November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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October 31 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 2

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 14 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. ^{[note 1]}

For November 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 19 .

Saints

• Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia and their mother Venerable Theodota of Mesopotamia (c. 287) ^{[1] [2] [3] [note 2]}
• Martyrs Cyrenia and Juliana in Cilicia (305) ^{[1] [4] [5]}
• Hieromartyr John the Bishop and James the Presbyter of Persia (345) ^{[1] [6] [7]}
• Martyrs Caesarius, Dacius, Sabbas, Sabinian, Agrippa, Adrian, and Thomas at Damascus (7th century) ^{[1] [8] [note 3]}
• Saint Theolepte, martyr. ^{[9] [note 4]}
• Martyrs Cyprian and Juliana ^{[10] [note 5]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Mary the Slave Girl (c. 117–138) ^{[11] [note 6]}
• Saint Austromoine (Austremonius, Stremoine), first Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand and "Apostle of Auvergne" (c. 250) ^{[1] [7] [11]}
• Saint Benignus of Dijon, Priest and Apostle, of Burgundy (c. 272) ^{[1] [11] [note 7]}
• Martyrs Caesarius, a Deacon of Africa, together with Julian, a local presbyter, martyred at Terracina in Italy (c. 284–305) ^{[11] [note 8]}
• Saint Maturinus (Mathurin), confessor, French exorcist and missionary, apostle and patron of Gâtinais (c. 300) ^{[7] [11]}
• Saint Marcellus, 9th Bishop of Paris (c. 430) ^{[1] [7] [11]}
• Saint Amabilis of Riom (475) ^[11]
• Saint Cledwyn (Clydwyn), patron saint of Llangedwyn in Clwyd in Wales (5th century) ^[11]
• Saint Pabiali of Wales, patron-saint of Partypallai in Wales (5th/6th century) ^{[11] [note 9]}
• Saint Dingad of Llandingat (5th century) ^[11]
• Saint Magnus of Milan (530) ^[12]
• Saint Vigor, disciple of St Vedast, became Bishop of Bayeux, resolutely opposed paganism (c. 537) ^{[7] [11]}
• Martyr Hermeningild the Goth, Prince of Spain (586) ^{[1] [13] [14]}
• Saint Gwythian (Gothian, Gocianus) of Cornwall (6th century) ^[15]
• Saint Cadfan, Abbot of Tywyn and Bardsey (6th century) ^[11]
• Saint Caillin, a disciple of St Aidan of Ferns in Ireland (6th century) ^[11]
• Saint Ceitho, one of five brothers, all saints in Wales (6th century) ^[11]
• Saint Licinius of Angers (Lesin, Lezin), chosen Bishop of Angers in 586 and consecrated by St Gregory of Tours (c. 616) ^[11] (see also: February 13)
• Saint Caesarius, Bishop of Clermont in France (c. 627) ^[11]
• Saint Floribert (Florbert), Abbot of monasteries in Ghent, Mont-Blandin and Saint-Bavon in Belgium (c. 660) ^[11]
• Saint Genesius of Lyon (c. 679) ^[11]
• Saint Severinus, a monk who lived as a hermit in Tivoli in Italy (c. 699) ^{[7] [11] [note 10]}
• Saint Germanus of Montfort, born in Montfort in France, became a monk at the monastery of Savigny, reposed as a hermit (c. 906–1000) ^[11]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable James of Mount Athos and his two disciples James the Deacon and Dionysius the Monk (1520) ^{[16] [17]}
• Venerable Saint David of Euboea (1589) ^[18]
• New Virgin-Martyr Helen of Sinope (18th century) ^{[1] [19]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Martyrs David Megas Komnenos, last Emperor of Trebizond, with his sons Basil, George, and Manouel (Manuel), and his nephew Alexios (1463) ^[20]
• Hieromartyrs Alexander (Smirnov), and Theodore (Remezov), Priests (1918) ^{[21] [22] [23]}
• New Hieromartyr Sergius (Zverev), Archbishop of Elets and Melitopol (1937) ^{[1] [21] [note 11]}
• New Hieromartyr Alexander Shalay, Priest (1937) ^{[21] [23]}
• New Hieromartyr Demetrius (Ovechkin), Priest of Perm (1937) ^{[21] [22] [23]}
• Virgin-martyr Elizabeth Samovskoy (1937) ^{[21] [23]}
• Martyr Peter Ignatov (1941) ^{[21] [23]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Boniface, enlightener of Germany (755) ^[15]
• Repose of Elder Hilarion of Valaam and Sarov (1841) ^{[1] [note 12]}

Icon gallery

• 
  Saints Cosmas and Damian.
• 
  Martyrdom of St. Austremonius (stained glass window from the church Saint-Austremonius of Issoire, Auvergne, France).
• 
  Stained glass window of Saint-Mathurin converting idolaters, including his father and mother.
• 
  Venerable Saint David of Euboea.
• 
  Hieromartyr Sergius (Zverev), Archbishop of Elets and Melitopol.

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. The Unmercenary Saints Cosmas and Damian of Asia Minor should not be confused with the Unmercenary Saints Cosmas and Damian of Rome (July 1), or the Unmercenary Saints Cosmas and Damian of Arabia (October 17). ^[3]
3. "At Damascus, the martyrdom of the Saints Caesarius, Dacius and five others." ^[7]
4. Mentioned in Parisian Codex 259, sheet 2a.
5. "At Tarsus, the Saints Cyrenia and Juliana, under the emperor Maximian." ^[7]
6. "The same day, St. Mary, handmaid. Accused of professing the Christian religion, in the time of the emperor Adrian, she was subjected to cruel scourging, to torture on the rack, and the lacerating of her body with iron hooks, and thus completed her martyrdom." ^[7]
7. "At Dijon, St. Benignus, a priest, who was sent to France by blessed Polycarp to preach the Gospel. After he had been subjected to many most grievous torments, by the judge Terentius, under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, he was finally condemned to have his neck struck with an iron bar and his body pierced with a lance." ^[7]
8. "At Terracina, in Campania, the birthday of St. Caesarius, deacon, who was for many days detained in prison, afterwards put into a sack with St. Julian, priest, and then precipitated into the sea." ^[7]
9. See also: Peibio Clafrog.
10. His relics are in the church of St Laurence in Tivoli.
11. See also: (in Russian) Сергий (Зверев) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
12. "A close disciple of Elder Naz-arius and his beloved cell-attendant during Naz-arius' stay as a recluse in the wilderness of Valaam, Fr. Hilarion accompanied him also to Sarov Monastery, where he was to defend St. Seraphim's orphans to such an extent that he was even banished for several years from Sarov. St. Seraphim had all the nuns of his Diveyevo Convent tonsured only by Fr. Hilarion, who was also to lay the beginning of St. Seraphim's glorification, finding his own final resting place near those of St. Seraphim and his beloved Abbot Nazarius. Elder Hilarion was a writer and left a brief "Ladder of Divine Ascent" which was published together with the Counsels of Abbot Nazarius. Since the latter did not know how to write, Fr. Hilarion took down Nazarius' teachings. The engraving on the left is taken from the Sarov Patericon which, although regrettably brief, nevertheless shows clearly that the Paisian influence upon Russia did not fall on barren ground. There were deep spiritual currents that consciously preserved me national holiness of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk and the Elders of the Roslavl and Sarov forests and welcomed the Athonite spirit which came from Moldavia." ^[24]

References

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3. Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
4. Οἱ Ἁγίες Κυριαίνα καὶ Ἰουλιανὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες. 1 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Martyr Cyrenia in Cilicia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
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7. 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. pp. 337–338.
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11. November 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
12. "Епископы Магн, Гонорат и Евгений | Приход во имя святителя Амвросия Медиоланского в Милане". milano.cerkov.ru. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
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14. Martyr Hermeningilda the Goth of Spain. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
15. November 1. An English Orthodox Calendar.
16. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ νέος Ὁσιομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ δύο μαθητές του Ἰάκωβος ὁ Διάκονος καὶ Διονύσιος ὁ Μοναχὸς. 1 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Monkmartyr James of Prodromou on Mt Athos. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
18. Ὁ Ὅσιος Δαβὶδ ὁ ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. 1 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Ἡ Ἁγία Ἑλένη ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς ἐκ Σινώπης. 1 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. "Canonization of New Saints by the Ecumenical Patriarchate". Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
21. November 14 / November 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
22. 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.82.
23. (in Russian) 1 ноября (ст.ст.) 14 ноября 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
24. VALAAM PATERICON.

Sources

• November 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• November 14 / November 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• November 1. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• November 1. 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. pp. 337–338.
• 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. 521.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 1 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 1 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 14 ноября (1 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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