November 16 Events Pre-1600 * 951 – Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom. *1272 – W ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

November 18 Events Pre-1600 * 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. * 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. * 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: ca ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 30 by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For November 17, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1354 – War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza. * 1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Jo ...

Saints

* Saint Gregory the Wonderworker of Neo-Caesarea (266)November 17 / December 30
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).November 30 / November 17
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Συναξαριστής.
17 Νοεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of

Hama Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...

h (282) * Martyrs Zachariah the

Cobbler Cobbler(s) may refer to: *A person who repairs shoes * Cobbler (food), a type of pie Places * The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland * Mount Cobbler, Australia Art, entertainment and media * ''The Cobbler' ...

and his wife, Mary (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes:
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ζαχαρίας καὶ Ἰωάννης
'' 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Martyrs Gregory, Victor, and Geminus of Heracleon in Thrace (304) * 150 philosophers converted by St.

Catherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

, and who suffered in Alexandria (305) * Venerable Longinus of Egypt (4th century) * Martyr Sak (''Saktus, Sanctus'') the Persian. * Saints Maximian of Constantinople (434) and

Gennadius of Constantinople Gennadius of Constantinople (; died 17 November 471) was the patriarch of Constantinople from August 458 until his death. Gennadius is known to have been a learned writer who followed the School of Antioch of literal exegesis, although few writ ...

(471), Patriarchs of Constantinople. (''see also:

April 21 Events Pre-1600 * 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is mur ...

'') * Saint John the Cobbler of Olumba, Cairo, and Sinai (7th century) * Venerable Lazarus the iconographer of Constantinople (857)30 ноября (17 ноября)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * Great-Martyr

Gobron Gobron ( ka, გობრონი, tr) also known as Mikel-Gobron or Michael-Gobron () (died November 17, 914) was a Christianity, Christian Georgians, Georgian military commander who led the defense of the fortress of Q'ueli against the Sajids, S ...

(Michael) and 133 soldiers of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

(914)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. * Venerable John of Olympus (''John Dermokaitis''), in Bithynia (c. 919-944) * Venerable Justin.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Acisclus and Victoria, at Córdoba in Hispania (304)November 17
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Eugene, a deacon of the Church of Florence with Bishop Zenobius (422) * Saint Anianus of Orleans (''Aignan''), fifth Bishop of Orleans in France (453) * Saint

Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (born ; 30 November – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history". He was a prelate in the Merovingian kingdom, encom ...

Bishop of Tours The Archdiocese of Tours (; ) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd century, while the formal erection of the diocese dates from the 5th century. The ecclesiastical p ...

(594), and with him Venerable

Aredius Aredius, also and (25 August 591, at Saint-Yrieix in the Haute-Vienne), was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane (or Atane, ). He founded the monastery of Attane, which was renamed after his death ''Saint- ...

, Abbot of

Limoges Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...

and Venerable Vulfolaic,

stylite A stylite ( () "pillar dweller", derived from () "pillar" and ()) or pillar-saint is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying. Stylites believe that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure ...

of Trier, Gaul. * Saint Namasius (''Naamat, Namat, Namatius''), twenty-second

Bishop of Vienne The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon. History The legend according to wh ...

in France (c. 599) * Venerable Hilda, Abbess of

Whitby Abbey Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian ...

(680)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. 551-554.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Gennadius, Abbot of

Vatopedi The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi (, ) is an Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18t ...

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; ) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...

(14th century) * Venerable Nikon, Abbot of Radonezh, disciple of St.

Sergius of Radonezh Sergius of Radonezh (; 14 May 1314 – 25 September 1392) was a Russian spiritual leader and monastic reformer. He was the founder of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius near Moscow, what is now the most venerated monastic house in Russia. He exer ...

(1426) * Venerable Archimandrite Sebastian (Dabovich) of San Francisco and Jackson, Enlightener and Apostle of the Church in America (1940)Bishop Maxim of the Serbian Western American Diocese. '
TO THE CLERGY, MONASTICS, CHURCH-SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, AND THE FAITHFUL OF THE ORTHODOX CANADIAN DIOCESE - THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
"'' SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF WESTERN AMERICA. July 2, 2015, Los Angeles. Retrieved: 11 August 2015.

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (1935) of St. Gregory, Bishop of

Assos Assos (; , ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city near today's Behramkale () or Behram for short, which most people still call by its ancient name of Assos. It is located on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast in the Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Ayvac ...

near Ephesus (1150), to Lesvos. (''On the Sunday between November 11–17 each year.'')

Icon gallery

File:Gregory Thaumaturgus.jpg, St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Neo-Caesarea. File:Deposition of the Robe of Virgin Mary (XV c).jpg, Deposition of the Robe of Virgin Mary by Gennadius and Emperor Leon. File:Feodora and Lazar (Skylitzis Chronicle).jpg, Empress Theodora and monk Lazarus the iconographer. File:Périgueux église St Georges vitrail (6).JPG, St. Anianus of Orleans. File:Хильда Уитбийская (икона).jpg, Venerable Hilda, Abbess of

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. From the Middle Ages, Whitby ...

. File:Nikon of Radonej.jpg, Venerable Nikon, Abbot of Radonezh. File:Sevastijan Dabović 1863-1940.jpg, Venerable Archimandrite Sebastian (Dabovich) of San Francisco and Jackson.

Notes

References

Sources

November 17 / December 30
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
November 30 / November 17
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
November 17
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. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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. 354-355. * 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. 551–554. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
17 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
17 Νοεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
17/11/2015
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
17 ноября по старому стилю / 30 ноября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. {{DEFAULTSORT:November 17 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) November in the Eastern Orthodox calendar