20 November
32 commemorations of 20 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 3 December of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Forefeast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy TheotokosΠροεόρτια Εἰσοδίων Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Martyr Dasius of Dorostolum, Romania (303)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δάσιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Eustathios the Deacon, Thespesios, and Anatolios, of Nicaea (312)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐστάθιος, Θεσπέσιος καὶ Ἀνατόλιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (343)
- Hieromartyrs Nerses, Bishop of Shahrqart (Kirkuk) and his disciple Martyr Joseph
- Hieromartyrs John, Shapur, and Isaac, Bishops of Seit Selok (by stoning); Hypatius (Papias) and Isaac, Presbyters (by beheading); and Jonam the ascetic
- Martyrs Guhshtazad (Azades) the Eunuch, Sasanis, Noelmaris and Zarouantinis (Zaun), of Lashom, lanced for refusing to sacrifice to the sun god of the Persians
- Virgin-martyrs Thekla, Bautha, Denachis, Tatun, Mama, Malochia, Ana, Nana, Asti and Malach, by the sword, for refusing to worship the Persian fire god
- Martyrs Bassus and 42 companions in Heraclea in ThraceὉ Ἅγιος Βάσσος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ 42 Μάρτυρες στὴν Ἡράκλειά της Θράκηςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Isaac, Catholicos of Armenia (440)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople (447)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πρόκλος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Gregory Decapolites (816)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Δεκαπολίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theoctistus (Theoktistos) the Confessor, Patrician (855)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκτιστος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Sozomen (Sozomenos, Sozomonos), Bishop of Karpaseia in Cyprus, and Wonderworker (12th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σωζόμενοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Diodorus, Founder and Igoumen (Abbot) of Yuriegorsk (George Hill) Monastery, Solovki (1633)oca.org · pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Parasceva (Rodimtseva), Abbess of Toplovsky Convent, Simferopol (1928)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Macarius (Karmazin), Bishop of Dnepropetrovsk (Ekaterinoslav) (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Alexis Amanov, Alexander Sakharov, and Vladimir Medvediuk, John Zabolotny, Alexis Nikatov, Basil Kandelabrov, Nicholas Zelenov, John Sarva... (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Arsenius (Dmitriev), abbot, of the Tikhvin Monastery (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Eutychius (Kachur), abbot, of the St. Marcian Skete, Ukraine (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Pisarets), hieromonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Nun-martyr Ioannikia (Kozhevnikova), Abbess of the Convent of the Entry of the Theotokos (Tikhvin) (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Woman Hieromartyr Tatiana Fomicheva (after 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.
- Martyrs Octavius, Solutor and Adventor, patron-saints of Turin in Italy where they were martyred (297)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Ampelus and Gaius, in Messina in Sicily under Diocletian (c. 302)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maxentia, born in Ireland, she settled as an anchoress near Senlis in France, where she was put to death at the place now called Pont-Sainte-Maxence (c. 450)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Benignus of Milan, Archbishop of Milan (c. 477)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Silvester, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône in France (c. 525)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Simplicius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy (c. 535)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eval (Uvol, Urfol), a Bishop in Cornwall (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Autbodus (Autbod), born in Ireland, he preached in Artois, Hainault and Picardy in the north of France and Belgium (690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eudo (Eudon, Eudes Odo), a monk at Lérins Abbey in France, he founded the monastery of Corméry-en-Velay (Charmillac), later called Saint-Chaffre (c. 760)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hippolyte of Belley, Bishop of Belley, then hermit in Saint-Claude in Franche-Comté (769)forum-orthodoxe.com · orthodoxievco.net
- Saint Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia (869)Ὁ Ἅγιος Edmund (Βρετανός)synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Leo of Nonantula, monk and abbot of Nonantola Abbey near Modena in Italy (1000)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bernward of Hildesheim, Bishop of Hildesheim in Germany (1022)orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is November 20 (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.