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Oct. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 1-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:...
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Synaxarium
Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...
below celebrated on Nov. 14 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
Saints
- Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of MesopotamiaMesopotamiaMesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...
and their mother Venerable Theodota of Mesopotamia (c.287) - Saint Benignus of DijonBenignus of DijonSaint Benignus of Dijon was a martyr honored as the patron saint and first herald of Christianity of Dijon, Burgundy . His feast falls, with All Saints, on November 1; his name stands under this date in the Martyrology of St. Jerome. No particulars concerning the person and life of Benignus were...
(2nd/3rd c.) - Martyr Mary the Slave Girl (c.117-138)
- Saint AustromoineAustromoineStremonius or Saint Austremonius or Saint Stramonius or Austromoine, the "apostle of Auvergne," was the first bishop of Clermont.-Legend:...
(Austremonius, Stremoine), first Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, the "apostle of Auvergne" (c.250) - Martyrs Caesarius of AfricaCaesarius of AfricaSaint Caesarius of Africa was a martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. The church of San Cesareo in Palatio in Rome bears his name.-Life:Caesarius was a deacon of Africa, martyred at Terracina in Italy. Caesarius denounced the pagan custom of having one youth per year immolate himself to the demons...
, a Deacon of Africa, together with with Julian, a local presbyter, martyred at TerracinaTerracinaTerracina is a town and comune of the province of Latina - , Italy, 76 km SE of Rome by rail .-Ancient times:...
in Italy (c.284-305) - Saint MaturinusMaturinusSaint Maturinus, or Mathurin was a French exorcist and missionary venerated as a saint.The first source to mention Maturinus is the Martyrology of Usuard, written in 875. In the next century, a biography of Maturinus was composed. According to his legend, Maturinus was born in Larchant. His...
(Mathurin), confessor, French exorcistExorcistIn some religions an exorcist is a person who is believed to be able to cast out the devil or other demons. A priest, a nun, a monk, a healer, a shaman or other specially prepared or instructed person can be an exorcist...
and missionary (c.300) - Martyrs Cyrenia and Juliana in CiliciaCiliciaIn antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
(305) - Hieromartyr John the Bishop and James the Presbyter of Persia (345)
- Saint Marcellus, 9th Bishop of Paris (c.430)
- Saint Amabilis of RiomAmabilis of RiomSaint Amabilis of Riom was a French saint. Sidonius Apollinaris brought Amabilis to serve at Clermont.He served as a cantor in the church of Saint Mary at Clermont and as a precentor at the cathedral of Clermont and then as a parish priest in Riom...
(475) - Saint Cledwyn (Clydwyn), patron saint of LlangedwynLlangedwynLlangedwyn is a village in Powys, Wales at .It lies in the Tanat Valley near to the Wales/England border. It is approximately five miles from the small town of Llanfyllin and ten miles from the Shropshire market town of Oswestry. The Berwyn mountain range is nearby, as is Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall...
in Clwyd in Wales (5th c.) - Saint Pabiali of Wales, patron-saint of Partypallai in Wales (5th/6th c.)
- Saint Dingad of LlandingatDingad of LlandingatDingad was a late 5th century Welsh saint and early Christian church founder.He is recorded in all the early 'Brychan documents' as a son of King Brychan, King of the Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog in south-east Wales....
(5th c.) - Saint VigorSaint VigorSaint Vigor was a French bishop and Christian missionary. Born in Artois, he studied at Arras under Saint Vedast. Against the opposition of his father, he became a priest, running away from home to become one. He became a preaching hermit at Ravière and worked as a missionary...
, disciple of St VedastVedastSaint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast or Saint Waast and Saint Gaston in French, Saint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast (in Flemish, Norman, and Picard) or Saint Waast (also in Picard and Walloon) and Saint Gaston in French, Saint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint...
, became Bishop of Bayeux, resolutely opposed paganism (c.537) - Martyr Hermeningilda the GothGothsThe Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....
of Spain, prince (586) - Saint GwythianGwithianbeach2Gwithian is a coastal village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated three miles northeast of Hayle and four miles east of St Ives, Cornwall across St Ives Bay....
(Gothian, Gocianus) of Cornwall (6th c.) - Saint CadfanSaint CadfanSaint Cadfan, ; , Abbot of Tywyn and Bardsey was a Breton Saint who lived in 6th century Wales. A Breton nobleman, he was the son of Eneas Ledewig , and Gwen Teirbron, a daughter of Budic II, a King of Brittany.- Associations & Legacy :...
, Abbot of Tywyn and Bardsey (6th c.) - Saint Caillin, a disciple of St Aidan of Ferns in Ireland (6th c.)
- Saint CeithoSaint CeithoCeitho was an abbot and a saint living in West Wales in the 6th Century. According to legend he was one of the five sons born to Cynyr Barbtruc of Cynwyl Gaeo, and a descendent of the ancient Welsh king Cunedda Wledig. Along with his brothers Gwynno, Gwynoro, Celynin, and Gwyn, he became a saint...
, one of five brothers, all saints in Wales (6th c.) - Saint Licinius of AngersLicinius of AngersLicinius of Angers was a Frankish nobleman and bishop of Angers.He is a Catholic saint, feast day February 13....
(Lesin, Lezin), chosen Bishop of AngersRoman Catholic Diocese of AngersThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. The episcopal see is located in Angers Cathedral, in the city of Angers. The diocese extends over the entire department of Maine-et-Loire....
in 586 and consecrated by St Gregory of ToursGregory of ToursSaint Gregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather...
(c.616) - Saint Caesarius, Bishop of ClermontRoman Catholic Archdiocese of ClermontThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont, is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. The diocese comprises the department of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Region of Auvergne. Its see is Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral. For long a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges, it...
in France (c.627) - Saint Floribert (Florbert), Abbot of monasteries in Ghent, Mont-Blandin and Saint-Bavon in Belgium (c. 660)
- Saint Genesius of LyonGenesius of Lyon-Life:He was a native of France, not of Arabia or Armenia as is sometimes stated and became a religious and abbot , attached to the court and camp of Clovis II. There he acted as chief almoner to the queen, Bathildis....
(c.679) - Saint Severinus, a monk who lived as a hermit in Tivoli in Italy (c.699)
- Martyrs Caesarius, Dacius, Sabbas, Sabinian, Agrippa, Adrian, and Thomas at DamascusDamascusDamascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
(7th c.) - Saint Theolepte, martyr.
- Martyrs Cyprian and Juliana
- Saint Germanus of Montfort, born in Montfort in France, became a monk at the monastery of Savigny, reposed as a hermit (c.906-1000)
- Venerable James of Mount Athos and his two disciples James the Deacon and Dionysius the Monk (1520)
- Saint David of Euboia (1589)
- New Virgin-Martyr Helen of Sinope (18th c.)
- Saint Cosmas of Verkhoturye (1704)
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Theodore, priests (1918)
- New Hieromartyr Sergius (Zverev), Archbishop of Elets and Melitopol (1937)
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Demetrius, priests, and Virgin-martyr Elizabeth (1937)
- Martyr Peter (1941)
Other Commemorations
- Translation of the relics of BonifaceSaint BonifaceSaint Boniface , the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex, probably at Crediton , was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. He is the patron saint of Germany and the first archbishop of Mainz...
, enlightener of Germany (755) - Repose of Elder Hilarion of Valaam and Sarov (1841)
Sources
- November 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- November 14 / November 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- November 1. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- November 1. An English Orthodox Calendar.
- November 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- November 1. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- Great SynaxaristesSynaxariumSynaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...
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