thaumaturgus; 213 – 270), also known as Gregory of Neocaesarea, was a Christ ...

of Neo-Caesarea (266)November 17 / December 30
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).November 30 / November 17
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Συναξαριστής.
17 Νοεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of

Hama , timezone = EET , utc_offset = +2 , timezone_DST = EEST , utc_offset_DST = +3 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , ar ...

h (282) * Martyrs Zachariah the

Cobbler Cobbler(s) may refer to: *A person who Shoemaking, repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes Places * The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland * Mount Cobbler, Australia Art, entertainment and media * The Cobbler (1923 ...

and his wife, Mary (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes:
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ζαχαρίας καὶ Ἰωάννης
'' 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Martyrs Gregory, Victor, and Geminus of Heracleon in Thrace (304) * 150 philosophers converted by St.

Catherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

, and who suffered in Alexandria (305) * Venerable Longinus of Egypt (4th century) * Martyr Sak (''Saktus, Sanctus'') the Persian. * Saints Maximian of Constantinople (434) and

Gennadius of Constantinople Gennadius (Greek: Ἅγιος Γεννάδιος; d. 25 August 471) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 458 until his death. Gennadius is known to have been a learned writer who followed the Antiochene school of literal exegesis, although f ...

(471), Patriarchs of Constantinople. (''see also:

April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...

'') * Saint John the Cobbler of Olumba, Cairo, and Sinai (7th century) * Venerable Lazarus the iconographer of Constantinople (857)30 ноября (17 ноября)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * Great-Martyr

Gobron Gobron ( ka, გობრონი, tr) also known as Mikel-Gobron or Michael-Gobron () (died November 17, 914) was a Christian Georgian military commander who led the defense of the fortress of Q'ueli against the Sajid emir of Azerbaijan. When t ...

(Michael) and 133 soldiers of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

(914)The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 86. * Venerable John of Olympus (''John Dermokaitis''), in Bithynia (c. 919-944) * Venerable Justin.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs

Acisclus and Victoria Saint Acisclus (also Ascylus, Ocysellus; es, Acisclo; french: Aciscle) (died 304) was a martyr of Córdoba, in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., modern Portugal and Spain). His life is mentioned by Eulogius of Cordoba. He suffered marty ...

, at Córdoba in Hispania (304)November 17
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Eugene, a deacon of the Church of Florence with Bishop

Zenobius Zenobius ( grc-gre, Ζηνόβιος) was a Greek sophist, who taught rhetoric at Rome during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (AD 117–138). Biography He was the author of a collection of proverbs in three books, still extant in an abridged form, ...

(422) * Saint Anianus of Orleans (''Aignan''), fifth

Bishop of Orleans A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

in France (453) * Saint

Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (30 November 538 – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of the area that had been previously referred to as Gaul by the Romans. He was born Georgius Florenti ...

Bishop of Tours The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd cent ...

(594), and with him Venerable

Aredius Aredius (c. 510–591), also known as Yrieix and Saint Aredius, was Abbot of Limoges and chancellor to Theudebert I, King of Austrasia in the 6th century. He founded the monastery of Attanum, and the various French communes called St. Yrie ...

, Abbot of

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

and Venerable Vulfolaic,

stylite A stylite ( grc, στυλίτης () 'pillar dweller', derived from () 'pillar' and syc, ܐܣܛܘܢܐ ()) or pillar-saint is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying. Stylites believe that the mortifi ...

of Trier, Gaul. * Saint Namasius (''Naamat, Namat, Namatius''), twenty-second

Bishop of Vienne The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon. History The legend according to whi ...

in France (c. 599) * Venerable

Hilda Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. Th ...

, Abbess of

Whitby Abbey Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian ...

(680)Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 551-554.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Gennadius, Abbot of

Vatopedi The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi ( el, Βατοπέδι, ) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th an ...

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

(14th century) * Venerable Nikon, Abbot of

Radonezh Radonezh (russian: Радонеж), formerly known as ''Gorodok'' () is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia, village in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about from Sergiyev Posad. The old town of Radonezh is known to have existed sin ...

, disciple of St.

Sergius of Radonezh Sergius of Radonezh (russian: Се́ргий Ра́донежский, ''Sergii Radonezhsky''; 14 May 1314 – 25 September 1392), also known as Sergiy Radonezhsky, Serge of Radonezh and Sergius of Moscow, was a spiritual leader and monastic ref ...

(1426) * Venerable Archimandrite Sebastian (Dabovich) of San Francisco and Jackson, Enlightener and Apostle of the Church in America (1940)Bishop Maxim of the Serbian Western American Diocese. '
TO THE CLERGY, MONASTICS, CHURCH-SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, AND THE FAITHFUL OF THE ORTHODOX CANADIAN DIOCESE - THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
"'' SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF WESTERN AMERICA. July 2, 2015, Los Angeles. Retrieved: 11 August 2015.

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (1935) of St. Gregory, Bishop of

Assos Assos (; grc-gre, Ἄσσος, la, Assus) is a beautiful small and historically important town on the Aegean coast in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale province, Turkey. It is on the southern side of Biga Peninsula (better known by its anc ...

near Ephesus (1150), to Lesvos. (''On the Sunday between November 11–17 each year.'')

Icon gallery

File:Gregory Thaumaturgus.jpg, St.

of Neo-Caesarea. File:Deposition of the Robe of Virgin Mary (XV c).jpg, Deposition of the Robe of Virgin Mary by

Gennadius Gennadius or Gennadios may refer to: People * Gennadius of Constantinople (died 471), Patriarch of Constantinople from 458 to 471 * Gennadius of Massilia (5th century) Roman historian, best known for his work ''De Viris Illustribus'' * Gennadius (m ...

and Emperor Leon. File:Feodora and Lazar (Skylitzis Chronicle).jpg, Empress Theodora and monk Lazarus the iconographer. File:Périgueux église St Georges vitrail (6).JPG, St. Anianus of Orleans. File:Хильда Уитбийская (икона).jpg, Venerable

, Abbess of

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Clif ...

. File:Nikon of Radonej.jpg, Venerable Nikon, Abbot of

. File:Sevastijan Dabović 1863-1940.jpg, Venerable Archimandrite Sebastian (Dabovich) of San Francisco and Jackson.

Notes

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Cardinal Gibbons James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was a senior-ranking American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth ...

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17 ноября по старому стилю / 30 ноября по новому стилю
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