November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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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][note 2]}
• Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia (273)^{[1][3][4][7][8]}
• Martyr Azes of Isauria,^[9] and with him 150 soldiers^[10] (284)^{[1][3][4][11][note 3]}
• Holy 12 soldier-martyrs.^[12]
• Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304)^{[1][3][4][13][14][note 4]}
• Martyr Agapius of Caesarea in Palaestina (306)^[1][3][15]
• Martyrs Anthimus, Thalalaeus, Christopher, Euphemia and her children.^[1][3][16]
• Martyr Pancharius.^[1][16]
• Venerables Barlaam and loasaph, prince of India, and St. Abenner the King, father of St. loasaph (4th century)^{[1][4][17][18]}
• Venerable Hilarion of Georgia, monk, Wonderworker of Thessalonica (875)^{[1][4][17][19][20]}
• Venerable Simon, Wonderworker of Calabria (10th century)^{[1][3][21][note 5]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician, martyred in Vienne in France under Marcus Aurelius (170)^{[22][note 6]}
• Martyr Maximus, in Rome under Valerian (c. 255)^{[22][note 7]}
• Saint Crispin, Bishop of Écija in Andalusia in Spain, beheaded under Maximian Herculeus (4th century)^{[22][note 8][note 9]}
• Saint Anastasius II, Pope of Rome (498)^[22] (see also: September 8)
• Saint Patroclus of Bourges (577)^[1][17]
• Saint Ermenburgh (Domne Eafe), founder of the convent of Minster-in-Thanet (c. 700)^{[17][22][24][note 10]}
• Saint Egbert, Archbishop of York (766)^[1][17][24]
• Saint Medana, a holy virgin from Ireland who went to Scotland and lived in Galloway (8th century)^[22]
• Saint Tuto (Totto), founder in 764 of the monastery of Ottobeuren in Bavaria in Germany (815)^[22]
• 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)^[22]
• Saint Atto, first Abbot of Tordino near Teramo in Italy (c. 1010)^[22]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Barlaam of Kiev, Abbot of the Kiev Caves (1065)^{[1][3][4][25][26][27]}
• Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (1867)^{[1][4][17][28][29]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs:^[1]

• Porphirius (Gulevich), Bishop of Simferopol and Crimea (1937);^{[4][17][26][note 11]}
• Ioasaph (Udalov), Bishop of Chistopol (1937);^{[4][note 12]}
• Deacon-monk Antonius (Korzh) (1938);^[17][26]
• Hieromonk Bartholomeus (Ratnykh) (1938);^[17][26]
• Priest Vladimir Pischulin (1938);^{[26][note 13]}
• Archpriest Demetrius Kiranov;^[17][26]
• Priest John Bliumovich;^[26]
• Archpriest Nicholas Mezentsev;^[17][26]
• Priest Timothy Izotov.^[26]

• New Hieromartyrs Sergius, Michael, Alexander, John, Constantine, Alexander, Ignatius, Simeon, John, John, Demetrius, Jacob, Jacob, Priests (1937)^[1][4]
• New Hieromartyrs Ioasaph, Peter, Gregory, Benjamin, Gerasim, Michael, Martyr Valentine, Peter, Leonid, Timothy (1937)^[1][4]

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1625) of Monk-martyr Adrian of Poshekhon, Abbot of Poshekhonye (1550)^{[1][4][17][28][30]}
• "The Joy of All who Sorrow" (1863) Icon of the Mother of God.^{[1][4][17][31]}
• Repose of Elder Cleopa (Ilie) of Sihastria, Romania (1998)^[17]

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources

• November 19 / December 2. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• December 2 / November 19. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• November 19. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. November. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• 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). pp. 86-87.
• The Nineteenth Day of the Month of November. Orthodoxy in China.
• November 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• 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. p. 357-358.
• 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. 557-559.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 19 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 19 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (Greek) 19/11/2015. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 2 декабря (19 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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