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).…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…