27 November
43 commemorations of 27 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 10 December of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. James the Persian (d. 421)
Saints
- Venerable MosesὉ Ὅσιος Μωϋσῆςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- 17 Monk-martyrs in India (4th century)orthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Pinuphrius of Egypt (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Πινούφριοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Great-Martyr James Intercisus the Persian (421)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Πέρσηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Palladius of Galatia, Bishop of Helenopolis (Elenopolis), Bithynia, author of the Lausaic History (c. 430)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Romanus the Wonderworker of Cilicia (5th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nathaniel of Nitria (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ναθαναήλsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Palladius of Thessalonica (6th–7th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Theodosius of Tarnovo (1363)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint James, Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1392)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ροστοβίας (Ρῶσος, † 1392 μ.Χ.)synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Damaskinos the Studite, Bishop of Liti and Rendini (1577)saint.gr
- Venerable Diodorus, Abbot of Yuriev Monastery (George Hill), Solovki (1633)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Andrei (Andrew) Ogorodnikov of Simbirsk, Fool-for-Christ (1841)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Dobronravov, Archbishop of Vladimir (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Andreyev, Boris Ivanosky and Basil Sokolov of Moscow, Protopresbyters (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Theodore Dorofiev of Moscow, Alexei Speransky of Moscow, John Glazkov of Alma-Ata, Sergius Amanov, John Khrustalev, Sergius Brednikov... (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Cronides Lyubimov of Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, Archimandrite, and with him Seraphim Krestianinov, Abbot, and Xenophont Bondarenko... (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Joasaph (Ioasaf) Boyev, Archimandrite of Nikolskoye Monastery, Moscow; and Nicholas (Nikolay) Saltykov, Hieromonk of the St.... (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Alexei Gavrin; Apollos Fedoseyev, Hieromonk of Moscow; and Nikon Belyaev, Archimandrite of the Staro-Golutvin Monastery, Kolomna (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr John Emelyanov (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.
- Saints Facundus and Primitivus (c. 300)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valerian, Bishop of Aquileia in the north of Italy (389)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint John Angeloptes, Bishop of Ravenna in Italy 430-433orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Seachnall (Sechnall), first Bishop of Dunsauglin in Meath in Ireland and later served in Armagh (457)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maximus of Riez, Abbot of Lérins Abbey in France in 426, he became Bishop of Riez (460)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Congar of Congresbury, Bishop of Somerset (520)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Siffred of Carpentras (Siffrein, Syffroy, Suffredus), a monk at Lérins Abbey and later Bishop of Carpentras in the south of France (c. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Severinus, a hermit who lived near Paris in France (c. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gallgo, founder of Llanallgo in Anglesey in Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Acharius, Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in Belgium (640)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bilihildis, foundress of the convent of Altenmünster in Mainz (c. 710)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fergus of Glamis, born in Ireland, he was a bishop who preached among the Picts in Perthshire, Caithness, Buchan and Forfarshire in Scotland (c. 721)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Virgil (Vergilius, Fergal), Abbot of St Peter's in Salzburg and Bishop, the Apostle of Carinthia (784)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Apollinaris, fourteenth Abbot of Montecassino Abbey in Italy, abbot for eleven years (828)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.
- Uncovering of the relics (1192) of St. Vsevolod (Gabriel) of Pskov (1138)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Radonezhpravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieromonk Athanasius of Iveron Monastery, Mt. Athos (1973)pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "of the Sign" at Novgorod (1170)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Kursk Root" (1295)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "of Abalek" in Siberia (1637)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo (1753)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God "Zlatoustovskaya" (1848)azbyka.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God "Seraphim-Ponetaevka" (1879)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is November 27 (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.