November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Nov. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 4

Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 16 by Old Calendarists.

Saints

• Martyrs Acepsimas of Hnaita, the bishop (376), Joseph the presbyter (377), and Aeithalas the deacon (377), of Persia
• Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions, at Sebaste (320)
• Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, and Anempodistus contested around the year 330 CE. Persian Christians who confessed their faith before Shapur II, the king. Their confession inspired the conversion of 7000 Persians before they were burned to death. Two churches in Constantinople are named in their honor. ^[1]

References

1. ^ "Saints and Feasts". Reading of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20071112233114/http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=270. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 

• Protection of the Mother of God Church, List of Saints
• Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church