November 5 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 7
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 19 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For November 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 24.
Saints Virgin-martyr Manatho. (see also: October 20) Virgin-martyrs Tecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, Matrona, Polactia, Euphrosyne, Julia, Euphrasia, Faina, and Athanasia, of Ancyra (303)November 6/November 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).November 19 / November 6. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). 19 ноября (6 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (see also: May 18) Martyr Nikander, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νίκανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Saint Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople (c. 350)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁμολογητής καὶ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Paul the Confessor the Archbishop of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: June 7 - West) Venerable Luke of Tauromenium, monk, of Sicily (820)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Luke of Sicily. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Demetrianus, Bishop of Cytheria on Cyprus, Wonderworker (c. 915)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημητριανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Κηθηρίας Κύπρου. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Blessed Paul of Corinth, Fool-for-Christ.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Felix of Thynissa, a martyr who suffered in Thynissa near Hippo (Bone) in North Africa.November 6. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Illtyd (Illtut), abbot, of Llanilltyd Fawr, Wales (505)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Iltud (Οὐαλός). 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Leonard of Noblac, Gaul (c. 559) Saint Leonianus, a hermit near Autun (c. 570) Saint Felix, a monk at a monastery in Fondi in the south of Italy (6th century) Saint Severus, Bishop of Barcelona in Spain (633) Saint Edwen, she is the patroness saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales (7th century) Saint Efflamm, born in Britain, he went to Brittany where he became abbot of a monastery he had founded (c. 700) Saint Winnoc, Abbot, of Flanders (716)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. 526-528. Saint Cowey of Portaferry, Abbot, of Moville Monastery (8th century) Saint Erlafrid, founder of Hirsau Abbey in Germany, where he became a monk (c. 830) Saint Stephen of Apt, Bishop of Apt in the south of France in 1010 (1046)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Barlaam of Khutyn, founder of Khutyn Monastery, Novgorod (1192)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρλαὰμ ὁ ἐν Χουτινῇ (Ρῶσος). 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of Khutyn, Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 6 ноября по старому стилю / 19 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2015 год. (see also: June 6) Saint Luke, steward of the Kiev Caves (13th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς ὁ ἐν Σπηλαίῳ. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Herman, Archbishop of Kazan (1567)St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Barlaam of Keret, Karelia (16th century) (see also: January 15) Venerable Agapios the Presbyter (Asimakis Leonardos) (1812)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάπιος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Elias Fondaminsky of Paris (1942) (see also: July 20)
New martyrs and confessors New-Martyr Gregory the Cross-bearer (1936)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. 83. New Hieromartyr Nicetas (Delektorsky), Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsk (1937) New Hieromartyr Barlaam (Nikolsky), Abbot, of Andreyevskoe, Moscow (1937) New Hieromartyr Gabriel (Vladimirov), Hieromonk of the St. Michael Skovorodsky Monastery, Novgorod (1937) New Hieromartyr Gabriel (Gur), Hieromonk, of Lytkarino, Moscow (1937) New Hieromartyrs Anatoly Berzhitsky, Arsenius Troitsky, Nicholas Dvoretsky, Nicholas Protasov, Constantine Lyubomydrov, Priests (1937) New Hieromartyrs of the Kamensk Diocese (1937):UKRAINIAN HOLY SYNOD CANONIZES SEVERAL NEW SAINTS FOR LOCAL VENERATION. Orthodox Christianity. 3/19/2020. Vasily Vakhnin, ВАХНИН ВАСИЛИЙ ПЕТРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: 20 March 2020. Joseph Chekhranov, ЧЕХРАНОВ ИОСИФ ДМИТРИЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: 20 March 2020. and Theodore Romanovsky, РОМАНОВСКИЙ ФЕДОР ДОРИМЕДОНТОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: 20 March 2020. priests. Virgin-martyrs Nina (Shuvalova), and Seraphima (Gorshkova), nuns (1937) New Hieromartyr Basil Krylov, Priest (1938) Synaxis of the New Martyrs of Sarov: Anatole, Basil, Hierotheus, Isaac, and Rufinus (1938)
Other commemorations Commemoration of the falling of ash from the sky in Constantinople, during the reign of the Emperor Leo the Great and Patriarch Gennadius (472)Commemoration of the Falling of Ash from the Sky in 472 AD. MYSTAGOGY RESOURCE CENTER, ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY THEN AND NOW. November 6, 2016. Retrieved: September 3, 2026.Commemoration of the falling of ash from the air. St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney (Dallas area) Texas. Retrieved: September 3, 2026. Commemoration of the Sarov Elders: Abbot Pachomius (1794); Hieroschemamonk Joseph (1785); Hieromonks Pitirim (1789) and Matthew (1795); and Monk Joachim (1802).
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Sources November 6/November 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). November 19 / November 6. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). November 6. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. 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. 83. The Sixth Day of the Month of November. Orthodoxy in China. November 6. 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. 343. 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. 526–528. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 6 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 6 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 06/11/2015. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 19 ноября (6 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 6 ноября по старому стилю / 19 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2015 год.