It must be remembered that the calendar November does not coincide with the church month in the old style. It is 13 days closer to autumn than to winter (according to the holy calendar, it ends on December 13 according to the Gregorian calendar). We will briefly "flip through" the pages of hagiographic literature according to the days of the modern calendar. Orthodox name days in November are celebrated by people with both the most familiar and rare names.
First of all, let's remember the most amazing saints, and also mention rare names in numbers (we will indicate them in brackets after each name).
First week of November
November 1 commemorates the martyr Uara, who has the grace to pray for the dead without Holy Baptism. 2nd - Reverend Gerasimus, who tamed a lion in the desert. On the 3rd, the most honored name is Hilarion, one of whom, the Pskovoezersky reverend, performed his feat in the hollow of a large pine tree (and to this day his relics are in the chapel of the village of Ozera, Gdov district). 4th - a rare case when one saint of the common Christian period has two names at once - Constantine and Exacustodian. 5th - the memory of the apostleJames, brother of the Lord. 6th - a Scythian bishop named Papa. 7th - Righteous Tabitha, resurrected through the prayer of the Apostle Peter.
Beautiful rare names whose name day in November in the first week: Cleopatra, Leonty, Felix (1), Artemy, Matrona (2), Aza, Julian, Socrates (3), Anfusa, Heraclius, Rufus, Theodotia (4), Elisha, Euphrosyne (5), Aretha, Zosima, Synclitikia (6), Anastasius (7).
Second week
On the eighth of November, the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, the patron saint of Russian soldiers, is commemorated, on the 9th - Nestor the Chronicler of Caves, on the 10th - Metropolitan Demetrius of Rostov, whose works brought together the Lives of the Saints. On the 11th - the Venerable Anna of Bithynia, who labored in a male form under the name of Euthymian, on the 12th - the Monk Martyr Anastasia the Roman, on the 13th - the apostle of the 70 Stachy, whose name it is customary to name in Orthodoxy with the passport name Stanislav, on the 14th - unmercenary healers Cosmas and Damian of Asia.
Name day in November in the second week: Stilicon, Leptina, Mitrodorus, Theophilus (8), Kapitolina, Mark (9), Angelius, African, Evnikia, Job, Nathanael, Paraskeva, Terenty, Fevronia (10), Agathia, Claudius, Melitina, Theodosius (11), Herman, Eutropia, Markell (12), Aristobulus, Dormedon, Maura, Stratonika (13), Agrippina, David, Erminingeld, Caesarea, Cyrene, Longinus, Procopius, Theodotia, Thomas (14).
Third week
November 15 - the memory of the martyr Domna, who at the beginning of the 4th century buried the Christians killed by the persecuting emperor without fear, on the 16th - the Great Martyr George the Victorious, on the 17th - Blessed Simon of Yuryevets (featfoolishness was especially common in the Russian north), on the 18th - Patriarch Tikhon (Belavin), on the 19th - the Monk Varlaam of Khutyn, a Novgorod saint, comparable in importance to Sergius of Radonezh, on the 20th - the largest cathedral of martyrs in November, on the 21st th - the day of the nine archangels of the Lord.
Name days in November in the third week: Akindin, Domnina, Cyprian (15), Akepsim, Attik, Quiz, Eustratius, Marin, Oceanus, Perpetua, Photinia (16), Eremey, Mercury, Porfiry, Theodora (17), Agafangel, Galaction, Dorotheus, Pamphilus, Philologist (18), Claudia, Luke, Nicander, Tekusa (19), Athenodorus, Valery, Eutychius, Casinia, Tabrion, Thessaloniki (20), Martha, Raphael (21).
Name day at the end of the month
November 22 is the memory of the Miracle Worker Bishop Nektarios of Aegina, the 23rd - the Georgian prince - martyr Constantine, the 24th - the Serbian king Great Martyr Stephen, the 25th - Patriarch John the Merciful of Alexandria (a title that speaks for itself), the 26th - St. John Chrysostom, the 27th - the Apostle Philip, the 28th - the Monk Paisius Velichkovsky (XVIII century), "the father of Russian eldership", the 29th - the Ethiopian prince Fulvian (in the baptism of Matthew), the 30th - Neo-Caesarian Bishop Gregory the Wonderworker and Venerable Nestor of Radonezh.
See all name days in November from the 22nd to the end of the month, I think, everyone who is interested in this brief listing of Orthodox saints will wish.
Church name days in November, given in this article,- a great reason for reflection for those parents who want to choose an unusual rare name for their newborn, but mistakenly believe that they can only be found on the side, in TV series about Jose Ignacio and Juan Carlos, Isaura and Manuel, or in the pagan element of creativity with Slavic roots, such as Lubomir or Snezhana.
