November 28, 2022. + Orthodox Calendar

Orthodox Calendar 2022

Прмч. Стефан Новый, Константинопольский

Священномученик митрополит Серафим

Мученик Иринарх

Old Style

November 28

Sunday

New Style

December 11

26th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 1.
Nativity Fast.

Fish, wine and oil allowed.

Martyr Irenarchus and Seven Women-martyrs, at Sebaste (303). Monk-martyr Stephen the New (767).

Martyrs Basil, Stephen, Gregory (2), John, Andrew, Peter, Anna, and many others, who suffered with St. Stephen the New (767). Blessed Theodore, archbishop of Rostov (1394).

New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Chichagov), metropolitan of St. Petersburg (1937). New Hieromartyrs Raphael (Tyupin), hieromonk of the Zlatoustov Monastery (Moscow), and Monkmartyr Vincent (Nikolsky) of Optina Monastery (1937).

Hieromartyrs Timothy and Theodore, bishops; Peter, John, Sergius, Theodore, and Nicephorus, priests; Basil and Thomas, deacons; Monk-martyrs Hierotheus, Daniel, Chariton, Socrates, Comasius, and Eusebius; and Martyr Etymasius, at Tiberiopolis (361). St. Theodore, bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia (end of 6th c.). St. Oda, virgin, of Brabant (Neth.) (726).

Articles

Martyr Irenarchus at Sebaste

The Holy Martyr Irenarchus was from Sebaste, Armenia, and lived during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).

Monkmartyr and Confessor Stephen the New of Mt St Auxentius

When the emperor learned that the saint had organized a monastery in prison, where they prayed and venerated holy icons, he sent two of his own servants, twin-brothers, to beat the saint to death.

St. Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov

With the blessing of Saint Sergius, Saint Theodore built a church in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos and founded a monastery on the banks of the River Moskva, at the place called Simonovo.

A Prophetic New Martyr: St. Seraphim (Chichagov)

Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Egorievsk

Today we commemorate a nearly unknown yet great saint, Holy Hieromartyr Seraphim (Chichagov) of Petrograd. He received a brilliant education, graduated from the Page Corps, became a well-known scholar, received a humanitarian as well as a natural sciences education, and was part of the upper echelons of society. He had a brilliant military career, having fought in several wars, but he left all this and became a priest. He did more than anyone else for the canonization of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Holy Hieromartyr Seraphim was not only a priest (later a bishop)—he was a true prophet.

Holy Hieromartyr Raphael (Tiupin)

Igumen Damascene (Orlovsky)

But the OGPU was especially piqued by Fr. Raphael’s healing of the demoniac. The villagers were questioned, and they all testified that there was a sick woman who could barely be restrained by several people during fits of demonic possession, and when they brought her to Communion in the Church, it was only with great difficulty that four strong men were able to hold her steady.

St. Oda of Brabant, the Blind Princess of Scotland

When she awoke, she saw the sun shining for the first time in her life. Grateful for the miracle that God had performed through St. Lambert, Oda promised to dedicate the rest of her life to the service of God.

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