12 November
38 commemorations of 12 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 25 November of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. John the Merciful (d. 619)
Saints
- Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite (Achias) (960 BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Ἀχιᾶorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Arsacius (Arsakios), by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἀρσάκιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Anthony, Zevinus, Germanus, Nicephorus and virgin-martyr Maratho, under Diocletian (c. 286–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀντώνιος, Ζεβίνας, Γερμανός, Νικηφόρος καὶ Μαραθῶ οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Martin of Terracina, Bishop of Terracina (c. 4th century)saint.gr
- Venerable Martin the Merciful (Martin of Tours), Bishop of Tours (397)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτῖνοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Nilus the Faster, of Sinai (451)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ Ἀσκητὴςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria (c. 616–620)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἐλεήμονας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Leontius (Leo), Patriarch of Constantinople (1143)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed John "the Hairy", Fool-for-Christ, of Rostov (1580)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nilus the Myrrh-gusher, of Mount Athos (1651)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ Μυροβλύτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Mark Peter Markoulis of Kleisoura (1598)johnsanidopoulos.com · mystagogyresourcecenter.com
- New Martyr Sabbas Nigdelis the Samoladan, beheaded at Koutzouk-Karamani, Constantinople, buried in Eğri Kapı ("Crooked Gate") (1726)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Σαμολαδᾶς ἐκ Νίγδηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Nicholas of Six Marmara, at Constantinople (1732)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλας ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἀπὸ την Ἐνορία τῶν Ἕξι Μαρμάρωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyrs and Confessors of Năsăud, Romania (1763)
- Athanasius Todoran, Basil Dumitru, Gregory Manu, and Basil Oichi
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Adrianov, priest of the Ekaterinburg Diocese (1918)orthochristian.com
- New Hieromartyrs Constantine Uspensky, Vladimir Krasnovsky, Alexander Archangelsky, Matthew Aloin and Demetrius Rozanov, Priests (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Boris (1942)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 Rufus of Avignon, venerated as the first Bishop of Avignon in France (c. 200)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Renatus (René), Bishop of Angers in France, and by tradition of Sorrento in the south of Italy (c. 422)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Evodius, Bishop of Le Puy in France (c. 560)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Emilian of Cogolla, Hermit, of Vergegio in Spain (574)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Machar (Macharius, Mochumna), Bishop of Aberdeen (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sinnell of Cleenish (Senilis), Ireland (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Himerius (Imier), a hermit in the Jura in Switzerland, now called after him Immertal, Val-Saint-Imier (c. 610)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cummian Fada (Cumianus), a monk at Clonfert, who founded the monastery of Kilcummin (662)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cunibert, Bishop of Cologne in Germany, an untiring builder of churches and monasteries (c. 663)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cadwaladr (Catuvelladurus), King of the Welsh (664)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Paternus, born in Brittany, he was a monk at Cessier and then at Saint-Pierre-le-Vif near Sens in France, murdered by evildoers (c. 726)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lebuinus (Liafwine, Leafwine), Apostle of the Frisians and patron of Deventer (c. 773)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Namphasius (Namphrase), a hermit near Marcillac in France, after a military career (c. 800)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ymar, a monk at the monastery of Reculver in Kent in England, martyred by the Danes (c. 830)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Benedict, John, Matthew, Isaac and Christinus (Christian), monks from Italy who followed St Adalbert of Prague, murdered at their monastery near... (1005)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Astericus of Pannonhalma (Astricus, Ascrick), first Abbot of Břevnov Monastery, then first Abbot of Pannonhalma, and Archbishop of Kalocsa (c. 1035)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 Mother of God "Kykkiotissa" ("The Merciful", "Milostivaya"), from Kykkos Monastery on Cyprusoca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Commemoration of the miracle (1718) of Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker (348), when the Latins wanted to place their own altar in his church on Corfusaint.gr
- Repose of Righteous Cosmas of Birsk (1882)pravoslavie.ru
- Commemoration of the righteous monks and laymen buried at Optina Monastery
- Virgin maiden Barbara (1900)
- Hieromonk Basil; Riassaphore-monks Trophimus and Therapontus (1993)
- the youth George (1994)
The list is November 12 (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.