Orthodox saints

(†) 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

Prophet Obadiah (Abdia); Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia

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 he served as steward of the impious Israelite King Ahab. In those days the whole of Israel had turned away…

Nov 19, 2025basilica.ro

Saint Nectarius the Protopsaltis; Martyrs Platon of Ancyra, Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea, and Zacchaeus the Deacon of Caesarea in Palestine

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 Joița Crețu, had eight children: two sons, who embraced the monastic life at Neamț Monastery, and six daughters, three of…

Nov 18, 2025basilica.ro

St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Neocaesarea, and Gennadius, patriarch of Constantinople; St. Lazarus the iconographer

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 strived for Truth, but the thinkers of antiquity were not able to quench his thirst for knowledge. Truth was revealed…

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Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew; 25th Sunday after Pentecost

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 (Mark 2:14). He was a publican, or tax-collector for Rome, in a time when the Jews were under the rule…

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†) St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) of Moldavia and Mt. Athos; Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas and Abibus

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 John was a priest, who named him Peter at his Baptism, in honor of Saint Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow,…

Nov 15, 2025basilica.ro

Holy and All-Praised Apostle Philip; St. Gregory Palamas, archbishop of Thessalonica; Holy Palamas family (Beginning of Nativity Fast)

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 the Old Testament prophecies, he awaited the coming of the Messiah. Through the call of the Savior (John 1:43), Philip…

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†) St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, and his mother, St. Anthusa (Nativity of the Lord’s Fast begins tomorrow)

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 the year 347 into the family of a military commander. His father, Secundus, died soon after the birth of his…

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+) Martyrs and Confessors of Nasaud: Athanasius, Basil, Gregory and Basil; St. John the Merciful, patriarch of Alexandria; St. Nilus the Faster of Sinai

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 are known about his childhood; it is only known that he was an outstanding person in his community, an educated…

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† Martyrs Menas of Egypt and Vincent of Spain; Martyrs Victor at Damascus and Stephanida of Spain; Saint Theodore the Confessor, Abbot of the Studion

Orthodox Calendar November 11 Holy Great Martyr Menas of Egypt An Egyptian by birth, was a military officer and served in the Kotyaeion region of Phrygia under the centurion Firmilian during the reign of the emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311). When the emperors began the fiercest persecution against Christians in history, the saint refused…

Nov 11, 2025basilica.ro