November 6
Events Pre-1600
* 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
* 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is d ...
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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 ...
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November 8
Events Pre-1600
* 960 – Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
*1278 – Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, ...
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 ...
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For November 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
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Saints
* ''Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene'' (290):November 7/November 20 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 7 Νοεμβρίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
:* Hieron, Hesychius, Nicander, Athanasius, Mamas, Barachius, Callinicus, Theogenes, Nicon, Longinus, Theodore, Valerius, Xanthius, Theodulus, Callimachus, Eugene, Theodochus, Ostrychius, Epiphanius, Maximian, Ducitius, Claudian, Theophilus, Gigantius, Dorotheus, Theodotus, Castrychius, Anicetus, Theomelius, Eutychius, Hilarion, Diodotus, and Amonitus.
* Martyrs Matronian and Anthony, brothers of martyr Hieron, at Melitene (290) 07/11/ '' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
* Saint Gregory, brother of St. Gregory the Wonderworker (3rd century)
* Martyrs Auctus, Taurion, and Thessaloniki, at
Amphipolis
Amphipolis ( ell, Αμφίπολη, translit=Amfipoli; grc, Ἀμφίπολις, translit=Amphipolis) is a municipality in the Serres (regional unit), Serres regional unit, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is ...
May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of ...
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* Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (c. 305)
* Martyrs Melasippus, Cassina, their son Antoninus, and 40 children converted by their martyrdom, at
Ancyra
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the list of national capitals, capital of Turkey. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center ...
Ephesus
Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...
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July 17
Events Pre-1600
* 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
* 1048 – Damas ...
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July 18
Events Pre-1600
* 477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.
* 387 BC – Roman- Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, l ...
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Pre-Schism Western saints
* Saint
Prosdocimus
Saint Prosdocimus (Prosdecimus) of Padua ( it, Prosdocimo, german: Prosdozimus) (d. November 7, ca. 100 AD) is venerated as the first bishop of Padua. Tradition holds that, being of Greek origin, he was sent from Antioch by Saint Peter the Apostle ...
, first
Bishop of Padua
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua ( it, Diocesi di Padova; la, Dioecesis Patavina) is an episcopal see of the Catholic Church in Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century.November 7 Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Saint Amaranthus, a martyr venerated in
Albi
Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig ...
in the south of France (3rd century)
* Saint
Rufus of Metz Rufus of Metz was, according to some sources, bishop of Metz for 29 years. He has been made a Catholic saint with his feast day on November 7.
In the ninth century his relics were transferred to Gau-Odernheim in Rhenish Hesse, Diocese of Mainz.
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, an early Bishop of Metz in France, and Confessor, he was bishop for some twenty-nine years (c. 400)
* Saint
Herculanus of Perugia
Herculanus of Perugia ( it, Ercolano; died 549 AD) was a bishop of Perugia. He was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church and is recognised as patron saint of Perugia. His main feast day is November 7; his second feast is celebrated on March ...
, Martyr-Bishop of Perugia in Italy, beheaded by soldiers of Totila of the Ostrogoths (549) ''(see also:
March 1
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor ...
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* Saint
Congar of Congresbury
Saint Congar (also Cumgar or Cungar; cy, Cyngar; Latin: Concarius) ( – 27 November 520), was a Welsh abbot and supposed bishop in Somerset, then in the British kingdom of Somerset, now in England.
Congar grew up in Pembrokeshire and travelle ...
(''Cumgar, Cyngar''), founder of monasteries in Badgworth,
Congresbury
Congresbury is a village and civil parish on the northwestern slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England, which in 2011 had a population of 3,497. It lies on the A370 between Junction 21 of the M5 and Bristol Airport, south of Bri ...
in Somerset, and in
Llangennith
Llangennith ( cy, Llangenydd/Llangynydd) is a village in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. It is located in the Gower. Moor Lane leads westwards to a caravan park near Rhossili Bay and Burrows Lane leads northwards to a caravan park ...
in Wales (6th century)
* Saint Tremorus of Brittany, infant son of St Triphina, he was the patron saint of
Carhaix
Carhaix-Plouguer (; br, Karaez-Plougêr ), commonly known as just Carhaix (), is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Finistère, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, France.
(6th century)
* Saint Gebetrude (Gertrude), third Abbess of
Remiremont Abbey
Remiremont Abbey was an abbey that was founded as a house of nuns near Remiremont, Vosges, France. It later became a community of secular canonesses.
History
It was founded about 620 by Romaric (580–653), a lord at the court of Chlothar II, wh ...
in France (c. 675)
* Saint Raverranus, Bishop of Séez in France (682)
* Saint Gertrude of Remiremont, granddaughter of St Romaricus, and Abbess after her aunt at the convent of Saint-Mont near
Remiremont
Remiremont (; german: Romberg or ) is a town and commune in the Vosges department, northeastern France, situated in southern Grand Est. The town has been an abbatial centre since the 7th century, is an economic crossroads of the Moselle and Mosel ...
, France (c. 690)
* Saint Florentius of Strasbourg,
Bishop of Strasbourg
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* Saint Amarand, Abbot of
Moissac Abbey
Moissac Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne in south-western France. A number of its medieval buildings survive including the abbey church, which has a famous and important Romanesque sculpture around th ...
Willibrord
Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.
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Bishop of Vannes
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes (Latin: ''Dioecesis Venetensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Vannes'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.
Erected in the 5th century, the Episcopal see is Vannes Cathedral in ...
in Brittany (9th century)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
* ''Venerable Zosimas, founder of the Annunciation Monastery at Lake Vorbozomsk'' (1550)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. 83.
New martyrs and confessors
* New Hieromartyrs (1937):7 ноября по старому стилю / 20 ноября по новому стилю Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.
:* Cyril (Smirnov) Metropolitan of Kazan;
:* Michael Adamantov, Alexander Ilyinsky, Aleksander Kurmysh, Michael Gusev, Aleksander Krylov, Nikolai Romanovsky, Alexei Molchanov, Paul Borisoglebsky, Basil Krasnov, and Paulinus, Priests;
:* John Moshkov and Benjamin Vladimirsky, Deacons;
:* Martyr Nicholas Filippov;
:* Virgin-martyr Elisabeth Sidorova.
* New Hieromartyrs Sergius, Archbishop of Eletsk; Nicholas Troitsky, priest; and Martyr Gregory Yurenev (1937)
* New Hieromartyr
Joseph (Petrovykh)
Metropolitan Joseph (secular name Ivan Semyonovich Petrovykh, russian: Иван Семёнович Петровых; 15 December 1872 – 20 November 1937) was a metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was a leader of the anti-Soviet non ...
Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
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* Icon of the Mother of God "Leaping with Joy" (Vzigranie) (1795) «ВЗЫГРАНИЕ» '' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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Ukaz
In Imperial Russia, a ukase () or ukaz (russian: указ ) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leader (patriarch) that had the force of law. "Edict" and "decree" are adequate translations using the terminology and concepts ...
№ 362 of November 7/20, 1920, Russian Church Abroad'' formed.Vladimir Moss. A HISTORY OF THE FALL OF ROCOR, 2000-2007 '' Vladimir Moss, 2011. p. 3.
* Uncovering of the relics (1995) of hieromartyr Constantine Golubev (1918), presbyter (1995) Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
Icon gallery
File:Teodot Ankirski.jpg, Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra.
File:St. Herculanus.jpg, St
Herculanus of Perugia
Herculanus of Perugia ( it, Ercolano; died 549 AD) was a bishop of Perugia. He was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church and is recognised as patron saint of Perugia. His main feast day is November 7; his second feast is celebrated on March ...
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File:Sculpture of St Congar of Congresbury at the Museum of Somerset 4.JPG, St.
Congar of Congresbury
Saint Congar (also Cumgar or Cungar; cy, Cyngar; Latin: Concarius) ( – 27 November 520), was a Welsh abbot and supposed bishop in Somerset, then in the British kingdom of Somerset, now in England.
Congar grew up in Pembrokeshire and travelle ...
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File:Willibrord e.jpg, St
Willibrord
Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.
Early life
His fathe ...
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Archbishop of Utrecht
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Medieval diocese from 695 to 1580
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Frisia
Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...
.
File:Митрополит Кирилл (Смирнов).jpg, New Hieromartyr Cyril (Smirnov) Metropolitan of Kazan.
File:JosephPetrovikh.jpg, New Hieromartyr
Joseph (Petrovykh)
Metropolitan Joseph (secular name Ivan Semyonovich Petrovykh, russian: Иван Семёнович Петровых; 15 December 1872 – 20 November 1937) was a metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was a leader of the anti-Soviet non ...
, Metropolitan of Petrograd.
File:Гусев Михаил Иванович.jpg, New Hieromartyr Michael Gusev, priest.
File:Kirill Novozersky.jpg, Venerable Cyril of Novoezersk.
File:Священномученик Константин Богородский.jpg, New Hieromartyr Constantine Golubev, Archpriest.
Notes
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Sources
November 7/November 20 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
November 20 / November 7 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
November 7 OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
* 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. 83.
* '' Orthodoxy in China.
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* '' The Roman Martyrology.'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 343–344.
* 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. 528–531.
; Greek Sources
* Great Synaxaristes: 7 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Συναξαριστής. 7 Νοεμβρίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
* 07/11/ '' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
; Russian Sources
* Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
* Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.
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November in the Eastern Orthodox calendar