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29 November

31 commemorations of 29 November in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 12 December of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Philoumenos of Jacob's Well (1913-1979)

Saints

  • Venerable Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki (c. 160)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Hieromartyr Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth (182)Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Paramon and 370 others, at Bithynia (250)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παράμονος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ 370 σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Philoumenos of Ancyra (274)
    • Martyr Valerian, by the sword (274)
    • Martyr Phaedrus, by pouring hot resin over him (274)
    Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλούμενοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Hieromartyr John, in Persia (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Περσίδιsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Holy 6 Martyrs who entered a rock which wondrously opened and received themΟἱ Ἅγιοι 6 Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
  • Venerable Pitirim of Egypt (4th century), disciple of Saint Anthony the GreatὉ Ὅσιος Πιτυροῦνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Tiridates III (IV), King of Armenia (4th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Acacius of Sinai (6th century), mentioned by John of the Ladderoca.org · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
  • Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekresi, Georgia (6th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Bishop Urban of MacedoniaὉ Ἅγιος Οὐρβανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Μακεδονίαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Venerable Pankosmios (Pancosmius) the AsceticὉ Ὅσιος Παγκόσμιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Venerable MarkὉ Ὅσιος Μᾶρκοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεκτάριος ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Mardarije Uskoković of Libertyville, Illinois, Enlightener and Apostle of the Church in America (1935)istocnik.ca · spc.rs

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Sergius Kochurov, Priest (1941)holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Momčilo Grgurević, Priest (1945)mitropolijadabrobosanska.org · spc.rs
  • New Hieromartyr Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well (1979)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλούμενος ὁ νέος Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · christopherklitou.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.

  • Hieromartyr Saturninus, venerated as the first Bishop of Toulouse (c. 257)orthodoxengland.org.uk · patriarchia.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Blaise and Demetrius, martyrs in Veroli in central ItalyRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Hieromartyrs Saturninus and Sisinius (c. 309)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Illuminata, a virgin in Todi in Italy (c. 320)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Brendan of Birr (571)Ὁ Ἅγιος Brendan (Ἰρλανδός)synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Sadwrn (Sadwen), hermit, brother of St Illtyd and disciple of St Cadfan (6th century)orthodox.cn · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Hardoin, Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Brittany (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Æthelwine of Athelney (Egelwine, Aylwine), a prince of the house of Wessex who lived as a hermit at Athelney in Somerset, England (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Walderic, founder of the monastery of Murrhardt in Germany (c. 817)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Radboud, Bishop of Utrecht (917)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Gulstan (Gustan, Constans), a monk at St Gildas of Rhuys in Brittany (c. 1010)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.

  • Consecration of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Sergius and BacchusΜνήμη Ἐγκαινίων Ἱεροῦ Ναοῦ τῶν Ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Σεργίου καὶ Βάκχουsynaxarion.gr
  • Repose of Blessed Abel "the Prophet", of Valaam Monastery (1831)pravoslavie.ru

The list is November 29 (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.

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