November 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

November 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 11

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For November 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 28.

Saints

• Apostles of the Seventy Disciples:^[1][2][3][4]

• Erastus of Paneas, Olympas, Herodion of Patras, Sosipater of Iconium, Quartus and Tertius of Iconium (Terence) (1st century)

• Hieromartyr Demetrianos of Antioch, Bishop of Antioch, martyred in Persia (256)^{[5][note 2]}
• Martyr Orestes of Cappadocia (304)^{[1][3][7][8][note 3]}
• Martyr Orion, by being buried alive.^[3][9]
• Martyr Kalliopios, by the sword.^[3][10]
• Martyr Niro, by the sword.^[3][11]
• Hieromartyr Milos (Miles) the Wonderworker, Bishop in Persia, and his disciples, Martyrs Euores the Presbyter and Seboes the Deacon (c. 341) martyrs of Persia under Shapur II^{[1][3][12][13]} (see also: October 20)
• Saint Martin of Terracina, Bishop of Terracina (c. 4th century).^{[3][14][note 4]}
• Venerable Nonnus, Bishop of Heliopolis, and the catechist of Saint Pelagia (471)^[1][3][15]
• Ten Martyrs of Gaza, at Jerusalem (638):^[1]

• Callinius, Imerius, Diasimus, Theodore, Stephen, Peter, Paul, Theodore, John, and John.

• Venerable Theocteristus, Abbot, of Symbola Monastery on Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (8th century).^{[1][3][16][note 5]} (see also: February 17)
• Great Martyr Constantine-Kakhi, grand prince of Kartli, Georgia (852)^[1][17][18]
• Matushka Olga (Arrsamquq) Nicolai of Kwethluk (Kuiggluk), Alaska (1979)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Probus I, the sixth Bishop of Ravenna (c. 175)^{[19][note 6]}
• Saints Tiberius, Modestus and Florentia, martyrs under Diocletian at Agde in the south of France (303)^{[19][note 7]}
• Saint Leo the Great, Pope of Rome, Confessor (461)^{[6][19][note 8]} (see also: February 18 - East)
• Saint Monitor, twelfth Bishop of Orleans in France, Confessor (c. 490)^[6][19]
• Saint Áed mac Bricc, a disciple of St Illadan at Rathlihen in Offaly in Ireland, Bishop (589)^{[19][note 9]}
• Saint Elaeth the King, a Briton driven into Wales by the Picts, he became a monk with St Seiriol in Anglesey in Wales (6th century)^{[19][note 10]}
• Saint Justus of Canterbury, the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor (627–631)^{[1][19][20][21][note 11][note 12]}
• Saint Adelin of Séez (Adelheim), a monk and Abbot of Saint-Calais, then Bishop of Séez in France (c. 910)^[19]
• Saint Guerembaldus, a monk at Hirschau in Germany, who out of humility refused to become Bishop of Spire (965)^[19]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Arsenios the Cappadocian (1924)^{[3][22][note 13]} (see also: October 28 - Old Calendar)

New martyrs and confessors

• Hieromartyr Boris Semenov, Deacon,^[23] Martyr Nicholas Smirnov, and Virgin-martyr Anna Ostroglazova^[24] (1930's)^[1][17][25]
• New Hieromartyr Niphon (Vyblov), hieromonk, of Berezovy Khutor, Saratov (1931)^[17][25][26]
• Martyr Alexander Medem (1931)^[17][25][27]
• New Hieromartyr Procopius (Titov), Archbishop of Kherson (1937)^{[1][17][25][26][note 14]}
• New Hieromartyrs Dionisius Shchegolev, John Skadovsky,^{[note 15]} and Peter Pavlushkov, Priests (1937)^[17][25][26]
• New Hieromartyrs Augustine (Belyaev), Archbishop of Kaluga,^{[note 16]} and with him (1937):^{[1][17][25][26][28]}

• John Speransky, Archpriest, of Kaluga;^[29]
• Ioannicius (Dmitriev), Archimandrite, of the St. George Monastery, Meshchevsk;^{[30][note 17]}
• Seraphim (Gushchin), Hieromonk of Optina Monastery;
• New Martyrs Alexei Gorbachev,^[31] Apollonius Babichev,^{[32][note 18]} and Michael Arefeyev.

• New Martyr Olga Maslennikova (1941)^{[1][17][25][26]}
• New Martyr Theoctista Chentsova (1942)^{[1][17][25][26]}

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the beginning of the torture of Great-martyr George (303)^[1][17][33]
• Translation of the relics (1935) of St. Gregory, Bishop of Assos near Ephesus (1150), to Lesvos.^{[1][17][note 19]} (On the Sunday between November 11–17 each year.)
• Glorification of St. Matthew, monk, of Yaransk, Wonderworker (1997)^{[1][note 20]}

Icon gallery

• 
  Apostles of the Seventy: Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius.
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  Martyr Orestes of Cappadocia, the Physician.
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  Hieromartyr Milos the Wonderworker, Bishop in Persia, and his disciples, Euores the Presbyter and Seboes the Deacon.
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  Great Martyr Constantine-Kakhi, Prince of Kartli, Georgia.
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  Saint Leo the Great, Pope of Rome.
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  Venerable Arsenius of Cappadocia.
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  New Hieromartyr Procopius (Titov), Archbishop of Kherson.
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  New Hieromartyr Augustine (Belyaev), Archbishop of Kaluga.
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  Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk, the Wonderworker.

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 Antioch, the Saints Demetrius, bishop, Anian, deacon, Eustosius, and twenty other martyrs.".^[6]
3. Name days celebrated today include:

   • Orestes (Ὀρέστης).
4. He was a renowned Illyrian from Savaria in Pannonia, pious and virtuous. For defending Orthodoxy, the Arians publicly abused him and exiled him from the city. Therefore he fled to Milan, in Italy, but he suffered there as well, by the Arian bishop of that city, named Auxentius. He was then forced to retire to the island og Galerian in the Tyrrhenian Sea, which was entirely deserted. He sustained himself by eating the vegetation there. Later, he became the Bishop of Terracina, and excelled in his ecclesiastical duties. He nourished the poor, defended the aggrieved, and righteously pastored the flock entrusted to him. He reposed peacefully.
5. He lived in the iconoclastic period and was a defender of the holy icons.
6. "At Ravenna, St. Probus, a bishop, renowned for miracles."^[6] His relics are venerated in the Cathedral in Ravenna.
7. "In the diocese of Agde, the holy martyrs Tiberius, Modestus, and Florentia, who, after being subjected to various torments, consummated their martyrdom in the time of Diocletian."^[6]
8. Probably born in Tuscany in Italy, he became Bishop of Rome in 440. He fought against many heresies. His celebrated Tomos defined the Orthodox belief in the Two Natures and One Person of Christ. It was acclaimed as the teaching of the Orthodox Church at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The most famous event of his life was his meeting with Attila outside the gates of Rome which resulted in the salvation of the city in 452.
9. He founded churches at Rathugh and other places in his native Meath, where he was bishop.
10. Some of his poems still exist.
11. Born in Italy, he was sent by St Gregory the Great to England in 601. In 604 he became first Bishop of Rochester and in 624 succeeded St Mellitus as the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury.
12. "In England, St. Justus, bishop, who was sent by pope Gregory with Augustine, Mellitus, and others to preach the Gospel in that country. There he went to his repose in the Lord, celebrated for sanctity."^[6]
13. Name days celebrated today include:

    • Arsenios, Arsenio (Ἀρσένιος);
    • Arsenia (Ἀρσενία).
14. See: (in Russian) Прокопий (Титов). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
15. See: (in Russian) Скадовский, Иван Георгиевич. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
16. See: (in Russian) Августин (Беляев). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
17. See: (in Russian) Иоанникий (Дмитриев). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
18. See: (in Russian) Бабичев, Аполлон Ксенофонтович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
19. His feast day is on March 4. The Translation of his Relics to Lesvos took place on November 16, 1935. Based on the proposal of the Metropolitan of Mytilene, the Ecumenical Patriarchate appointed the feast day for the 'Translation of the relics of Saint Gregory, Bishop of Assos (1150), to be celebrated each year on the 1st Sunday after November 10.
20. His feast day is on May 16.