For Prayer and Fasting

November 8
Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers: the Archangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salaphiel, Jegudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel.
Venerable Tyssilio, abbot of Meifod (Powys) (7th c.).
St. Willihad, bishop of Bremen.

November 9
Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus (284).
Venerable Matrona, abbess, of Constantinople (492).
Venerable Theoctiste of the isle of Lesbos (881).
Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (305).
Martyr Anthony of Apamea (5th c.).
Venerable John the Short of Egypt (422).
Venerables Eustolia (610) and Sosipatra (635) of Constantinople.
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Quick Hearer of Mt. Athos" (10th c.).
Venerable Simeon Metaphrastes of Constantinople (960).
Venerables Euthymius (990) and Neophytus, the Serbians of Mt. Athos.
Martyrs Narses and Artemonos.
St. Helladius, monk.
Martyrs Claudius, Castor, Sempronian, and Nicostrat.

November 10
Apostles Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius of the Seventy (1st c.).
Martyr Orestes of Cappadocia (304).
Hieromartyr Milos (Miles), bishop in Persia (341), and two disciples.
Venerable Theocteristus, abbot of Symbola on Mt. Olympus.
Martyr Constantine, grand prince of Kartli, Georgia (852).
Commemoration of the torture of Great-martyr George in 303.
St. Nonnus, bishop of Heliopolis (471).
Translation of the relics of St. Gregory, presbyter, in Assos of Lesbos.
St. Eucharius, first bishop of Trier (3rd c.).

Tone five.
John 21:15-25 (11th Matins Gospel)

November 11
Martyr Menas of Egypt (304).
Martyrs Victor at Damascus (160) and Stephanida (Stephanis) of Spain (161).
Martyr Vincent of Spain (304).
Venerable Theodore the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (826).
St. Martin the Merciful, bishop of Tours (397).
Appearance of the Myrrh-Streaming Icon of the Iveron Mother of God in Montreal.
Martyr Drakonas of Arauraka in Armenia (4th c.).
St. Bartholomew the Younger, of Rossano, Calabria (1054).

Tone five.
Galatians 6:11-18
Luke 10:25-37

November 12
St. John the Merciful, patriarch of Alexandria (620).
Venerable Nilus the Faster of Sinai (451).
St. Machar, bishop of Aberdeen (6th c.).
St. Sinell of Cleenish (6th c.).
St. Cadwaladr, king of the Welsh (664).
New Hieromartyr priest Theodore Gidaspov.
Synaxis of the Russian New Martyrs of Optina: Anatolius, Barnabas, Dositheus, Nectarius, Panteleimon and Vincent.

November 13
St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (407).
Martyrs Antoninus, Nicephorus, and Germanus of Caesarea in Palestine (308).
Martyr Manetha of Caesarea in Palestine (308).
St. Bricius, bishop of Tours (444) and St. Quintianus, bishop of Clermont (525).
St. Euphrasius, bishop of Clermont (515).

November 14
Holy and All-praised Apostle Philip (1st c.).
St. Justinian the Emperor of Byzantium (565) and his wife St. Theodora (548).
St. Dyfrig (Dubricius), bishop in Hereford and Gwent, hermit of Bardsey Island (ca. 550).
St. Malo (Machulus) of Brittany (7th c.).
St. Alberik, bishop of Utrecht (784).

November 15
Beginning of Nativity Fast.
Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias (299), Samonas (306), and Abibus (322), of Edessa.
Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, and Eustochius, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (361).
Martyr Demetrius of Thrace (307).
St. Quinctian, bishop of Seleucia (4th c.).
St. Thomas the New, patriarch of Constantinople (665-668).

November 16
Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (60).
St. Fulvianus, prince of Ethiopia, in holy baptism Matthew (1st c.).
Hieromartyr Hipatius bishop of Gangra (360).
St. Eucherius of Lyons (449).
St. Lubuinus, missionary to Friesland (773).
St. Otmar, abbot and monastic founder in Switzerland (759).

November 17
St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Neo-Caesarea (266).
Sts. Acisclus and Victoria of Cordoba (4th c.).
Venerable Lazarus the iconographer of Constantinople (857).
Martyr Gobron (Michael) and 133 soldiers of Georgia (914).
Venerable Longinus of Egypt (4th c.).
St. Maximus (Maximian), patriarch of Constantinople (434).
Venerable Hilda, abbess of Whitby (680).
Martyrs Zachariah the Cobbler and his wife, Mary (3rd c.).
Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Hamah (282).
Martyrs Gregory, Victor, and Geminus of Heracleon in Thrace (304).
150 philosophers converted by St. Catherine, and who suffered in Alexandria (305).
St. John the Cobbler of Olumba, Cairo, and Sinai (7th c.).

Tone six.
Matthew 28:16-20 (1st Matins Gospel)

November 18
Martyr Platon of Ancyra (266).
Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch (303).
Martyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeus, of Caesarea in Palestine (303).
Synaxis of All Saints of Estonia.
St. Mawes, bishop in Cornwall and Brittany (5th c.).
St. Mabyn, nun of Cornwall.
Martyr Romanus, who suffered under Maximian (305).
St. Odo of Cluny (942).

Tone six.
Ephesians 2:4-10
Luke 12:16-21

November 19
Prophet Obadiah (Abdias) (9th c. B.C.).
Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304).
Venerables Barlaam and loasaph, prince of India, and St. Abenner the King, father of St. loasaph (4th c.).
Martyr Azes of Isauria, and with him 150 soldiers (284).
Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia (273).
Venerable Hilarion of Georgia, wonderworker of Thessalonica (875).
St. Patroclus of Bourges (577).
St. Egbert, archbishop of York (766).
Martyr Agapius of Gaza (306).
St. Simon, wonderworker of Calabria (10th c.).

November 20
Venerable Gregory Decapolites (816).
St. Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople (447).
Martyr Dasius of Dorostolum (Romania) (303).
Martyrs Eustace, Thespesius, and Anatolius of Nicaea (312).
Hieromartyrs Nerses and Joseph; and John, Saverius, Isaac, and Hypatius, bishops of Persia; Martyrs Azades, Sasonius, Thecla, and Anna (343).
Martyrs Bautha and Denachis, who suffered with Hieromartyr Nerses of Persia (343). St. Isaac, bishop of Armenia (440). Venerable Theoctistus the Confessor (855). St. Edmund, king of England and martyr (869).

Tone eight.
Luke 1:39-49, 56 Matins Gospel)

November 21
The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple.
Venerable Columbanus of Bobbio, abbot and founder of Luxeuil Abbey(615).
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Everlasting Hope".

Tone eight.
Hebrews 9:1-7 Theotokos
Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 Theotokos

November 22
Apostles Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon, and St. Onesimus, disciple of St. Paul (ca. 109).
Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus at Rome (288).
Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea in Palestine (303).
Martyr Menignus at Parium (250).
Venerable Agabbas of Syria (5th c.).
Righteous Michael the Soldier of Bulgaria.
St. Clement of Ochrid, bishop of Greater Macedonia (916).
St. Germanus of Eikoiphinissa in Macedonia (9th c.).
Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark (another) at Antioch in Pisidia (4th c.).
Martyr Agapion of Greece (304).

November 23
St. Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium (394).
St. Gregory, bishop of Agrigentum (680).
St. Sisinius the confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (ca. 325).
Martyr Theodore of Antioch (4th c.).
Venerable Ischyrion, bishop in Egypt and hermit of Scete.
Venerable Trudo, abbot (693).
St. Helenus of Tarsus, bishop.

November 24
Great-martyr Mercurius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (259).
Great-martyr Catherine of Alexandria (305).
Martyr Alexander at Corinth (4th C).
St. Hermogenes, bishop of Agrigentum (ca. 260).
Venerable Romanus of Bordeaux (382), and Venerable Protasius, hermit of Auvergne (6th c.) .
Venerable Portianus of Arthone.
St. Minver, virgin of Cornwall.
Maryrs Philemenus, Christopher, Eugene, Procopius, and another Christopher.
Martyr Chrysogenes and Monk-martyr Mark Triglinos.
Hieromartyrs Clement, pope of Rome (101), and Peter, archbishop of Alexandria (311) .
St. Malchus of Chalcis in Syria (5th c.).

Tone seven.
Mark 16:1-8 (2nd Matins Gospel)

November 25
Hieromartyr Clement, pope of Rome (101).
Hieromartyr Peter, archbishop of Alexandria (311).
Woman Hieromartyr Magdalen (1931).
Venerable Peter the Silent, of Galata, Syria (429).
St Clement, Bishop of Ochrid and Enlightener of the Bulgarians.
Great-martyr Catherine of Alexandria (305).

Tone seven.
Ephesians 2:14-22
Luke 13:10-17

November 26
Venerable Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (640).
Venerable James the Solitary of Syria (457).
Venerable Stylianos of Paphlagonia, monk (5th - 6th c.).
Venerable Nicon Metanoeite ("Preacher of Repentance") of Armenia (998).
St. Silas, bishop of Persidos.
St. Peter, patriarch of Jerusalem (552).
St. Acacius of Mt. Latros (6th c.).

November 27
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos named "Znamenie".
17 Monk-martyrs in India (4th c.).
Venerable Romanus the Wonderworker of Cilicia (5th c.).
Venerable Pinuphrius of Egypt (4th c.).
Venerable Nathaniel of Nitria (6th c.).
St. Virgil, bishop of Salzburg (748).

November 28
Martyr Stephen the New of Mt. St. Auxentius (767).
Martyr Hirenarchus and Seven Women-martyrs at Sebaste (303).
Martyrs Basil, Stephen, two Gregories, John (near Constantinople), Andrew, Peter, Anna, and many others (741-775).
Martyrs Timothy and Theodore, bishops; Peter, John, Sergius, Theodore, and Nicephorus, presbyters; Basil and Thomas, deacons; Hierotheus, Daniel, Chariton, Socrates, Comasius, and Eusebius, monks; and Etymasius at Tiberiopolis (361).
New Martyr Christos of Constantinople (1748).
St. Theodore, bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia (end of 6th c.).
St. Oda, virgin of Brabant (726) (Neth.).
Virgin-Martyr Juthwara of Cornwall.

November 29
Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia (250).
Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus (274).
Venerable Acacius of Mt. Latros, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.).
St. Saturninus, martyr and bishop of Toulouse ( 257).
Hieromartyr Abibus, bishop of Nekressi in Georgia (6th c.).
Venerable Pitirim of Egypt (4th c.), disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great.
Hieromartyr Dionysius, bishop of Corinth (182).
St. Tiridates, king of Armenia (4th c.).
St. Nicholas, archbishop of Thessalonica.
Hieromartyr John of Persia.
St. Urban of Macedonia, bishop.
St. Pancosmius, monk.
St. Radboud, bishop of Utrecht (917).
St. Brendan of Birr (571).

November  30
Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia (250).
Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus (274).
Venerable Acacius of Mt. Latros, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.).
St. Saturninus, martyr and bishop of Toulouse ( 257).
Hieromartyr Abibus, bishop of Nekressi in Georgia (6th c.).
Venerable Pitirim of Egypt (4th c.), disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great.
Hieromartyr Dionysius, bishop of Corinth (182).
St. Tiridates, king of Armenia (4th c.).
St. Nicholas, archbishop of Thessalonica.
Hieromartyr John of Persia.
St. Urban of Macedonia, bishop.
St. Pancosmius, monk.
St. Radboud, bishop of Utrecht (917).
St. Brendan of Birr (571).

December 1
Prophet Nahum (7th c. B.C.).
Righteous Philaret the Merciful of Amnia in Asia Minor (792).
Martyr Ananias of Persia.
St. Eligius, bishop of Noyon (660).
St. Onesimus, archbishop of Ephesus.
Sts. Ananias and Solochonus, archbishops of Ephesus.
Venerable Anthony the New, monk of Kios in Bithynia (865).
Venerable Ioannicus of Devich.
St. Austremoine, first bishop of Clermont and apostle of the Auvergne (3rd c.).
St. Theoclites, bishop of Sparta (870).
St. Botolph, of Boston, abbot and confessor (680).
St. Tudwal, bishop of Lan Pabu.

Tone eight.
Mark 16:9-20 (3rd Matins Gospel)

December 2
Prophet Habakkuk (Abbacum) (7th c. B.C.).
Martyr Myrope of Chios (251).
Venerables John, Heraclemon, Andrew, and Theophilus of Egypt (4th c.).
Venerable Jesse (Ise), bishop of Tsilkani in Georgia (6th c.).
Icon of the Mother of God, named "Gerontissa".
St. Solomon, archbishop of Ephesus.

Tone eight.
Ephesians 4:1-6
Luke 18:18-27

December 3
Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias) (635 B.C.).
Venerable Theodulus, eparch of Constantinople (440).
Venerable John the Silent of St. Sabbas' monastery (558).
Hieromartyr Theodore, archbishop of Alexandria (606).
St. Birinus, bishop of Dorchester (649-650).
Venerable Cosmas of St. Anne's Skete, Mt. Athos.
St. Sola, Anglo-Saxon missionary priest under St. Boniface (790-794).
St. Nicetius, bishop of Lyons.
St. Lucius, king of Britain who requested missionaries for his people in A.D. 187.
Martyrs Agapius, Seleucus and Mamas.

December 4
Great-martyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana at Heliapolis in Syria (306).
Venerable John Damascene (760).
Venerable John, bishop of Polybotum (716).
New Hieromartyr Seraphim, bishop of Phanar.
Martyrs Christodula and Chistodulus .

December 5
Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified (532).
St. Gurias, archbishop of Kazan (156).
Venerable Karion (Cyrion) and his son St. Zachariah of Egypt (4th c.).
St. Nicetius, bishop of Trier (566).
Venerable Justinian, hermit of Wales (560).

John 10:9-16 Matins Gospel

December 6
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, archbishop of Myra in Lycia (345).
St. Theophilus, bishop of Antioch (181).
St. Abramius, bishop of Cratea in Bithynia (6th c.).

Hebrews 13:17-21 St. Nicholas
Luke 6:17-23 St. Nicholas

December 7
St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan (397).
Martyr Athenodorus of Mesopotamia (304).
St. Philothea of Turnovo (1060), whose relics are in Arges, Romania.
St. Bassa of Jerusalem, abbess (5th c.).
St. Diuma, bishop of the Mercians and Middle Anglians.
Martyr Neophytus.
Martyr Dometius.
Martyrs Isidore, Acepsimas and Leo.