November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

November 21 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 23

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 5 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For November 22, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 9.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple.^[1][2][3]

Saints

• Apostles of the 70 Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia (wife of Philemon and Equal to the Apostles), and St. Onesimus, disciple of Saint Paul (c. 109)^{[1][2][4][5][6][note 2][note 3]}
• Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus^{[8][note 4]} at Rome (c. 230 or 288)^{[1][2][5][9][10][note 5][note 6]}
• Martyr Menignus at Parium, the Tanner, by beheading (250)^{[1][2][5][12][13]}
• Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark at Antioch in Pisidia, by beheading (290)^{[1][2][5][14][note 7]}
• Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea in Palestine, by the sword (303)^{[1][2][5][15][note 8]}
• Martyr Agapion of Greece (Agapionos the Roman) (304)^{[1][2][5][17][note 9]}
• Martyr Agapios of Cappadocia, by the sword.^{[5][18][note 10]}
• Martyr Thaddeus.^{[5][19][20][note 11]}
• Martyrs Christopher and Euphemia, by the sword.^{[5][21][note 12]}
• Martyrs Thalalaeus^{[dubious – discuss]} and Anthimus, by the sword.^{[5][22][note 13]} (see also: November 19)
• Hieromartyr Sisinius, by the sword.^[5][23] (see also: November 23)
• Venerable Agabbas (Abbas) of Syria (5th century)^{[1][2][5][24][25]}
• Righteous Michael the Soldier of Potuka, Bulgaria (866)^{[1][2][20][26]}
• Venerable Germanus, founder of the Monastery of the Theotokos Eikosiphinissa, in the Metropolis of Drama, Greece (9th century)^[1][2][27]
• Saint Clement of Ochrid, Bishop of Ohrid (Achrida), Enlightener of Bulgaria and Wonderworker (916)^{[1][2][5][28]} (see also: July 27)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Maurus, born of Christian parents in North Africa, he was martyred in Rome under Numerian.^{[11][note 14]}
• Saint Pragmatius, Bishop of Autun in France (c. 520)^{[11][note 15]}
• Saint Deyniolen (Deiniol the Younger), Abbot of Bangor Abbey in Wales (621)^{[11][note 16]}
• Saint Sabinian, Third Abbot of Moutier-Saint-Chaffre in France (c. 720)^[11]
• Saint Christian, thirty-seventh Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 873)^[11]
• Saint Tigridia (Trigidia), Abbess of San Salvador de Oña, which her father Count Sancho Garcia founded for her to direct (c. 925)^[11]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Blessed Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of Vladimir in Volhynia (1086)^[1][2][30]
• Martyrdom of St. Michael of Tver, Prince of Tver (1318)^{[1][2][5][31]}
• Venerable Callistus II Xanothopoulos, Hesychast monk of Mount Athos and Patriarch of Constantinople (1397)^{[2][5][32][33]}
• Venerable Iakovos (Tsalikis) of Euboea the New Ascetic, Igumen of the Monastery of Saint David the Elder in Euboea (1991)^{[34][35][36][note 17]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Vladimir Ryasensky of Tver, Priest (1932)^[2][37][38]
• New Hieromartyr Joasaph (Zhevakhov), Bishop of Mogilev (1937)^{[1][2][37][39][note 18]}
• New Hieromartyr Gerasimus (Mochalov), Hieromonk of the Zosima Hermitage, Smolensk (1937)^{[1][2][37][40]}
• New Monk-martyrs Eutychius (Didenko), Abner (Sinitsyn), Sava (Suslov), and Mark (Makhrov), of Optina Monastery, and with them Martyr Boris Kozlov (1937)^[1][37]
• New Hieromartyrs Elias Gromoglasov,^{[41][42][note 19]} and Alexis Benemansky,^{[1][43][note 20]} Protopresbyters of Ryazan, and Athanasius Milov,^[44] Priest of Chimkent (1937)^{[2][37][20][45]}
• New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov, Basil Bov,^[46] Paul Evdokimov, Jacob Sokolov,^[47] Theodore Gusiev, John Baranov,^[48] Priests (1937)^[2][37][45]
• Venerable Paraskeva (Matieshina), Confessor (1953)^[2][37][45]

Icon gallery

• 
  Apostles Philemon and Apphia.
• 
  St. Cecilia of Rome.
• 
  Martyr Procopius the Reader, at Caesarea in Palestine.
• 
  Saint Clement of Ochrid.
• 
  St. Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of Vladimir in Volhynia.
• 
  St. Michael of Tver.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Joasaph (Zhevakhov), Bishop of Mogilev.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Elias Gromoglasov.

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 Colossae, in Phrygia, during the reign of Nero, Saints Philemon and Apphias, disciples of St. Paul. When the Gentiles rushed into the church on the feast of Diana, they were arrested whilst the other Christians fled, and by the command of the governor Artocles, were scourged, let down into a pit up to their waist, and overwhelmed with stones."^[7]
3. Name days celebrated today include:

   • Philemon (Φιλήμων).
4. "Saint Maximus the Martyr the Capitularius" (Tax Collector). Maximus was prison guard of a prison in Rome. He believed in Christ through the witness of Saints Valerian and Cecelia, confessed his faith and suffered a martyric death (Greek: αἰκισθεῖς τελειοῦται).^[8]
5. "AT Rome, St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr, who brought to the faith of Christ her spouse Valerian and his brother Tiburtius, and encouraged them to martyrdom. After their death, being arrested by order of Almachius, prefect of the city, and exposed to the fire, from which she came out uninjured, she terminated her glorious sufferings by the sword, in the time of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander."^[7]
6. One of the most famous virgin-martyrs of Rome. Having suffered for Christ, she was buried in the cemetery of St Callistus. Her relics are beneath the altar of the basilica of St Cecilia in Trastevere. She is the patron-saint of musicians.^[11]
7. "At Antioch, in Pisidia, the martyrdom of the Saints Mark and Stephen, under the emperor Diocletian."^[7]
8. "The Holy Martyr Procopius was a reader in the Church of Jerusalem. He led a strict ascetic life, for which he received from the Lord the ability to cast out demons. The zealous preacher of the Word of God was arrested and brought to trial in Palestinian Caesarea. For his refusal to offer sacrifice to idols, he was beheaded."^[16]
9. Because he confessed Christ, they threw him as food for the wild beasts. But miraculously he was delivered unharmed and reposed in peace.
10. Parisian Codex 1578 records that he was from Cappadocia.
11. Tied up and left to die on a downward slope (declivity).
12. They are likely the same martyrs as those commemorated on November 19.
13. They are likely the same martyrs as those commemorated on November 19.
14. "Also, at Rome, St. Maurus, martyr, who, coming from Africa to visit the tombs of the Apostles, was condemned to die, under the emperor Numerian, Celerinus being prefect of the city."^[7]
15. "At Autun, St. Pragmatius, bishop and confessor."^[7]
16. "In Wales, the festival of"ST. DEYNIOLEN, Virgin."^[29]
17. With the approval and recommendation of the Church of Greece, on November 27, 2017, the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate formally glorified Archimandrite Elder Iakovos (Tsalikis) (†1991), Igumen of the Monastery of Saint David the Elder in Euboea. His feast day was set on November 22 each year:

    • (in Greek) "Κατ᾿ αὐτήν, ἡ Ἁγία καί Ἱερά Σύνοδος ὁμοφώνως ἀποδεχθεῖσα εἰσήγησιν τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς ἀνέγραψεν εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τόν μακαριστόν Ἀρχιμανδρίτην Ἰάκωβον Τσαλίκην, ἐκ Λιβισίου Μικρᾶς Ἀσίας, Ἡγούμενον τῆς ἐν Β. Εὐβοίᾳ Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ὁσίου Δαυΐβ τοῦ Γέροντος, τῆς μνήμης αὐτοῦ ὁρισθείσης διά τήν 22αν Νοεμβρίου ἑκάστου ἔτους."^[34]

18. See: (in Russian) Иоасаф (Жевахов). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
19. See: (in Russian) Громогласов, Илья Михайлович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
20. See: (in Russian) Бенеманский, Алексей Константинович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).