Orthodox saints and name days on November 17

Name days on November 17

Grigorios, Gregory, Greg, Gennadios, Gennadius, Gennadis

Saints and feasts of November 17

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  Gregory the Wonderworker

  Hierarch, Γρηγόριος Θαυματουργός

  St. Gregory the Wonderworker was Bishop of Neocaesarea in Pontus in the third century. A student of philosophy who was won to Christ, he received the episcopate of a city with only a handful of Christians; through his preaching and the many miracles God worked through him, it is said that at his death only a handful of pagans remained.

  Name days: Grigorios, Gregory, Greg

• Gennadios and Maximos of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Γεννάδιος και Μάξιμος Πατριάρχες

  Saint Gennadios was Patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, a learned theologian and reformer of the clergy who is remembered for his holiness of life and his miracles. Saint Maximos III was Patriarch in the fifteenth century, shortly after the fall of the City, and was known for his pastoral care of the enslaved flock.

  Name days: Gennadios, Gennadius, Gennadis

• Lazarus the Iconographer

  Venerable, Λάζαρος ο Ζωγράφος

  Saint Lazarus was a monk and icon painter in Constantinople in the ninth century. During the iconoclast persecution of the Emperor Theophilos he continued to paint icons and was imprisoned and tortured; tradition relates that his hands were burned with hot irons.

• Zacharias the Shoemaker and John

  Saint, Ζαχαρίας ο Σκυτοτόμος και Ιωάννης

  Tradition relates that John, a pious man of Constantinople, prayed to be shown someone with whom he would share eternal life, and was directed to Zacharias, a humble shoemaker. He found that Zacharias and his wife lived in poverty, giving away most of their earnings and keeping a secret vow of chastity.

• Gennadios of Vatopedi

  Venerable, Γεννάδιος ο Βατοπαιδινός

  Venerable Gennadios was the steward of the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos in the fourteenth century. Tradition relates that when the monastery's oil ran out he wished to stop supplying the brethren, but the abbot ordered him to trust in the Theotokos, and the empty jar was found overflowing.

  Name days: Gennadios, Gennadius, Gennadis

• Nikon of Radonezh

  Venerable, Νίκων του Ραντονέζ

  Venerable Nikon came as a young man to Saint Sergius of Radonezh and became his closest disciple, succeeding him as abbot of the Holy Trinity monastery. After the monastery was burned by the Tatars he rebuilt it and had the relics of Saint Sergius uncovered.