November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 3 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For November 20, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 7.

Feasts

• Forefeast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos.^[1][2][3][4]

Saints

• Martyr Dasius of Dorostolum, Romania (303)^{[1][3][5][6][note 2]}
• Martyrs Eustathios the Deacon, Thespesios, and Anatolios, of Nicaea (312)^{[1][3][8][note 3][note 4]}
• Martyrs of Persia, under Shapur II (343):^{[1][note 5][note 6]}

• Hieromartyrs Nerses and Joseph, Bishops of Persia.^[3][11]
• Hieromartyrs John, Saverius and Isaac, Bishops of Persia (by stoning); Hypatius (Papias) and Isaac, Presbyters (by beheading); and Jonam the ascetic.^{[3][12][note 7]}
• Martyrs Geithazet the eunuch (Azades),^{[3][note 8]} Sasannis, Noelmaris and Zarouantinis, lanced for refusing to sacrifice to the sun god of the Persians.^[14][15]
• Virgin-martyrs Thekla, Bautha, Denachis, Tentis, Mama, Malachia, Anna, Nana, Asti and Malach, by the sword, for refusing to worship the Persian fire god.^{[3][15][16][17]}

• Martyrs Bassus and 42 companions in Heraclea in Thrace.^{[15][18][19][note 9]}
• Saint Isaac, Bishop of Armenia (440)^[1][19]
• Saint Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople (447)^{[1][3][20][21]}
• Venerable Gregory Decapolites (816)^{[1][3][22][23][note 10]}
• Venerable Theoctistus the Confessor, Patrician (855)^[1][3][24]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Octavius, Solutor and Adventor, patron-saints of Turin in Italy where they were martyred (297)^{[25][note 11]}
• Martyrs Ampelus and Gaius, in Messina in Sicily under Diocletian (c. 302)^{[25][note 12]}
• Saint Maxentia, born in Ireland, she settled as an anchoress near Senlis in France, where she was put to death at the place now called Pont-Sainte-Maxence.^[25]
• Saint Benignus of Milan, Archbishop of Milan (c. 477)^{[25][note 13]}
• Saint Silvester, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône in France (c. 525)^{[25][note 14]}
• Saint Simplicius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy (c. 535)^{[25][note 15]}
• Saint Eval (Uvol, Urfol), a Bishop in Cornwall (6th century)^{[25][note 16]}
• Saint Autbodus (Autbod), born in Ireland, he preached in Artois, Hainault and Picardy in the north of France and Belgium (690)^[25]
• Saint Eudo (Eudon, Eudes Odo), a monk at Lérins Abbey in France, he founded the monastery of Corméry-en-Velay (Charmillac), later called Saint-Chaffre (c. 760)^[25]
• Saint Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia (869)^{[1][7][25][26][27][note 17]}
• Saint Leo of Nonantula, monk and abbot of Nonantola Abbey near Modena in Italy (1000)^[25]
• Saint Bernward of Hildesheim, Bishop of Hildesheim in Germany (1022)^{[25][note 18]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Sozomenos, Bishop of Karpaseia in Cyprus, and Wonderworker (12th century)^[1][3][28] ( see also: November 21 )
• Venerable Diodorus of George Hill, Solovki, Abbot of Yuregorsk (1633)^{[1][29][30][note 19]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs (1937):^[1]

• Macarius (Karmazin), Bishop of Ekaterinoslav,^{[31][note 20]}
• Alexis Nikatov, Alexander Sakharov, and Vladimir Medvediuk, protoprebysters;^[19] and John, Alexis, Basil, Nicholas, John, Emilian, Nicholas, Priests;^[30]
• Hieromartyrs Arsenius, Eutychius and Hilarion;^[30]
• Woman Hieromartyr Ioannikia, Hegumenia (Abbess).^[30]

• New Woman Hieromartyr Tatiana (after 1937)^[1][30]

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Notes

References

Sources

• November 20 / December 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• December 3 / November 20. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• November 20. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. November. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• 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.
• The Twentieth Day of the Month of November. Orthodoxy in China.
• November 20. 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. 358-359.
• 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. 559-561.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 20 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 20 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (Greek) 20/11/2015. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 3 декабря (20 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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