November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Nov. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Joannicius the Great of Bithynia...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 16 by Old CalendaristsOld 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...
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Saints
- Martyrs Acepsimas of HnaitaAcepsimas of HnaitaAcepsimas of Hnaita was a bishop, martyr and saint.He was the bishop of Hnaita, residing at Paka in western Persia. He and several companions, including the priest Joseph of Bet-Katoba, who was then 70 years old, and the deacon Aitillaha of Bet-Nuhadra, who was then 60 six years, when they were...
, the bishop (376), Joseph the presbyter (377), and Aeithalas the deacon (377), of Persia - Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and CompanionsAgapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and CompanionsAgapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus , Tobias , Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions are venerated as Christian martyrs.They were soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste during the reign of Emperor Licinius....
, at Sebaste (320) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Acindynus, Pegasius, and Anempodistus contested around the year 330 CECommon EraCommon Era ,abbreviated as CE, is an alternative designation for the calendar era originally introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century, traditionally identified with Anno Domini .Dates before the year 1 CE are indicated by the usage of BCE, short for Before the Common Era Common Era...
. PersianIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
Christians who confessed their faith before Shapur IIShapur IIShapur II the Great was the ninth King of the Persian Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379 and son of Hormizd II. During his long reign, the Sassanid Empire saw its first golden era since the reign of Shapur I...
, the king. Their confession inspired the conversion of 7000 Persians before they were burned to death. Two churches in ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
are named in their honor.