November 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 11 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For November 28, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 15.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Acacius, Martyr Irenarchus and Seven Women-martyrs at Sebaste (303)^{[1][2][3][4][5][note 2]}
• Martyrs at Tiberiopolis (361-363):^[1][3][6][7]

• Timothy and Theodore, bishops;
• Peter, John, Sergius, Theodore, and Nicephorus, presbyters;
• Basil and Thomas, deacons;
• Hierotheus, Daniel, Chariton, Socrates, Comasius, and Eusebius, monks;
• Etymasius, layman.

• Saint Theodore, Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia (end of 6th century)^[1]
• Saint Maurice, Emperor of Rome, and his six sons (602)^[8]
• Venerable Monk-martyr and Confessor Stephen the New of Mt. St. Auxentius (767)^{[1][3][9][10][11][note 3]}

• Martyrs: Basil, Stephen, Gregory, another Gregory, John, Andrew,^[13] Peter,^[14] Anna,^[15][16] and many others (767)^{[1][10][17][18]}

• Saint Romanos, Bishop of Macedonia^{[3][19][note 4]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Rufus and Companions, a citizen of Rome who was martyred with his entire household under Diocletian (304)^{[20][note 5]}
• Saints Papinianus and Mansuetus, Bishops in North Africa martyred under the Arian Vandal King Genseric (5th century)^{[20][note 6]}
• Saints Valerian, Urban, Crescens, Eustacius Cresconius, Crescentian, Felix, Hortulanus and Florentian, Bishops from North Africa exiled by the Arian King Genseric (5th century)^{[20][note 7]}
• Saint Fionnchu, the successor of St. Comgall at the monastery of Bangor in Ireland (6th century)^[20]
• Virgin-Martyr Juthwara of Cornwall (6th or 8th century)^[10]
• Saint Oda of Brabant, the Blind Princess of Scotland (c. 726)^[1](see also: October 23)
• Saint Hippolytus, Bishop of Saint-Claude in France (c. 775)^[20]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Blessed Theodore III, Archbishop of Rostov (1394)^{[1][10][21][22][23][note 8]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Christos the Gardener of Albania, at Constantinople (1748)^{[10][24][25][26]}
• New Hieromartyr Seraphim Chichagov, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg (1937)^{[1][10][22][25][27][28]}
• New Hieromartyrs Alexis Veselovsky,^{[note 9]} Alexis Smirnov, and Basil Zavgorodnego, Priests (1937)^[10][22][28]
• New Hieromartyr Raphael Tyupin, Hieromonk of the Zlatoustov Monastery, Moscow (1937)^[1][28]
• New Monkmartyr Vincent Nikolsky of Optina Monastery (1937)^[1][28]
• Virgin-Martyr Anysia Maslanovoy (1937)^[28]
• Virgin-Martyr Paraskeva Fedorov (1938)^[10][22][28]
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Krylov, Priest (1941)^{[10][22][28][note 10]}
• Venerable Confessor Arsenie of Prislop (1989)

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (2000) of Venerable Sergius (Srebriansky), Archimandrite, of Tver (1948)^{[22][28][note 11]}

Icon gallery

• 
  Venerable Monk-martyr and Confessor Stephen the New.
• 
  Blessed Theodore, Archbishop of Rostov.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Seraphim Chichagov, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg.
• 
  Venerable Sergius (Srebriansky).

Notes

1. 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").
2. Name days celebrated today include:
   • Irenarchos (Εἰρήναρχος).
3. "At Constantinople, in the time of Constantine Copronymus, the holy martyrs Stephen the Younger, Basil, Peter, Andrew and their companions, numbering three hundred and thirty-nine monks, who were subjected to various torments for the worship of holy images, and confirmed the Catholic truth with the shedding of their blood."^[12]
4. His memory is not recorded in the Synaxarion of St. Nicodemus; nor in that of Delehaye. However his memory is preserved in Parisian Codex 1578, where he is referenced as Bishop of Macedonia.
5. "AT Rome, St. Rufus, who, with all his family, was made a martyr by Diocletian."^[12]
6. "In Africa, under the Arian king Genseric, in the persecution of the Vandals, the holy martyrs Papinian and Mansuetus, bishops, who, for the Catholic faith, were burned in every part of their bodies with hot plates of iron, and thus ended their glorious combat."^[12]
7. "At this time also, other holy bishops, Valerian, Urban, Crescens, Eustachius, Cresconius, Crescentian, Felix, Hortulanus, and Florentian, terminated the course of their lives in exile."^[12] They reposed in exile and were afterwards honoured as confessors for Orthodoxy.
8. See: (in Russian)Феодор III (архиепископ Ростовский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
9. See: (in Russian)Веселовский, Алексей Александрович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
10. Also celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of Pascha, the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women.See: (in Russian)Крылов, Николай Васильевич. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
11. His feast day is on March 23. See: (in Russian)Сергий (Сребрянский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

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7. Martyr Timothy and his companions, at Tiberiopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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27. Hieromartyr Metropolitan Seraphim (Chichagov). OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)28 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 28 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (in Greek)November 28. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

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• (in Russian)11 декабря (28 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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