4 November
30 commemorations of 4 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 November of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. George Karslidis (1901-1959)
Saints
- Saint Abimelech of Gerar the Righteous, who hosted Abraham, who had presented his wife Sarah as his sister (Genesis 20)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβιμέλεχ ὁ Δίκαιοςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Apostles Hermas, Patrobas, Linus, Gaius and Philologus, of the Seventy (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐρμᾶς, Πατρόβας, Λίνος, Γάϊος καὶ Φιλόλογος οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τῶν 70synaxarion.gr
- Hierymartyrs Nicander, Bishop of Myra, and Hermas, presbyter, both disciples of Titus (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νίκανδρος καὶ Ἑρμαῖοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Porphyrius the Mime, of Caesarea (361)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πορφύριος ὁ Μῖμοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sylvia, mother of St. Gregory the Dialogist (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Joannicius the Great of Bithynia (834)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωαννίκιος ὁ Μέγας ὁ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Gabriel of Atonelnioca.org
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Luke, Bishop of Novgorod (1059)pravoslavie.ru
- Holy and Righteous Ioane, Stepane, and Isaiah the Georgiansoca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint John III Doukas Vatatzes the Merciful, Emperor of Nicaea (1254)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Βατατζὴς ὁ ἐλεήμονας βασιλιὰςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Far Caves in Kiev (14th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Blessed Simon of Yurievets and Zharki, Fool-for-Christ (1584)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicander, founder of Gorodnoezersk Monastery, Novgorod (1603)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Paul (Konyuskevych), Metropolitan of Tobolsk and Siberia (1768)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable George (Karslidis) of Drama the Confessor (1959)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος Καρσλίδηςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Vinogradov, Confessor and Priest (1931)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Virgin Martyr Eugenia Lysova, Nun (1935)calendar.rop.ru
- New Hieromartyr Seraphim Samoilovich, Archbishop of Uglich (1937)oca.org
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Petropavlovsky, Priest (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Ismael Bazilevsky, Priest (1941)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Saints Vitalis and Agricola, martyrs in Bologna in Italy, under Diocletian (c. 304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βιτάλιος ὁ Δοῦλοςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Modesta, niece of Saint Modoald in France and first Abbess of Oehren in Trier in Germany (680)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Proculus, Bishop of Autun in France martyred by invading Huns (c. 717)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Clarus, a hermit near Rouen, murdered in the village of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (c. 875)Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Birnstan of Winchester (Beornstan), Bishop of Winchester in England, who loved to pray for the departed (c. 934)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gregory of Burtscheid, a Greek monk from Cerchiara in Calabria in Italy, founder of Burtscheid Abbey (999)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Emeric of Hungary, son of Saint Stephen, the first Christian King of Hungary, he was a disciple of Saint Gerard Sagredo of Czanad, Confessor (1031)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Narration of the destruction of Jerusalem (587 BC) in the Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, and on the ecstasy of Abimelech (≍ Ebedmelech the Ethiopian...saint.gr
- Repose of Schemamonk Mark of Sarov Monastery (1817)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk Daniel (Sandu Tudor), poet of Romania (1962)pravoslavie.ru
The list is November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.