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 winter (according to the holy calendar, it ends on December 13 according to the Gregorian calendar). We will briefly “flip” the pages of worldly 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 us recall the most amazing saints, and also mention rare names in numbers (we indicate them in brackets after each name).
The first week of November
On November 1, the memory of the martyr Uara, who has the grace to pray for the dead without Holy Baptism, is honored. 2nd — Rev. Gerasimos, who tamed a lion in the desert. The third most respected name is Illarion, one of which - the Pskovoye Rev. Monk - performed his feat in the hollow of a large pine (and until now his relics are in the chapel of the Lake village of the Gdovsk District). The 4th is a rare case when one saint of the common Christian period has two names at once - Konstantin and Eksakustodian. 5th - the memory of the apostle James, brother of the Lord. 6th - Scythian bishop named Pope. 7th - the righteous Tabitha, resurrected by the prayer of the Apostle Peter.
Beautiful rare names whose name day is in November in the first week: Cleopatra, Leonty, Felix (1), Artemy, Matron (2), Aza, Julian, Socrates (3), Anfusa, Irakli, Rufus, Theodotius (4), Elisha, Euphrosyne (5), Aref, Zosim, Syncliticius (6), Anastasius (7).
Second week
On November 8, the memory of the great martyr Dimitry of Solunsky, the patron saint of Russian soldiers, the 9th - the cave Nestor the Chronicler, and the 10th - Metropolitan Dimitry of Rostov, whose works brought together the Lives of the Saints, takes place. On the 11th - the Vifinsky Monk Anna, fighting in a male form under the name of Euthymianus, on the 12th - the martyr Anastasia Rimlyanyni, on the 13th - an apostle from 70 Stakhii, whose name it is customary to name in Orthodoxy having a passport name Stanislav, on the 14th - disinterested healers of Cosmas and Damian of Asia.
Name days in November in the second week: Stilikon, Leptina, Mitrodor, Theophilos (8), Capitolina, Mark (9), Angelius, Africa, Yevnikia, Job, Nathanael, Paraskeva, Terenty, Fevronia (10), Agathia, Claudius, Melitina, Theodosius (11), Herman, Eutropia, Markell (12), Aristovul, Dormedont, Mavra, Stratonika (13), Agrippina, David, Yermingeld, Caesarea, Kiriena, Longinus, Procopius, Theodotius, Thomas (14).
Third week
November 15 - the memory of the martyr Domna, who at the beginning of the 4th century buried Christians killed by the persecuting emperor without fear, the 16th - the great martyr George the Victorious, the 17th - blessed Simon Yuryevetsky (the feat of foolishness was especially common in the Russian north), the 18th - Patriarch Tikhon (Belavin), the 19th - the Monk Varlaam of Khutynsky, the Novgorod saint, by significance comparable with Sergius of Radonezh, the 20th is the largest cathedral of martyrs in November, the 21st is the day of the nine archangels of the Lord.
Name days in November in the third week: Akindin, Domnina, Cyprian (15), Akepsim, Attik, Dictorina, Eustratius, Marine, Ocean, Perpetua, Photinia (16), Yeremey, Mercury, Porfiry, Theodora (17), Agafangel, Galaktion, Dorofei, Pamphilus, Philologist (18), Claudius, Luke, Nicander, Tecus (19), Athenodor, Valery, Eutychius, Cassinia, Tavrion, Thessaloniki (20), Martha, Rafail (21).
Name day at the end of the month
On November 22, the memory of the Wonderworker Bishop Nectarius of Aegina is celebrated, on the 23rd - the Georgian prince - the martyr Constantine, on the 24th - the Serbian king Stephen the Great Martyr, on the 25th - the Patriarch John the Gracious of Alexandria (the title speaks for itself), on the 26th - the saint John Chrysostom, the 27th - the Apostle Philip, the 28th - the Monk Paisius Velichkovsky (XVIII century), the "father of the Russian eldership", the 29th - the Ethiopian Prince Fulvian (in the baptism of Matthew), the 30th - the Neocesarean Bishop Gregory the Wonderworker and Rev. Nestor of Radonezh.
It seems that everyone who is interested in this brief list of Orthodox saints will want to see all name days in November from the 22nd to the end of the month.
The church name days in November given in this article are a great occasion 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 the TV series about Jose Ignacio and Juan- Carlos, Isaur and Manuel either in the pagan element of creativity with Slavic roots such as, for example, Lubomyr or Snezhana.