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
  • 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.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors
  • 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

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).

References
  1. November 7/November 20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι 33 Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Μελιτινῇ. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. 33 Holy Martyrs of Melitene. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 343-344.
  6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ματρωνιανὸς καὶ Ἀντώνιος. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. (in Greek) 07/11/2021. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
  8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Αὖκτος, Ταυρίων καὶ Θεσσαλονίκη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  10. Martyrs Auctus, Taurion, and Thessalonica, at Amphipolis, in Macedonia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  11. November 20 / November 7. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  12. Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Θεσσαλονίκη. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  14. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μελάσιππος, Κασσίνη καὶ Ἀντώνιος. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  15. Martyrs Melasippus, Karina, their son, Antoninus, and forty children converted by their martyrdom, at Ancyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀμβρόσιος. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθηνόδωρος. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Λάζαρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ Γαλλησιώτης. 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  19. Venerable Lazarus, Wonderworker of Mount Galesius Near Ephesus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  20. November 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  21. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 528-531.
  22. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Willibrord (Ὀλλανδία). 7 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  23. Venerable Zosimas, Abbot of Vorbozomsk. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  24. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 83.
  25. (in Russian) 7 ноября по старому стилю / 20 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2021 год.
  26. (in Russian) ЕЛИСАВЕТА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  27. (in Russian) ГЕОРГИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  28. Finding of the relics of Venerable Cyril, Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  29. “Joyful” Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  30. (in Russian) «ВЗЫГРАНИЕ». Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  31. Vladimir Moss. A HISTORY OF THE FALL OF ROCOR, 2000-2007. Vladimir Moss, 2011. p. 3.
  32. (in Russian) 20 ноября (7 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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