daily saints

†) Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Protector of Romania; Holy Hierarch Andrei Saguna, metropolitan of Transylvania; St. Frumentius the Archbishop of Abyssinia, Ethiopia (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar November 30 †) Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Protector of Romania He was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ (John 1:35-42). The future apostle was from Bethsaida, and from his youth he turned with all his soul to…

Nov 30, 2025basilica.ro

Martyr Paramon in Bithynia; Martyr Philoumenus of Ancyra

Orthodox Calendar November 29 Martyr Paramon in Bithynia Holy Martyr Paramon and the 370 Martyrs with him suffered for their faith in Christ in the year 250 during the rule of the emperor Decius (249-251). The governor of the Eastern regions, Aquianus, had locked up 370 Christians in prison, urging them to abjure Christ and…

Nov 29, 2025basilica.ro

Confessor Saint Arsenius of Prislop; Martyr Stephen the New of Mt St Auxentius; Martyr Hirenarchus at Sebaste

Orthodox Calendar November 28 Confessor Saint Arsenius of Prislop Venerable Father Arsenius was born on September 29, 1910, in the village of Vața de Sus in Hunedoara County, receiving at baptism the name Zian-Vălean. In the home of his parents, Iosif-Petru and Creștina Boca, simple and hardworking people, he grew up in the fear of…

Nov 28, 2025basilica.ro

Greatmartyr James the Persian; Saints Nathaniel of Nitria and Pinuphrius of Egypt

Orthodox Calendar, November 27 Greatmartyr James the Persian The Holy Great Martyr James the Persian (the Sawn-Asunder) was born in the fourth century into a pious Christian family, both wealthy and illustrious. His wife was also a Christian, and the couple raised their children in piety, inspiring in them a love for prayer and the…

Nov 27, 2025basilica.ro

St. Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis; St. Nikon; St. Stylianus of Paphlagonia

Orthodox Calendar, November 26 Saint Alypius the Stylite He was born in the city of Adrianopolis in Paphlagonia. His mother, a Christian, was widowed early, and she sent her son to be educated by Bishop Theodore. She distributed her substance to the poor, then began to live an ascetic life near the church as a…

Nov 26, 2025basilica.ro

Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple; † Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria; Great Martyr Mercurius of Caesarea, in Cappadocia (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, November 25 Holy Great Martyr Catherine She was the daughter of Constus, the governor of Alexandrian Egypt during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305-313). Living in the capital, the center of Hellenistic knowledge, and possessed of a rare beauty and intellect, Catherine received an excellent education, studying the works of the greatest…

Nov 25, 2025basilica.ro

Hieromartyr Clement, pope of Rome; Hieromartyr Peter, archbishop of Alexandria

Orthodox Calendar, November 24 Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome He was born at Rome into a rich and illustrious family. Separated from his parents from childhood by force of circumstances, Clement was raised by strangers. Living in Rome, the youth received a fine education, he was surrounded by luxury, and had access to the imperial…

Nov 24, 2025basilica.ro

† St. Anthony of Iezeru-Vilcea; St. Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium; St. Gregory, bishop of Agrigentum; 26th Sunday after Pentecost (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, November 23 Saint Anthony the Hesychast He was born in the sub-Carpathian Mountains of Vilcea county in Romania, and he loved Christ from his early childhood. He knew many ascetics who lived as hesychasts, and they had a profound effect upon his life. He received the monastic tonsure at the Iezerul Skete, where…

Nov 23, 2025basilica.ro

Apostle Philemon and Archippus, St. Onesimus disciple of St. Paul, and Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon; Martyr Cecilia at Rome (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, November 22 Apostle Philemon and Archippus, St. Onesimus, disciple of St. Paul and Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon and his wife Apphia lived in the city of Colossa in Phrygia. After they were baptized by the holy Apostle Paul, they converted their house into a house…

Nov 22, 2025basilica.ro

(†) The Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, November 21 The Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple According to Holy Tradition, the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple took place in the following manner. The parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that…

Nov 21, 2025basilica.ro

Forefeast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos; †) St. Gregory Decapolites; † Martyr Dasius of Dorostolum; St. Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople

Orthodox Calendar, November 20 The three Old Testament readings at Great Vespers refer to the Temple. The first lesson (Exodus 40:1-5, 9-10, 16, 34-35) refers to the arrangement of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation (a portable sanctuary which was carried by the Israelites in their wanderings). The second lesson (III Kings/I Kings…

Nov 20, 2025basilica.ro