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All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 28 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For November 15, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 2.

Saints

Martyr Demetrius of Thrace, from the village Davoudio (Dabuda), close to town Amapasos (Amapas), by beheading (298)November 15 / December 28. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).November 28 / November 15. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias (299), Samonas (306), and Habibus (Abibus) (322), of Edessa.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γουρίας, Σαμωνᾶς καὶ Ἄβιβος οἱ Ὁμολογητές. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas, and Habibus, of Edessa. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Quinctian (Kyntion), Bishop of Seleucia (4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κυντίων (ἢ Κυντιρίων ἢ Κυντιανὸς ἢ Κυντιριανός) Ἐπίσκοπος Σελευκείας. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Eupsychios, Nearchos and Karterios.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐψύχιος, Νέαρχος καὶ Καρτέριος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: November 5) Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, and Eustochius, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (361)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐλπίδιος, Μάρκελλος καὶ Εὐστόχιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, and Eustochius, who suffered under Julian the Apostate. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: November 16 - West) Saint Thomas II the New, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (668–669) Άγιος Θωμάς ο Β' ο νέος, Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινούπολης. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.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. 85.List of Ecumenical Patriarchs ec-patr.org (see also: November 14 and November 16)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Eugene, preached the Gospel with St Denis, Bishop of Paris in France, and was martyred.November 15. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Felix of Nola, first Bishop of Nola near Naples in Italy, martyred with thirty companions (287) Twenty Martyrs (Fidentian, Valerian, Victoria, etc.) in North Africa. Saint Luperius, Bishop of Verona and Confessor (6th or 8th century) Saint Malo (Maclovius, Machutis, Maclou, Machulus), first Bishop of Aleth (c. 640)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. 542–544. (see also: November 14) Saint Desiderius (Didier), who succeeded his own brother, St Rusticus, as Bishop of Cahors in France (655) Saint Machudd (Machell), founder of the monastery of Llanfechell in Anglesey in Wales (7th century) Saint Paduinus (Pavin), a monk at the monastery of St Vincent in Le Mans in France, then first Abbot of St Mary's near Le Mans (c. 703) Saint Arnulf, Bishop of Toul in France (871) Saint Findan (Fintan), hermit (879)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Philip, Abbot of Rabang, Vologda (1457)Saint Philip of Rabanga. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky of Moldavia and Mt. Athos (1794)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Παΐσιος Βελιτσκόφσκυ (Ρῶσος). 15 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Paisios Velichkovsky. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyrs Nicholas and Peter Kondarov, priests, Gregory Dolinin and Nicetas Almazov, deacons (1937) 28 ноября (15 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Other commemorations

Beginning of the Nativity Fast. Commemoration of the pious Emperor Justin and Theodora.Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη τῶν εὐσεβῶν βασιλέων Ἰουστίνου καὶ Θεοδώρας. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. "Kupyatich" Icon (1180) of the Most Holy Theotokos.Kupyatitsa Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints. "Fragrant Flower" Icon of the Mother of God"Fragrant Flower" Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of St. Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of Alaska (1836) (Commemorates actual day of his repose; see also: December 13 - feast day; and August 9 - glorification) Catherine Routtis of Mandra, Attica, Greece (1927)See: Holy New Martyr Saint Catherine Routis. Old Calendar Journalism (YouTube). (Old Calendarist only)

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References

Sources November 15 / December 28. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). November 28 / November 15. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). November 15. 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. 85. The Fifteenth Day of the Month of November. Orthodoxy in China. November 15. 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. 352–353. 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. 542–544. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 15 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 15 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). November 15. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 28 ноября (15 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).