November 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

November 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 19

All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For November 18, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 5.

Saints

Great-martyr Platon of Ancyra (302 or 306)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτωνας. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Άγιος Πλάτωνας, saint.gr Συναξαριστής. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Martyr Platon of Ancyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea,Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ῥωμανός. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ῥωμανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Παλαιστίνη. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Άγιος Ρωμανός, saint.grΆγιος Ρωμανός από την Παλαιστίνη, saint.gr with Child-martyr Barulas of AntiochMartyr Barulas the Youth of Caesarea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Τὸ Ἅγιο Νήπιο. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Άγιο Νήπιο, saint.gr (303)November 18 / December 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).December 1 / November 18. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ῥωμανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Παλαιστίνη. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Romanus, who suffered under Maximian, at Antioch (304 or 305) Martyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeus the Reader, of Caesarea in Palestine (303, 304, or 307)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζακχαῖος καὶ Ἀλφαῖος. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Άγιοι Ζακχαίος ο Διάκονος και Αλφαίος, saint.grMartyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon, and Alphaeus, of Caesarea in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable BasilGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Όσιος Βασίλειος, saint.gr

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Maximus of Mainz, nineteenth Bishop of Mainz in Germany from 354 to 378, who suffered greatly at the hands of the Arians (378)November 18. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyrs Oriculus and Companions, martyrs under the Arian Vandals near Carthage in North Africa (c. 430) Saint Nazarius, a monk and Abbot of Lérins in France (c. 450) Saint Mabyn (Mabena), nun of Cornwall (5th century) Saint Mawes (Maudetus, Maudez), Bishop in Cornwall and Brittany (5th or 6th century) Saint Keverne (Akeveranus), a friend of Saint Kieran or Saint Piran in Cornwall (6th century) Saint Mummolus (Mumbolus, Momleolus, Momble), born in Ireland, he was a companion of St. Fursey whom he succeeded as Abbot of Lagny in France (c. 690) Saints Amandus (708) and Anselm (c. 750), Abbots of Lérins Abbey Saint Constant, priest-hermit at Lough Erne in Ireland (777) Saint Odo of Cluny (942)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Helen Devochkina, Abbess of Novodevichy Convent, Moscow (1547) New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia in Epirus, by beheading (1750), and Saint Daniel (Musa) of Corfu (18th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Άγιος Αναστάσιος ο Νεομάρτυρας από την Παραμυθιά της Ηπείρου, saint.grNew Martyr Anastasius of Epirus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Saint Nectarie (Crețu) the Protopsaltes, of Prodromou Skete (Nectarius the Vlach), hesychastic monk and a great chanter called the 'Nightingale of Mt. Athos' (1899) Ανακοινωθέν για τις εργασίες της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (18 Οκτωβρίου 2025). Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο (Ecumenical Patriarchate). Ανάρτηση 18/10/2025. Retrieved: February 15, 2025.Constantinople canonizes two more Romanian Athonites. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, October 20, 2025. Retrieved: February 15, 2026. Patriarhia Ecumenică a canonizat încă doi cuvioși români ce au viețuit la Schitul Prodromu. DOXOLOGIA.ro. 18 Octombrie 2025 21:52. Retrieved: February 15, 2025. New Hieroconfessor Nicholas Vinogradov, Archpriest, of Malakhovo, Yaroslavl (1948) 1 декабря (18 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Other commemorations

Synaxis of All Saints of Estonia Translation of the relics of St. Cosmas (Kosmas) the Protos of Vatopedi (1276) Ανακομιδή Ιερών Λειψάνων του Αγίου Κοσμά του Πρώτου του Βατοπαιδινού του Οσιομάρτυρα saint.gr Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly Sidorenko of Glinsk and Tbilisi (1992)

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References

Sources November 18 / December 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). December 1 / November 18. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). November 18. 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. 86. The Eighteenth Day of the Month of November. Orthodoxy in China. November 18. 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. 355–356. 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. 554–557. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 18 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 18 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). November 18. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 1 декабря (18 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 18 ноября по старому стилю / 1 декабря по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год.