November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Updated on Dec 18, 2023

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Nov. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 22

All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 4 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For November 21, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 8.

Feasts

The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple.

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Saint Rufus of Rome, the disciple whom Saint Paul greets in Romans 16:13 (c. 90)

Martyrs Celsus and Clement, in Rome.

Martyrs Demetrius and Honorius, in Ostia in Italy.

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, King of Dumnonia (5th century)

Saint Maurus of Verona, twelfth Bishop of Verona, Confessor (c. 600)

Venerable Columbanus of Bobbio, Abbot and founder of Luxeuil Abbey, Gaul (615)

Saint Amelberga of Susteren, Benedictine Abbess of Susteren Abbey in the Netherlands (c. 900)

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

Saint Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of Vladimir in Volhynia (11th century) ( see also: November 22 )

Venerable Sozomenos, Bishop of Karpaseia in Cyprus, and Wonderworker (12th century) ( see also: November 20 )

Vladimir Ryasensky of Tver, priest (1932)

New Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitsky of New York, Priest (1937)

New Hieromartyrs Basil Bov of Chimkent, and Alexander Andreyev of Moscow, Protopresbyters (1937)

New Hieromartyrs James Sokolov, John Smirnov, Paul Yevdokimov of Tver, and Theodore Gusiev of Moscow, Priests (1937)

New Hieromartyr Gerasimus (Mochalov), Hieromonk of Moscow.

New Hieromartyr Alexis Benemansky of Tver, Priest (1937) ( see also: November 22 )

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Everlasting Hope".

Synaxis of churches that are dedicated to the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos.

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