November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 30 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For November 17, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 4.

Saints

• Saint Gregory the Wonderworker of Neo-Caesarea (266)^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
• Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Hamah (282)^{[1] [2]}
• Martyrs Zachariah the Cobbler and his wife, Mary (3rd century)^{[1] [2] [6]}
• Martyrs Gregory, Victor, and Geminus of Heracleon in Thrace (304)^{[1] [2]}
• 150 philosophers converted by St. Catherine, and who suffered in Alexandria (305)^{[1] [2]}
• Venerable Longinus of Egypt (4th century)^{[1] [2] [4] [7]}
• Martyr Sak (Saktus, Sanctus) the Persian.^{[4] [8]}
• Saints Maximian of Constantinople (434)^[1] and Gennadius of Constantinople (471), Patriarchs of Constantinople.^{[2] [4] [9]} (see also: April 21 )
• Saint John the Cobbler of Olumba, Cairo, and Sinai (7th century)^{[1] [2] [6]}
• Venerable Lazarus the iconographer of Constantinople (857)^{[1] [2] [4] [10] [11] [12]}
• Great-Martyr Gobron (Michael) and 133 soldiers of Georgia (914)^{[1] [2] [11] [13] [14]}
• Venerable John of Olympus (John Dermokaitis), in Bithynia (c. 919-944)^{[4] [14] [15]}
• Venerable Justin.^{[4] [16]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Acisclus and Victoria, at Córdoba in Hispania (304)^{[11] [17]}
• Saint Eugene, a deacon of the Church of Florence with Bishop Zenobius (422)^[17]
• Saint Anianus of Orleans (Aignan), fifth Bishop of Orleans in France (453)^[17]
• Saint Gregory of Tours, Bishop of Tours (594),^[1] and with him Venerable Aredius, Abbot of Limoges and Venerable Vulfolaic, stylite of Trier,^[1] Gaul.^{[2] [17]}
• Saint Namasius (Naamat, Namat, Namatius), twenty-second Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 599)^[17]
• Venerable Hilda, Abbess of Whitby Abbey (680)^{[1] [2] [17] [18] [19]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Gennadius, Abbot of Vatopedi, Mount Athos (14th century)^{[1] [2] [4] [20] [21]}
• Venerable Nikon, Abbot of Radonezh, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1426)^{[1] [2] [4] [11] [22] [23]}
• Venerable Archimandrite Sebastian (Dabovich) of San Francisco and Jackson, Enlightener and Apostle of the Church in America (1940)^{[1] [24] [25]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1935) of St. Gregory, Bishop of Assos near Ephesus (1150), to Lesvos. (On the Sunday between November 11–17 each year.)

Sources

• November 17 / December 30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• November 30 / November 17. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• November 17. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 86.
• The Seventeenth Day of the Month of November. Orthodoxy in China.
• November 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 354-355.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 551–554.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 17 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• 17/11/2015. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• 30 ноября (17 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 17 ноября по старому стилю / 30 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год.

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20181117.html November 17 / December 30
2. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2015&today=30&month=11&trp=0&tzo=-4 November 30 / November 17
3. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ Νεοκαισαρείας. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Συναξαριστής. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
5. St Gregory the Wonderworker of Neocaesarea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ζαχαρίας καὶ Ἰωάννης. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Λογγῖνος. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σὰκ ὁ Πέρσης. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γεννάδιος καὶ Μάξιμος Πατριάρχες Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Λάζαρος ὁ Ζωγράφος. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. 30 ноября (17 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
12. Venerable Lazarus the Iconographer, of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. Martyr Michael (Gobron) of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 86.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Δερμοκαΐτης. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰουστῖνος. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdnov.htm November 17
18. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 551-554.
19. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Hilda (Βρεταννίδα). 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεννάδιος ὁ Βατοπαιδινὸς. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Venerable Gennadius of Vatopedi, Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νίκων ὁ Θαυματουργός μαθητὴς τοῦ Ἁγίου Σεργίου (Ρῶσος, † 1427 μ.Χ.). 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. THE CANONIZATION OF STS. MARDARIJE AND SEBASTIAN. The Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Retrieved: 11 August 2015.
25. Bishop Maxim of the Serbian Western American Diocese. "TO THE CLERGY, MONASTICS, CHURCH-SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, AND THE FAITHFUL OF THE ORTHODOX CANADIAN DIOCESE - THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA." SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF WESTERN AMERICA. July 2, 2015, Los Angeles. Retrieved: 11 August 2015.