26 November
25 commemorations of 26 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 9 December of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Venerable James the Solitary of Syria (457)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀναχωρητὴςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable ChaeremonὉ Ὅσιος Χαιρέμωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Peter, Patriarch of Jerusalem (544 or 552)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Stylianos of Paphlagonia, monk (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Στυλιανὸς ὁ Παφλαγόναςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Acacius of Mt. Latros, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ ἐν τὴ Κλίμακιsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Silas, Bishop of Corinth in Persia (Persidos)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σίλος Ἐπίσκοπος Κορίνθου τῆς Περσίαςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Procopius of PersiaὉ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ Πέρσηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (608 or 640)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλύπιος ὁ Κιονίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nikon the Metanoeite of Armenia, "Preacher of Repentance" (988)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νίκων ὁ «Μετανοεῖτε»synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerables Athanasius and Theodosius of Cherepovets Monastery, Vologda, disciples of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (c. 1388)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Innocent, first bishop of Irkutsk, Apostle to Siberia and Wonderworker (1731)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰννοκεντίος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr George of Chios, at Kydonias in Asia Minor (1807)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Χίοsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Zamaraev, John Vinogradov, George Kolokolov, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Nazarius Gribkov, Basil Agafonikov, Basil Kolosov, Elijah Zachatesky, Basil Studnitsyn, Daniel Meshaninov, and Michael Zelentsovsky, Priests (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Tikhon Buzov, Archimandrite, of Donskoy Monastery, Moscow (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Peter Tsarapkin (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.
- Saint Amator, Bishop of Autun in France (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Siricius, Pope of Rome (399)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Basolus (Basle), a French Benedictine monk at Verzy near Rheims, then a hermit for forty years on a hill near the city, confessor, wonderworker (c. 620)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Martin of Arades, a monk at Corbie Abbey in France (726)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Conrad of Constance, Bishop of Constance in Germany, went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land three times (975)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vacz, a hermit in Visegrád in the mountains of Pilis in Hungary (11th 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.
- Dedication of the Church of St. George at Kiev (1054)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Dedication of the Church of St. George in the Kyparission (Kyparissia) district of ConstantinopleἘγκαίνια Ναοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου ἐν τῷ Κυπαρίσσῳ (ἢ Κυπαρισσίῳ)synaxarion.gr
- Repose of Sophianos of Dryinoupolis, Orthodox missionary in Ottoman Epirus, considered the forerunner of Kosmas the Aetolian in the region (1711)saint.gr
The list is November 26 (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.