November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...

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November 22 Events Pre-1600 * 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. * 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fran ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 4 by

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es 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 21, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 8 Events Pre-1600 * 960 – Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. * 1278 – Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dyn ...

Feasts

*The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the

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.November 21 / December 4
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).December 4 / November 21
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Συναξαριστής.
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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Saints

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Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Rufus of Rome, the disciple whom

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Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs Celsus and Clement, in Rome. * Martyrs Demetrius and Honorius, in Ostia in Italy. ''(see also:

December 22 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69 – Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs. * 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed h ...

)'' * Martyrs Honorius, Eutychius and Stephen, in Asta in Andalusia in Spain under Diocletian (c. 300) * Saint Gelasius I, Pope of Rome (496) * Saint Digain, son of

Constantine Corneu Constantine (, , fl. 520–523) was a 6th-century king of Dumnonia in sub-Roman Britain, who was remembered in later British tradition as a legendary King of Britain. The only contemporary information about him comes from Gildas, who castigate ...

, King of Dumnonia (5th century) * Saint Maurus of Verona, twelfth

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, Confessor (c. 600) * Venerable

Columbanus Saint Columbanus (; 543 – 23 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in presen ...

of Bobbio, Abbot and founder of

Luxeuil Abbey Luxeuil Abbey (), the ''Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul'', was one of the oldest and best-known monasteries in Franche-Comté, located in what is now the département of Haute-Saône in Franche-Comté, France. History Columbanus The abbey was f ...

in Gaul, and

Bobbio Abbey Bobbio Abbey (Italian: ''Abbazia di San Colombano'') is a monastery founded by Irish Saint Columbanus in 614, around which later grew up the town of Bobbio, in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Columbanus. ...

in Italy (615)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. 87. (''see also:

November 23 Events Pre-1600 *534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. *1248 – Siege of Seville, Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. *1499 – Seve ...

'') * Saint Amelberga of Susteren, Benedictine Abbess of Susteren Abbey in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

(c. 900) * Saint Hilary, Benedictine Abbot of San Vincenzo in Volturno (1011-1045), who revived the monastic life there (c. 1045)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of Vladimir in

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(11th century) ( ''see also:

'' ) * Venerable Sozomenos, Bishop of Karpaseia in Cyprus, and

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(12th century)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωζόμενος
'' 21 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. ( ''see also:

'' )

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitsky, Protopresbyter, of New York and Moscow (1937) * New Hieromartyr Alexis Benemansky of Tver, Priest (1937) ( ''see also:

'' )

Other commemorations

Synaxis A synaxis ( "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, ''sobor'') is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite). Synaxes of feast days In Constantinopl ...

of churches that are dedicated to the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos.
21/11/2015
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Everlasting Hope". * Repose of Blessed Pasha of Birsk,

Fool-for-Christ Foolishness for Christ (; ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christia ...

(1891)

Icon gallery

File:Presentation of Virgin Mary (icon).jpg, Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the

(''16th century'') File:Frescos from the Church of the Presentation of Virgin Mary in Kucevište 039.jpg, Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
(''14th century'') File:Presentation titian.JPG, Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
(''

Titian Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Ti ...

'')

Notes

References

Sources

November 21 / December 4
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
December 4 / November 21
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
November 21
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. 87. *

'' 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. 359-360. * 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. 561–562. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
21 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
21 Νοεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
21/11/2015
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
21 ноября по старому стилю / по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. {{DEFAULTSORT:November 21 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) November in the Eastern Orthodox calendar