November 21 Events Pre-1600 * 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 235 ...

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November 23 Events Pre-1600 * 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. * 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. * 1499 – Pretender to the t ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 5 by

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es 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 22, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 9.

Feasts

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of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the

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.November 22 / December 5
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).December 5 / November 22
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Saints

* '' Apostles of the 70 Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia (wife of Philemon and

Equal to the Apostles Equal-to-apostles or equal-to-the-apostles (; la, aequalis apostolis; ar, معادل الرسل, ''muʿādil ar-rusul''; ka, მოციქულთასწორი, tr; ro, întocmai cu Apostolii; russian: равноапостольный, ...

), and St.

Onesimus Onesimus ( grc-gre, Ὀνήσιμος, Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died , according to Catholic tradition), also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was probably a slave to Philemon of Colo ...

, disciple of

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

'' (c. 109) Συναξαριστής.
22 Νοεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyrs

Cecilia Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...

, Valerian, Tiburtius, and MaximusGreat Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Καπιτουλάριος
'' 22 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. at Rome (c. 230 or 288) * Martyr Menignus at

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, the Tanner, by beheading (250) * Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark at

Antioch in Pisidia Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας) and in Roman Empire, Latin: ''Antiochia Caesareia'' or ''Antiochia Colonia Caesarea'' – was a city in th ...

, by beheading (290) * Martyr

Procopius Procopius of Caesarea ( grc-gre, Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; la, Procopius Caesariensis; – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman gener ...

the

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at Caesarea in Palestine, by the sword (303) * Martyr Agapion of Greece (''Agapionos the Roman'') (304) * Martyr Agapios of Cappadocia, by the sword. * Martyr Thaddeus.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. 87. * Martyrs Christopher and Euphemia, by the sword. * Martyrs Thalalaeus and Anthimus, by the sword. ''(see also:

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...

)'' * Hieromartyr Sisinius, by the sword. ''(see also:

)'' * Venerable Agabbas (''Abbas'') of Syria (5th century) * Righteous Michael the Soldier of Potuka, Bulgaria (866) * Venerable Germanus, founder of the Monastery of the Theotokos Eikosiphinissa, in the Metropolis of

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(9th century) * Saint Clement of Ochrid, Bishop of Ohrid (''

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''),

Enlightener The holy figures of the Eastern Orthodox Church (and of the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite) have various customary saint titles with which they are commemorated on the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, liturgical calendar and ...

of Bulgaria and

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(916) ''(see also:

July 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. * 1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Ste ...

)''

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyr Maurus, born of Christian parents in North Africa, he was martyred in Rome under

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. * Saint Pragmatius, Bishop of Autun in France (c. 520) * Saint Deyniolen (''Deiniol the Younger''), Abbot of

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in Wales (621) * Saint Sabinian, Third Abbot of Moutier-Saint-Chaffre in France (c. 720) * Saint Christian, thirty-seventh

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in France (c. 873) * Saint Tigridia (''Trigidia''), Abbess of San Salvador de Oña, which her father Count Sancho Garcia founded for her to direct (c. 925)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Blessed Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of

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Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...

(1086) * Martyrdom of St. Michael of Tver, Prince of Tver (1318) * Venerable Callistus II Xanothopoulos,

Hesychast Hesychasm (; Greek: Ησυχασμός) is a contemplative monastic tradition in the Eastern Orthodox Church in which stillness (''hēsychia'') is sought through uninterrupted Jesus prayer. While rooted in early Christian monasticism, it took it ...

monk of

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and

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

(1397) * Venerable Iakovos (Tsalikis) of

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

the New Ascetic, Igumen of the Monastery of Saint David the Elder in Euboea (1991)
Ἀνακοινωθέν (27/11/2017)
'' The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. 27ῃ Νοεμβρίου 2017.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Vladimir Ryasensky of Tver, Priest (1932)22 ноября по старому стилю / 5 декабря по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. * New Hieromartyr Joasaph (Zhevakhov), Bishop of Mogilev (1937) * New Hieromartyr Gerasimus (Mochalov), Hieromonk of the Zosima Hermitage, Smolensk (1937) * New Monk-martyrs Eutychius (Didenko), Abner (Sinitsyn), Sava (Suslov), and Mark (Makhrov), of

Optina Monastery The Optina Pustyn (russian: Óптина пýстынь, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Ortho ...

, and with them Martyr Boris Kozlov (1937) * New Hieromartyrs Elias Gromoglasov, and Alexis Benemansky, Protopresbyters of Ryazan, and Athanasius Milov, Priest of Chimkent (1937) * New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov, Basil Bov, Paul Evdokimov, Jacob Sokolov, Theodore Gusiev, John Baranov,
ИОАНН
'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Priests (1937)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * Venerable Paraskeva (Matieshina), Confessor (1953)

Icon gallery

File:Philemon and Apphia.jpg, Apostles Philemon and Apphia. File:Kikilia.jpg, St.

of Rome. File:St Procopius Icon Sinai 13th century.jpg, Martyr

the

, at Caesarea in Palestine. File:Saint Clement of Ohrid (icon, 13th-14th century).jpg, Saint Clement of Ochrid. File:Saint Yaropolk.jpg, St. Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of

. File:Sophia Vologda Tverskoi.jpg, St. Michael of Tver. File:Иоасаф (Жевахов).jpg, New Hieromartyr Joasaph (Zhevakhov), Bishop of Mogilev. File:Gromoglasov lIia.jpg, New Hieromartyr Elias Gromoglasov. File:IAKOVOSTSALIKIS.png, Venerable Iakovos (Tsalikis) of

, the New Ascetic.

Notes

References

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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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22 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
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