Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar
November 12
Saints commemorated, links to lives of Saints,
Feasts, Scripture Readings, rubrics
- St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria.
- St. Nilus the Faster of Sinai.
- Prophet Ahijah (Achias) (I Kgs 11:29).
- Blessed John "the Hairy", fool for Christ at Rostov.
- St. Leon, Patriarch of Constantinople.
- New Martyr Sabbas Nigdelinus of Constantinople.
- New Martyr Nicholas of Constantinople.
- St. Nilus the Myrrh gusher of Mt. Athos.
- Synaxis of New Martyr of Optina: Anatole, Barnabas, Dositheus, Nektary, Nikon, Panteleimon, and Vincent.
- Repose of Righteous Cosmas of Birsk (1882) and Fr.
- Hilarion of Valaam and Sarov (1841).
- Commemoration of the Righteous monks and laymen buried at Optina Monastery.
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