Orthodox saints and name days on November 20

Name days on November 20

Proklos

Saints and feasts of November 20

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  Proclos of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Πρόκλος

  St. Proclos was a disciple of St. John Chrysostom and served as Patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century. A gentle and eloquent shepherd, he taught the faith with clarity, honored the Theotokos in his celebrated homilies, and brought the relics of his teacher Chrysostom back to Constantinople with great solemnity, healing an old wound in the Church.

  Name days: Proklos

• Proclus the Martyr

  Martyr, Πρόκλος

  The holy martyrs Proclus and Hilarius suffered for Christ in the early centuries of the Church, during the Roman persecutions. Tradition relates that Proclus was seized first and endured torture with steadfastness, and that his witness moved his kinsman Hilarius to confess Christ openly; both were put to death for the faith.

  Name days: Proklos

• Gregory the Decapolite

  Venerable, Γρηγόριος ο Δεκαπολίτης

  Saint Gregory was born in Irenopolis of the Isaurian Decapolis in the ninth century and became a monk, living as an ascetic in various places and travelling to Rome, Sicily and Thessaloniki. He preached against iconoclasm and was known for his miracles.

• Dasius of Dorostolum

  Martyr, Δάσιος ο εν Δορυστόλω

  Saint Dasius was a soldier at Dorostolum on the Danube during the reign of Diocletian. Chosen by lot to play the king in the pagan festival of Saturn, he refused to take part in the revelry and openly confessed Christ.

• Nerses and Joseph of Persia

  Hierarch, Νιρσάς και Ιωσήφ

  Saint Nerses was a bishop in Persia and Joseph his disciple, who was also a bishop. During the persecution of King Shapur II in the fourth century they were arrested with many clergy and laypeople for refusing to worship the sun.

• Eustathios, Thespesios and Anatolios

  Martyr, Ευστάθιος, Θεσπέσιος και Ανατόλιος

  Saints Eustathios, Thespesios and Anatolios were three brothers of Gangra who were converted with their parents and lived in Nicaea. During the persecution of Maximian they were arrested for their faith.

• Sozomenos of Cyprus

  Venerable, Σωζόμενος ο Θαυματουργός

  Saint Sozomenos was a native of Karpasia in Cyprus who, tradition relates, lived before the Frankish occupation of the island. Well educated, he left his home as a young man to live in a cave as a hermit, devoting himself to prayer.