November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

November 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 8

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 20 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For November 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 25.

Saints

• Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene (290):[1][2][3][4][note 2]

• 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)[6][7]
• Saint Gregory, brother of St. Gregory the Wonderworker (3rd century)[1][7][8]
• Martyrs Auctus, Taurion, and Thessaloniki, at Amphipolis in Macedonia.[1][3][5][9][10]
• Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303)[1][11][12] (see also: May 18)
• Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (c. 305)[1][3][13]
• Martyrs Melasippus, Cassina, their son Antoninus, and 40 children converted by their martyrdom, at Ancyra (363)[1][3][5][14][15]
• Venerable Ambrosios.[3][7][16]
• Saint Athenodorus.[3][7][17]
• Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker, of Mt. Galesion, near Ephesus (1054)[1][3][11][18][19] (see also: July 17, July 18)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Prosdocimus, first Bishop of Padua in Italy (c. 100)[20][note 3]
• Saint Amaranthus, a martyr venerated in Albi in the south of France (3rd century)[20][note 4]
• Saint Rufus of Metz, an early Bishop of Metz in France, and Confessor, he was bishop for some twenty-nine years (c. 400)[5][20]
• Saint Herculanus of Perugia, Martyr-Bishop of Perugia in Italy, beheaded by soldiers of Totila of the Ostrogoths (549)[5][20]
• Saint Congar of Congresbury (Cumgar, Cyngar), founder of monasteries in Badgworth, Congresbury in Somerset, and in Llangennith in Wales (6th century)[20][note 5][note 6]
• Saint Tremorus of Brittany, infant son of St Triphina, he was the patron saint of Carhaix (6th century)[20]
• Saint Gebetrude (Gertrude), third Abbess of Remiremont Abbey in France (c. 675)[20]
• Saint Raverranus, Bishop of Séez in France (682)[20]
• Saint Gertrude of Remiremont, granddaughter of St Romaricus, and Abbess after her aunt at the convent of Saint-Mont near Remiremont, France (c. 690)[20]
• Saint Florentius of Strasbourg, Bishop of Strasbourg (c. 693)[5][20][note 7]
• Saint Amarand, Abbot of Moissac Abbey in France, became Bishop of Albi (c. 700)[20]
• Saint Willibrord (Clement), Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia (739)[1][7][11][20][21][22][note 8][note 9]
• Saint Blinlivet (Blevileguetus), the twenty-fifth Bishop of Vannes in Brittany (9th century)[20]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Zosimas, founder of the Annunciation Monastery at Lake Vorbozomsk (1550)[1][11][23][24][note 10]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs (1937):[11][25]

• Cyril (Smirnov) Metropolitan of Kazan;[1][24][note 11]
• Michael Adamantov, Alexander Ilyinsky, Aleksander Kurmysh, Michael Gusev,[1][note 12] 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.[26]

• New Hieromartyrs Sergius, Archbishop of Eletsk; Nicholas Troitsky, priest; and Martyr Gregory Yurenev (1937)[11][25][27]
• New Hieromartyr Joseph (Petrovykh), Metropolitan of Petrograd (1937)[1][11]

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1649) of St. Cyril (1532), founder of Novoezersk Monastery, Novgorod.[1][7][11][24][25][28][note 13]
• Icon of the Mother of God "Leaping with Joy" (Vzigranie) (1795)[11][24][25][29][30]
• Ukaz № 362 of November 7/20, 1920, Russian Church Abroad formed.[31][note 14]
• Uncovering of the relics (1995) of hieromartyr Constantine Golubev (1918), presbyter (1995)[25][32][note 15]

Icon gallery

• 
  Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra.
• 
  St Herculanus of Perugia.
• 
  St. Congar of Congresbury at the Museum of Somerset.
• 
  St Willibrord (Clement), Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Cyril (Smirnov) Metropolitan of Kazan.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Joseph (Petrovykh), Metropolitan of Petrograd.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Michael Gusev, priest.
• 
  Venerable Cyril of Novoezersk.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Constantine Golubev, Archpriest.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. "At Melitine, in Armenia, the martyrdom of the Saints Hieron, Meander, Hesychius, and thirty others, who were crowned in the persecution of Diocletian, under the governor Lysias."[5]
3. "AT Padua, the demise of St. Prosdocimus, first bishop of that city, who was ordained bishop by the blessed apostle Peter, and sent thither to preach the word of God, where, celebrated for many virtues and prodigies, he happily ended his life."[5]
4. "The same day, St. Amaranthus, martyr, who was buried in the city of Albi, after the termination of combats faithfully sustained, but lives in eternal glory."[5]
5. He was buried in Congresbury which was named after him.
6. "ST. CUNGAR, also called DOCUNUS, was a holy, religious man, who obtained a gift of land at Cungresbury, in Somerset, from King Ina, about the year 711. There he founded a house for twelve Regular Canons, which he dedicated in honour of the Holy Trinity. Afterwards, St. Cungar retired to Glamorganshire, and founded an abbey near the sea-coast, known by his name of St. Docunus, and thence passed to his everlasting rest."[21]
7. Born in Ireland, he left his country for Alsace, now in France, and settled near Haselac, where he built a monastery. About the year 678 he became Bishop of Strasbourg, where he founded another monastery dedicated to St Thomas.
8. Born in Northumbria, he went to Ireland. From there he went to Friesland (c 690) accompanied by eleven other monks from England. Six years later he was consecrated bishop with the name of Clement and he founded his Cathedral in Utrecht. His work with the Frisians bore much fruit, as also in Heligoland and Denmark. He founded the monastery of Echternach in Luxembourg in 698 where his relics remain.
9. "In Friesland, the decease of St. Willibrord, bishop of Utrecht, who was consecrated bishop by the blessed Pope Sergius, and preached the Gospel in Friesland and Denmark."[5]
10. See: (in Russian) Зосима Ворбозомский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
11. See: (in Russian) Кирилл (Смирнов). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
12. See also: (in Russian) Гусев, Михаил Иванович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
13. See: (in Russian) Кирилл Новоезерский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
14. Patriarch Tikhon and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church issued an encyclical ordering that the millions of Russian diaspora that had fled the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution organize a church authority outside of Soviet control, temporarily until the fall of communism in Russia.[31] The Act of Canonical Communion of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia with the Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate reunited the two branches of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the accord being signed on 17 May 2007, which was the Feast of the Ascension of Christ that year.
15. See: (in Russian) Голубев, Константин Алексеевич. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

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