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…
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…
Orthodox Calendar, November 19 Holy Prophet Obadiah (Abdia) He was the fourth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, and he lived during the ninth century B.C. He was from the village of Betharam, near Sichem, and…
Orthodox Calendar, November 18 Saint Nectarius the Protopsaltis He was born on the blessed soil of Romania, in the city of Huși, in 1804, receiving at Holy Baptism the name Nicolae. His parents, Vasile and…
Orthodox Calendar, November 17 Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea He was born in the city of Neocaesarea (northern Asia Minor) into a pagan family. Having received a fine education, from his youth he…
Orthodox Calendar, November 16 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew Also named Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27), he was one of the 12 Apostles (Mark 3:18; Luke 6:45; Acts 1:13), and brother of Apostle James Alphaeus…
Orthodox Calendar, November 15 Venerable Paisius (Velichkovsky) of Moldavia and Mt. Athos Saint Paisius Velichkovsky was born in Poltava in Little Russia on December 21, 1722, and was the eleventh of twelve children. His father…
Orthodox Calendar, November 14 Holy Apostle Philip He was a native of the city of Bethsaida in Galilee. He had a profound depth of knowledge of the Holy Scripture, and rightly discerning the meaning of…
Orthodox Calendar November 13 †) St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, and his mother, St. Anthusa Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Hierarchs [January 30], was born at Antioch in about…
Orthodox Calendar, November 12 Martyrs and Confessors of Nasaud: The Holy Martyr Athanasius Todoran He was born in Bichigiu village, Sălăuţa valley, Năsăud region of Transylvania, to a family of Orthodox Christians. Few things…