November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The Eastern Orthodox cross

Nov. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 23

All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 5 by 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]

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][3][4][5][note 2][note 3]}
• Martyr Menignus at Parium, the Tanner, by beheading (250)^[1][4][7][8]
• Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus^{[9][note 4]} at Rome (288)^{[1][4][10][11][note 5][note 6]}
• Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark at Antioch in Pisidia, by beheading (290)^{[1][4][13][note 7]}
• Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea in Palestine, by the sword (303)^{[1][4][14][note 8]}
• Martyr Agapion of Greece (Agapionos the Roman) (304)^{[1][4][16][note 9]}
• Martyr Agapios of Cappadocia, by the sword.^{[4][17][note 10]}
• Martyr Thaddeus.^{[4][18][19][note 11]}
• Martyrs Christopher and Euphemia, by the sword.^{[4][20][note 12]}
• Martyrs Thalalaeus and Anthimus, by the sword.^{[4][21][note 13]}
• Hieromartyr Sisinius, by the sword.^[4][22]
• Venerable Agabbas (Abbas) of Syria (5th century)^{[1][4][23][24]}
• Righteous Michael the Soldier of Potuka, Bulgaria (866)^[1][19][25]
• Venerable Germanus, founder of the Monastery of the Theotokos Eikosiphinissa, in the Metropolis of Drama, Greece (9th century)^[1][26][27]
• Saint Clement of Ochrid, Bishop of Ohrid (Achrida), Enlightener of Bulgaria and Wonderworker (916)^[1][4][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.^{[12][note 14]}
• Saint Pragmatius, Bishop of Autun in France (c. 520)^{[12][note 15]}
• Saint Deyniolen (Deiniol the Younger), Abbot of Bangor Abbey in Wales (621)^{[12][note 16]}
• Saint Sabinian, Third Abbot of Moutier-Saint-Chaffre in France (c. 720)^[12]
• Saint Christian, thirty-seventh Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 873)^[12]
• Saint Tigridia (Trigidia), Abbess of San Salvador de Oña, which her father Count Sancho Garcia founded for her to direct (c. 925)^[12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Blessed Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of Vladimir in Volhynia (1086)^[1][30][31]
• Martyrdom of St. Michael of Tver, Prince of Tver (1318)^{[1][4][31][32]}
• Venerable Callistus II Xanothopoulos, Hesychast monk of Mount Athos and Patriarch of Constantinople (1397)^{[1][4][33][34]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Vladimir Ryasensky of Tver, Priest (1932)^[1][35] ( see also: November 21 )
• New Hieromartyr Joasaph (Zhevakhov), Bishop of Mogilev (1937)^{[1][31][36][note 17]}
• New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov, Basil Bov,^[37] Paul Yevdokimov, Jacob Sokolov,^[38] Theodore Gusiev, John Baranov,^[39] Priests (1937)^[1][40] ( see also: November 21 )
• New Hieromartyrs Elias Gromoglasov,^{[41][42][note 18]} and Alexis Benemansky,^[43] Protopresbyters of Ryazan, and Athanasius Milov,^[44] Priest of Chimkent (1937)^[1][19][40]
• Hieromartyr Gerasimus (Mochalov) (1937)^[1][45] ( see also: November 21 )
• Venerable Paraskeva, Confessor (1952)^[1][40]

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources

• November 22 / December 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• December 5 / November 22. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• November 22. 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). p. 87.
• The Twenty-Second Day of the Month of November. Orthodoxy in China.
• November 22. 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. 360-361.
• 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. p. 562.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 22 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 22 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (Greek) 22/11/2015. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 5 декабря (22 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Calendars of Saints and Commemorations Anglican Communion List of Anglican Church Calendars Church of England Anglican Church of Australia Anglican Church of Canada Episcopal Church (United States) Anglican Church of Korea Province of Melanesia Scottish Episcopal Church Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Anglican Church of Southern Africa Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar Oriental Orthodox Coptic calendar Armenian Apostolic Church Protestant churches Lutheran commemorations Roman Catholic Current Roman Rite Calendar Tridentine Calendar General Roman Calendar of 1954 General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII General Roman Calendar of 1960 General Roman Calendar of 1969