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9 November

26 commemorations of 9 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 22 November of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)

Saints

  • Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus (284–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ὀνησιφόρος καὶ Πορφύριος οἱ Μάρτυρεςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Matrona of Perge, Abbess of Constantinople (492)Ἡ Ὁσία Ματρῶναsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (c. 305)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Narses and Artemon, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ναρσὴς καὶ Ἀρτέμωνας οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Martyrs Christopher and Maura, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Χριστόφορος καὶ Μαύρα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • The Four Crowned Martyrs
    • Claudius, Castor, Sempronian, and Nicostratus, of Pannonia (c. 306)
  • Venerable Helladius, monkὉ Ὅσιος Ἑλλάδιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Venerable John the Short of Egypt (John Kolobos, John the Dwarf) (c. 407)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Βραχύσωμος ἢ Κολοβὸςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Anthony of Apamea (5th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerables Eustolia (610) and Sosipatra (625), of ConstantinopleΟἱ Ἁγίες Εὐσταλία καὶ Σωπάτραoca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Theoctiste of Lesbos, of the Monastery Panagia "Ekatontapyliani" (Hundred Doors) in Paros (881)Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοκτίστη ἡ Λεσβίαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Symeon Metaphrastes ('the Translator') of Constantinople (960)Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Μεταφραστὴςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Saints Euthymius (990) and Neophytus (c. 1118), founders of Docheiariou, Mount AthosΟἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐθύμιος καὶ Νεόφυτος κτήτορες τῆς Μονῆς Δοχειαρίου Ἁγίου Ὄρουςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Parthenius (Bryansky), Bishop of Ananyevsk (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieromartyr Alexis (Zadvornov), Hieromonk of the Afanasiev Convent, Yaroslavl (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieromartyrs Constantine Cherepanov, Demetrius Rusinov, Nestor Panin, Theodore Chichkanov, Constantine Nemeshaev, Victor Klimov, Elias Rylko and Paul... (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Joseph Schensnovich, Deacon (1937)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.

  • Saint Agrippinus of Naples (Arpinus), Bishop of Naples (2nd or 3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Ursinus of Bourges, first Bishop of Bourges in France (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Benignus of Armagh (Benen), Bishop of Armagh (468)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Pabo, founder of the monastery later called Llanbabo, in Anglesey, Wales (c. 510)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Vitonus (Vanne, Vaune), Bishop of Verdun (c. 525)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.

  • Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "She Who Is Quick to Hear" (Gorgoepēkoos) of Docheiariou, Mount Athos (10th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of Righteous Eldress Matrona of Penza (1937)pravoslavie.ru

The list is November 9 (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.

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