Feasts
Saint John the Merciful,
Patriarch of Alexandria; Saint Nilus the
Faster of Sinai;
Prophet Ahijah (Achias); Blessed
John the Hairy,
Fool-for-Christ at Rostov; Saint Leon, Patriarch of Constantinople;
New-Martyr Sabbas Nigdelinus of Constantinople; New-Martyr Nicholas of Constantinople; Saint Nilus the
Myrrh-gusher of the
Great Lavra on
Mount Athos; Saint
Martin,
Bishop of Tours (also called Bishop of Tarakine, of the Franks; see also
November 11);
Martyrs Antoninos, Nikephoros, Zebinas, and Germanos of Caesarea in Palestine; Saint Machar, Bishop of Aberdeenshire; Saint Lebuin,
monk of Deventer; Saint
Emilian of Vergegio; Saint Cadwaladr the Battle-Shunner, King of Wales;
synaxis of New-Martyrs of Optina: Anatole, Barnabas, Dositheus, Nektary, Nikon, Panteleimon, and Vincent; repose of
Righteous Cosmas of Birsk and Fr. Hilarion of
Valaam and Sarov; commemoration of the righteous monks and
laymen buried at Optina
Monastery
