On November 23, 4 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs you about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Church holidays 23 November 2023
Holiday | Description |
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Rodion and Erast
The Apostles from 70 Erastus, Olympus, Rodion, Sosipater, Quart (Quartus) and Tertius
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Memorial Day of the six Apostles from 70. |
The Martyr Orestes the Physician |
It is considered the day of memory of Saint Orestes, a physician originally from the city of Tian (III century). He suffered for his faith in Christ in 304 under the Emperor Diocletian. |
Holy Martyrs Procopius (Titov), Archbishop of Kherson, John Skadovsky, Dionysius Shchegopev, Peter Pavlushkov, presbyters |
The church honors the holy Archbishop of Kherson and Nikolaev Procopius (birth name Titov Pyotr Semyonovich) and three presbyters. They were arrested and executed in November 1937. They were canonized in 2000. |
Holy Martyrs Augustine (Belyaev), Archbishop of Kaluga, and with him |
Memorial Day of St. Augustine (birth name - Belyaev Alexander Alexandrovich), Archbishop of Kaluga and Borovsky. Together with other martyrs, he was executed in Kaluga in November 1937. |