Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar

November 29

Saints commemorated, links to lives of Saints,

Feasts, Scripture Readings, rubrics

Nativity Fast.

1. Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia.
2. Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus.
3. St. Acacius of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder.
4. St. Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves.
5. St. Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth.
6. St. Pitirim of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great.
7. Greek Calendar
   • St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessalonica.
   • Hieromartyr John of Persia.
   • St. Urban of Macedonia, Bishop St. Pancosmius, monk.
8. Repose of Blessed Abel "the Prophet" of Valaam (1831).