Orthodox saints and name days on November 26

Name days on November 26

Alypios, Stylianos, Stelios, Stellios, Stylianus, Styliani, Stella, Steliani, Stela, Stelia, Nikon, Nikonas, Akakios, Acacius

Saints and feasts of November 26

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  Alypios Stylites

  Venerable, Αλύπιος Στυλίτης

  Venerable Alypios the Stylite was an ascetic of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor who embraced the rare and severe discipline of the pillar saints, standing upon a column in unceasing prayer, exposed to heat and frost, for many decades. From his pillar he taught and consoled the many who came to him, and monastic communities gathered nearby under his care.

  Name days: Alypios

• Stylianos of Paphlagonia

  Venerable, Στυλιανός ο Παφλαγών

  Saint Stylianos was born in Paphlagonia in Asia Minor and, after giving his inheritance to the poor, lived as a hermit in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and asceticism. Tradition relates that he was granted the gift of healing, and that he had a special love for children.

  Name days: Stylianos, Stelios, Stellios, Stylianus, Styliani, Stella, Steliani, Stela, Stelia

• Nikon Metanoeite

  Venerable, Νίκων ο Μετανοείτε

  Saint Nikon was born in Pontus in the tenth century and became a monk. He travelled through Asia Minor, Crete after its recovery from the Arabs, and the Peloponnese, preaching everywhere the single word Metanoeite, Repent, from which he took his name.

  Name days: Nikon, Nikonas

• George of Chios

  Martyr, Γεώργιος ο Χιοπολίτης

  Saint George was born on Chios and as a child was taken by Ottomans and raised as a Muslim, but returned to the Christian faith as a young man. Working at Kydonies in Asia Minor, he was recognized and denounced.

• Akakios of the Ladder

  Venerable, Ακάκιος ο εν τη Κλίμακι

  Saint Akakios was a young monk of Sinai who served a harsh elder with perfect obedience and patience, bearing daily abuse for nine years without complaint. Saint John Climacus tells his story in the Ladder of Divine Ascent.

  Name days: Akakios, Acacius

• Sophianos of Dryinoupolis

  Hierarch, Σοφιανός Δρυϊνουπόλεως

  Saint Sophianos was Bishop of Dryinoupolis in northern Epirus in the seventeenth century and is regarded as a forerunner of Saint Kosmas of Aitolia. He founded a school at the monastery of Saint Athanasios and travelled from village to village to strengthen the Christians against conversion to Islam.

• James the Solitary

  Venerable, Ιάκωβος ο Αναχωρητής

  Venerable James lived as a hermit near Cyrrhus in Syria in the fifth century, in the open air without shelter, enduring heat and cold. Theodoret of Cyrrhus, who knew him, records his severe asceticism and his miracles.