November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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November 28 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 30
All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 12 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For November 29, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 16.
Saints
- Venerable Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki (c. 160)[1][2][note 2]
- Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth (182)[2][3][4]
- Martyrs Paramon and 370 others, at Bithynia (250)[2][3][5][6]
- Martyr Philoumenos of Ancyra (274),[2][3][7][8][note 3] and with him:
- Hieromartyr John, in Persia (4th century)[2][14][note 5]
- Holy 6 Martyrs who entered a rock which wondrously opened and received them[15][note 6]
- Venerable Pitirim of Egypt (4th century), disciple of Saint Anthony the Great[2][3][16]
- Saint Tiridates III (IV), King of Armenia (4th century)[3][17][note 7]
- Saint Acacius of Sinai (6th century), mentioned by John of the Ladder[3][19][20] (see also: November 26)
- Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekresi, Georgia (6th century)[3][19][21]
- Bishop Urban of Macedonia[2][17][22][note 8]
- Venerable Pankosmios (Pancosmius) the Ascetic[2][17][23]
- Venerable Mark[2][24][note 9]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Hieromartyr Saturninus, venerated as the first Bishop of Toulouse (c. 257)[3][17][25][26][27][28][note 10][note 11]
- Saint Blaise and Demetrius, martyrs in Veroli in central Italy[9][25]
- Hieromartyrs Saturninus and Sisinius (c. 309)[25][note 12][note 13]
- Saint Illuminata, a virgin in Todi in Italy (c. 320)[9][25]
- Saint Brendan of Birr (571)[3][17][25][29][note 14]
- Saint Sadwrn (Sadwen), hermit, brother of St Illtyd and disciple of St Cadfan (6th century)[25][30][note 15]
- Saint Hardoin, Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Brittany (7th century)[25]
- Saint Æthelwine of Athelney (Egelwine, Aylwine), a prince of the house of Wessex who lived as a hermit at Athelney in Somerset, England (7th century)[25][note 16]
- Saint Walderic, founder of the monastery of Murrhardt in Germany (c. 817)[25]
- Saint Radboud, Bishop of Utrecht (917)[3][17][25][32]
- Saint Gulstan (Gustan, Constans), a monk at St Gildas of Rhuys in Brittany (c. 1010)[25]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (12th century)[2][3][33][34]
- Saint Mardarije Uskoković of Libertyville, Illinois, Enlightener and Apostle of the Church in America (1935)[35][36][note 17] (see also: December 12)
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Kochurov, Priest (1941)[17][19]
- New Hieromartyr Momčilo Grgurević, Priest (1945) [37][38][39]
- New Hieromartyr Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well (1979)[40][41][note 18] (see also: November 16 - O.S.)
Other commemorations
- Consecration of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus[44]
- Repose of Blessed Abel "the Prophet", of Valaam Monastery (1831)[3]
Icon gallery
Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth.
Martyr Philoumenos of Ancyra.
(Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
St. Tiridates, King of Armenia.
Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekresi, Georgia.
The Martyrdom of Saint Saturninus.
St. Illuminata.
St. Brendan of Birr.
Greek Orthodox Church of St. Photini the Samaritan Woman, built over the site of Jacob's Well, where St. Philoumenos was martyred in 1979.
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Notes
- The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - See: (in Greek) Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
- This is likely the same individual as the one celebrated on November 1 and April 10.
- It is unknown when and where they were martyred. However according to the tradition, when they were being persecuted, a stone opened up and they entered inside it.
- In 301, Tiridates proclaimed Christianity as the state religion of Armenia, making the Armenian kingdom the first state to embrace Christianity officially.[18]
- Possibly the same individual as Saint Romanus, Bishop of Macedonia, who is commemorated a day earlier on November 28.
- His memory is preserved in the Synaxarion of Delehaye. He left behind a wife, children and relatives to become a monk. He wandered the desert, cities and villages, and came to Egypt, where he was found dead in a temple, carrying heavy irons upon him. When the people saw this they were amazed at his asceticism. Thus they constructed a wooden coffin where they placed his body along with the heavy irons that he wore in life.
- A missionary who enlightened the area around Pampeluna (Pamplona) in Navarre in Spain and then the area and city of Toulouse in France. He is venerated as the first Bishop of Toulouse. By tradition he was martyred in the persecution of Valerian by being fastened to a wild bull which dragged him about until he was torn to pieces.
- "At Toulouse, in the time of Decius, the holy bishop Saturninus, who was confined by the Pagans in the capitol of that city, and from the highest part of the building precipitated down the stairs; by which fall, having his head crushed, his brains dashed out and his whole body mangled, he rendered his worthy soul to our Lord."[9]
- According to tradition Saturninus was a priest in Rome, though born in Carthage. He and his deacon Sisinius were sentenced to hard labour and subsequently martyred. They were buried in the cemetery of St Thraso on the Salarian Way.
- "At Rome, on the Salarian road, the birthday of the holy martyr Saturninus, an aged man, and the deacon Sisinius, in the time of the emperor Maximian. After a long imprisonment, they were, by order of the prefect of the city, placed on the rack, distended with ropes, scourged with rods and whips garnished with metal, then exposed to the flames, taken down from the rack and beheaded."[9]
- A contemporary of St Brendan the Voyager and a disciple of St Finian at Clonard. His monastery of Birr was in Offaly in Ireland. He was a friend and advisor of St Columba, who saw the soul of St Brendan carried by angels to heaven at the moment of his repose.
- A number of churches in Wales are dedicated to him.
- "ST EGELWINE was a brother of Kenewalch, King of the West Saxons, but more illustrious for his eminent sanctity than for his royal birth. He was continually afflicted with sickness, but did not on that account relax his fervent resolution of serving God in Christian perfection. The holy man persevered in this course till his blessed death, and after that by his miracles and availing intercession continued to show himself the watchful protector of those who had recourse to him. The Abbey of Athelney was not erected until a later period; but it was there that the memory of St. Egelwine was held in especial veneration."[31]
- Canonized in 2015. See also: (in Russian) Мардарий (Ускокович). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- He was martyred on November 29, 1979, the same feast day as his patron Saint, Philoumenus of Ancyra (274). He was canonized on September 11, 2009 by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem,[42] with this canonization being reaffirmed on March 5, 2010 by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Russia as well:[43]
- (in Russian): 5 марта 2010 года Священный синод Русской православной церкви постановил:
- «включить имя священномученика Филумена (Хасаписа) в месяцеслов Русской Православной Церкви с установлением празднования его памяти 16/29 ноября, как это установлено в Иерусалимской Церкви».[43]