November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

November 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 20

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For November 19, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 6.

Saints

• Prophet Obadiah (Abdias) (9th century B.C.)[1][2][3][4][5][6][note 2]
• Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia (273)[1][2][4][5][8][9]
• Martyr Azes of Isauria,[10] and with him 150 soldiers[11] (284)[1][2][4][5][12][note 3]
• Holy 12 soldier-martyrs.[13]
• Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304)[1][2][4][5][14][15][note 4]
• Martyr Agapius of Caesarea in Palaestina (306)[1][2][4][16]
• Martyrs Anthimus, Thalalaeus, Christopher, Euphemia and her children.[2][4][17] (see also: November 22)
• Martyr Pancharius.[2][17]
• Venerables Barlaam (monk) and loasaph (prince of India), and St. Abenner the King, father of St. loasaph (4th century)[1][2][5][18][19]
• Venerable Hilarion of Georgia, monk, Wonderworker of Thessalonica (875)[1][2][5][18][20][21]
• Venerable Simon, Wonderworker of Calabria (10th century)[1][2][4][22][note 5]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician, martyred in Vienne in France under Marcus Aurelius (170)[23][note 6]
• Martyr Maximus, in Rome under Valerian (c. 255)[23][note 7]
• Saint Crispin, Bishop of Écija in Andalusia in Spain, beheaded under Maximian Herculeus (4th century)[23][note 8][note 9]
• Saint Anastasius II, Pope of Rome (498)[23] (see also: September 8 )
• Saint Patroclus of Bourges (577)[1][2][18]
• Saint Ermenburgh (Domne Eafe), founder of the convent of Minster-in-Thanet (c. 700)[18][23][25][note 10]
• Saint Egbert, Archbishop of York (766)[1][2][18][25]
• Saint Medana, a holy virgin from Ireland who went to Scotland and lived in Galloway (8th century)[23]
• Saint Tuto (Totto), founder in 764 of the monastery of Ottobeuren in Bavaria in Germany (815)[23]
• Saint James of Sasseau, born in Constantinople, he came to France and was ordained in Clermont, later living as a hermit in Sasseau (c. 865)[23]
• Saint Atto, first Abbot of Tordino near Teramo in Italy (c. 1010)[23]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Barlaam of Kiev, Abbot of the Kiev Caves (1065)[1][2][4][5][26][27]
• Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (1867)[1][2][5][18][28][29]
• Saint Ioannicius, Schema-Archimandrite, of Glinsk Hermitage (1914)[1]
• Saint Porphyriоs of Kapsokalyvia and Kallisa (1991)[1][30] (Old Style date see also: December 2 )

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr John Vishnevsky, Priest (1920)[2][30]
• New Hieromartyr Porphirius (Gulevich), Bishop of Simferopol and Crimea (1937)[1][2][5][18][30][note 11]
• New Hieromartyr Ioasaph (Udalov), Bishop of Chistopol (1937)[1][2][5][30][note 12]

• New Hieromartyrs Sergius Mikhaev, Michael Dmitriev, Alexander Mishutin, John Malinovsky, Constantine Mikhailovsy, Alexander Serebrov, Ignatius Teslin, John Piramidin, Simeon Krivosheev, John Florovky, Jacob Briliantov, Demetrius Kuklin, Jacob Peredery, Priests (1937)[2][5][30]

• New Hieromartyrs Ioasaph Krimzin,[1] Gennady Rebeza,[1] Peter Mamontov,[1] Gerasim Sukhov,[1] Michael Kvanin,[1] Martyr Valentine Kornienko, Peter Antonov, Leonid Salkov, Thimoty Kucherov (1937)[2][5][30]

• Deacon-monk Antonius (Korzh) (1937)[2][18]
• Hieromonk Bartholomeus (Ratnykh) (1937)[2][18]
• Priest Vladimir Pischulin (1937)[2][note 13]
• Archpriest Demetrius Kiranov (1937)[2][18]
• Priest John Bliumovich (1937)[2]
• Archpriest Nicholas Mezentsev (1937)[2][18]
• Priest Timothy Izotov (1937)[2]

• New Hiero-confessor Alexis (Kabaliuk), Schema-Archimandrite, of Khust (Carpatho-Russia) (1947)[1][note 14][note 15] (see also: December 2 )

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1625) of Monk-martyr Adrian of Poshekhon, Abbot of Poshekhonye (1550)[1][2][5][18][28][33]
• "The Joy of All who Sorrow" (1863) Icon of the Mother of God.[2][5][18][30][34]
• Repose of Elder Cleopa (Ilie) of Sihastria, Romania (1998)[1][18]

Icon gallery

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  Prophet Obadiah (Abdias).
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  Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
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  Venerable loasaph.
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  Venerable Barlaam of Kiev, Abbot of the Kiev Caves.
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  Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow.
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  Saint Porphyriоs of Kapsokalyvia and Kallisa.
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  New Hieromartyr Porphirius (Gulevich), Bishop of Simferopol and Crimea.
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  New Hieromartyr Ioasaph (Udalov), Bishop of Chistopol.
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  The Joy of All who Sorrow" (1863) Icon of the Mother of God.
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  Elder Cleopa (Ilie) of Sihastria.

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 Samaria, the holy prophet Abdias."[7]
3. "In Isauria, the martyrdom of Saint Azas and his military companions, to the number of one hundred and fifty, under the emperor Diocletian and the tribune Aquilinus."[7]
4. "At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, St. Barlaam, martyr, who, though unpolished and ignorant, yet armed with the wisdom of Christ, overcame the tyrant, and, by the constancy of his faith, subdued fire itself. On his birthday, St. Basil the Great delivered a celebrated discourse."[7]
5. His memory is not recorded in either the Menaia or in the Synaxarion of Nicodemus. It is preserved only in Parisian Codex 1621 (14th century), in Greek as follows:

   • (in Greek) Οὗτος ἣν ἐκ Καλαβρίας μοναχὸς μονῆς μεγάλης καὶ θαυμαστής, ὄτε ποτὲ ἐστάλησαν εἰς διακονίαν μοναχοί τινες ἐκ τῆς μονῆς παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν συνελήφθησαν ὑπὸ πειρατῶν Τούρκων καὶ ὡδηγήθησαν εἰς τὴν Ἀφρικήν. Πρὸς ἐξαγορὰν τῶν αἰχμαλώτων ἀδελφῶν ἐλθῶν οὗτος καὶ εὕρων αὐτοὺς διηρώτα ἐν συγκινήσει τὰ κατ’ αὐτούς, ὄτε πλησιάσας Ἀγαρηνὸς ἐξέτεινε τὴν χείρα αὐτοῦ νὰ ραπίση τὸν Ὅσιον, ἀλλ’ ἐξηράνθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ. Τὸ αὐτὸ ἐπανελήφθη καὶ εἰς τὸν δεύτερον ἐλθόντα, ὄτε οἱ ἄλλοι οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἀπήγαγαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν ἄρχοντα τοῦ τόπου καὶ διηγήθησαν τὰ διατρέξαντα, ἐκ τούτων ὁ ἄρχων κατεπλάγη καὶ παρεκάλεσε τὸν Ὅσιον δι’ εὐχῆς ν’ ἀποκαταστήσει τὰς ἐξηραμένας τῶν στρατιωτῶν χείρας, καὶ τούτου γενομένου, διέταξε νὰ μεταφέρωσιν ἐν τιμῇ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους μοναχοὺς εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν. Κατὰ δὲ τὸ ταξίδιον, ἀπολιπόντος τοῦ ὕδατος διὰ προσευχῆς τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης ὕδωρ μετέβαλεν εἰς γλυκύτητα ὅπερ ἐκίνησεν εἰς θαυμασμὸν τοὺς ἀπίστους ἐγένετο αὐτουργὸς καὶ ἄλλων θαυμάτων καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐν εἰρήνῃ (Ἁγιολόγιο Σ. Εὐστρατιάδη, σελ. 425).[22]

6. "At Vienne, the holy martyrs Severinus, Exuperius and Felician. Their bodies, after the lapse of many years, were found through their own revelation, and being taken up with due honors by the bishop, clergy and people of that city, were buried with becoming solemnity."[7]
7. "At Rome, on the Appian road, the birthday of St. Maximus, priest and martyr, who suffered in the persecution of Valerian, and was buried near St. Xystus."[7]
8. "At Ecijo, the blessed bishop Crispinus, who obtained the glory of martyrdom by decapitation."[7]
9. "(4th cent.) A Bishop of Ecija (Astiage) in Andalusia (Spain), beheaded as a Christian under the persecuting Emperor Maximian Herculeus at the beginning of the fourth century. St. Crispin is honoured with a special office in the old Spanish or Mozarabic Breviary and Missal."[24]
10. Also known as Domna Ebba (Lady Ebba, shortened to Domneva. She was a Kentish princess married to the King of Mercia, and the mother of Sts Mildred, Milburgh and Mildgytha. She founded the convent of Minster-in-Thanet in about 670.
11. See: (in Russian) Порфирий (Гулевич). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
12. See: (in Russian) Иоасаф (Удалов). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
13. See: (in Russian) Владимир (Пищулин). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
14. "His canonization took place at the Monastery of St Nicholas in Iza (near Khust, Ukraine) on 21 October 2001, under His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and all the Ukraine with many bishops and some twenty thousand faithful. His title is 'Apostle of Carpatho-Russia' ."[31] He is commemorated on: 8/21 October, and 19 November/2 December.[32]
15. See also: (in Russian) Алексий (Кабалюк) (Russian Wikipedia).

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