Feasts
Commencement of the
Nativity Fast; repose of
Saint Herman,
Wonder-worker of Alaska (see also
December 13); Holy
Martyrs and
Confessors Gurias, Samonas, and Abibus (Habibus) of Edessa; Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, and Eustochius who suffered under Julian the
Apostate; Martyr Demetrius of Thrace; Saint Quinctian,
Bishop of Seleucia; Saint Philip,
Abbot of Rabanga (Vologda); Saint
Paisius (Velichkovsky) of Moldavia and
Mount Athos; Saint Thomas the new,
Patriarch of Constantinople; Saint Malo, Bishop of Aleth; Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man; Saint Justinian the Emperor and his wife
Theodora (see also
November 14); Saint Fintan,
Hermit of Rheinau
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