22 November
33 commemorations of 22 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 5 December of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Iakovos of EviaSt. Philemon the Apostle
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Templeorthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Apostles of the 70, Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia (wife of Philemon and Equal to the Apostles), and St. Onesimus, disciple of Saint Paul (c. 109)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλήμων ὁ Ἀπόστολος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὒτῷ Ἄρχιππος, Ὀνήσιμος καὶ Ἀπφίαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus at Rome (c. 230 or 288)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Καπιτουλάριοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Menignus at Parium, the Tanner, by beheading (250)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μένιγνος ὁ κναφέαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark at Antioch in Pisidia, by beheading (290)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μᾶρκος, Στέφανος καὶ Μᾶρκος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea in Palestine, by the sword (303)Ὁ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ Παλαιστίνιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Agapion of Greece (Agapionos the Roman) (304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαπίων ὁ Ρωμαῖοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Agapios of Cappadocia, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἀγάπιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr ThaddeusὉ Ἅγιος Θαδδαῖος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Christopher and Euphemia, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Χριστόφορος καὶ Εὐφημία οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Thallelaius and Anthimus, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Θαλαλαῖος καὶ Ἄνθιμος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Hieromartyr Sisinius, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Σισίνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Agabbas (Abbas) of Syria (5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀββᾶςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Michael the Soldier of Potuka, Bulgaria (866)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Germanus, founder of the Holy Monastery of the Theotokos Eikoiphinissa, in the Metropolis of Drama, Greece (Macedonia) (9th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερμανόςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Clement of Ochrid, Bishop of Ohrid (Achrida), Enlightener of Bulgaria and Wonderworker (916)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλήμης ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδας τῆς Βουλγαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Blessed Yaropolk-Peter, Prince of Vladimir in Volhynia (1086)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrdom of Saint Michael (Mikhail), Prince of Tver (1318)oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Callistus II Xanothopoulos, Hesychast monk of Mount Athos and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1397)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κάλλιστος ὁ Β’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Iakovos Tsalikis of Euboea (Evia) the New Ascetic, Igumen of the Monastery of Saint David the Elder in Euboea (1991)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Θεοφόρος ὁ καθηγούμενος τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ὁσίου Δαυΐδ τοῦ ἐν Εὐβοίᾳsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · immorfou.org.cy · patriarchate.org · romfea.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Ryasensky of Tver, Priest (1932)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Joasaph Zhevakhov, Bishop of Mogilev (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Gerasim Mochalov, Hieromonk of the Zosima Hermitage, Smolensk (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Alexis Benemanskii (Benemansky) and Elias (Elijah) Gromoglasov, Archpriests of Tver, and Athanasius Milov, Priest of Chimkent (1937)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Monk-martyrs Eutychius Didenko, Abner Sinitsyn, Sava Suslov, and Mark Makhrov, of Optina Monastery, and with them New Martyr Boris Kozlov (1937)calendar.rop.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov, Basil Bov, Paul Evdokimov, Jacob Sokolov, Theodore Gusiev, John Baranov, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Paraskeva (Matieshina), Confessor (1953)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.
- Martyr Maurus, born of Christian parents in North Africa, he was martyred in Rome under Numerianorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pragmatius, Bishop of Autun in France (c. 520)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Deyniolen (Deiniol the Younger), Abbot of Bangor Abbey in Wales (621)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sabinian, Third Abbot of Moutier-Saint-Chaffre in France (c. 720)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Christian, thirty-seventh Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 873)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tigridia (Trigidia), Abbess of San Salvador de Oña, which her father Count Sancho Garcia founded for her to direct (c. 925)orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is November 22 (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.