7 November
31 commemorations of 7 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 20 November of the civil calendar.
Saints
- 33 Martyrs of Melitene (290)
- Hieron, Hesychius, Nicander, Athanasius, Mamas, Barachius, Callinicus, Theogenes, Nicon, Longinus, Theodore, Valerius, Xanthius, Theodulus, Callimachus, Eugene, Theodochus, Ostrychius, Epiphanius, Maximian, Ducitius, Claudian, Theophilus, Gigantius, Dorotheus, Theodotus, Castrychius, Anicetus, Theomelius, Eutychius, Hilarion, Diodotus, and Amonitus
- Martyrs Matronian and Anthony, brothers of martyr Hieron, at Melitene (290)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ματρωνιανὸς καὶ Ἀντώνιοςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Saint Gregory, brother of St. Gregory the Wonderworker (3rd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Martyrs Auctus, Taurion, and Thessaloniki, at Amphipolis in MacedoniaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Αὖκτος, Ταυρίων καὶ Θεσσαλονίκη οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (c. 305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Θεσσαλονίκηsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Melasippus, Cassina, their son Antoninus, and 40 children converted by their martyrdom, at Ancyra (363)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μελάσιππος, Κασσίνη καὶ Ἀντώνιοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable AmbrosiosὉ Ὅσιος Ἀμβρόσιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Saint AthenodorusὉ Ἅγιος Ἀθηνόδωροςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker, of Mt. Galesion, near Ephesus (1054)Ὁ Ὅσιος Λάζαρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ Γαλλησιώτηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Zosimas, founder of the Annunciation Monastery at Lake Vorbozomsk (1550)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs (1937)
- Cyril (Smirnov) Metropolitan of Kazan
- Michael Adamantov, Alexander Ilyinsky, Aleksander Kurmysh, Michael Gusev, Aleksander Krylov, Nikolai Romanovsky, Alexei Molchanov, Paul Borisoglebsky, Basil Krasnov, and Paulinus Staropolev, Priests
- John Moshkov and Benjamin Vladimirsky, Deacons
- Martyr Nicholas Filippov
- Virgin-martyr Elisabeth Sidorova
- New Hieromartyrs Sergius, Archbishop of Eletsk; Nicholas Troitsky, priest; and Martyr Gregory Yurenev (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Joseph (Petrovykh), Metropolitan of Petrograd (1937)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
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.
- Saint Prosdocimus, first Bishop of Padua in Italy (c. 100)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amaranthus, a martyr venerated in Albi in the south of France (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rufus of Metz, an early Bishop of Metz in France, and Confessor, he was bishop for some twenty-nine years (c. 400)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Herculanus of Perugia, Martyr-Bishop of Perugia in Italy, beheaded by soldiers of Totila of the Ostrogoths (549)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Congar of Congresbury (Cumgar, Cyngar), founder of monasteries in Badgworth, Congresbury in Somerset, and in Llangennith in Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tremorus of Brittany, infant son of St Triphina, he was the patron saint of Carhaix (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gebetrude (Gertrude), third Abbess of Remiremont Abbey in France (c. 675)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Raverranus, Bishop of Séez in France (682)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gertrude of Remiremont, granddaughter of St Romaricus, and Abbess after her aunt at the convent of Saint-Mont near Remiremont, France (c. 690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Florentius of Strasbourg, Bishop of Strasbourg (c. 693)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amarand, Abbot of Moissac Abbey in France, became Bishop of Albi (c. 700)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Willibrord (Clement), Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia (739)Ὁ Ἅγιος Willibrord (Ὀλλανδία)synaxarion.gr · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Blinlivet (Blevileguetus), the twenty-fifth Bishop of Vannes in Brittany (9th century)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.
- Translation of the relics (1649) of St. Cyril (1532), founder of Novoezersk Monastery, Novgorodcalendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Icon of the Mother of God "Leaping with Joy" (Vzigranie) (1795)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org
- Ukaz № 362 of November 7/20, 1920, Russian Church Abroad formedtheorthodoxchurch.org
- Uncovering of the relics (1995) of hieromartyr Constantine Golubev (1918), presbyterpravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru
The list is November 7 (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.