Orthodox saints and name days on November 28

Name days on November 28

Stefanos, Stefanis, Stephanos, Stefan, Stephan, Stephen, Steve

Saints and feasts of November 28

• Stephen the Younger

  Martyr, Στέφανος ο Νέος

  The holy monk-martyr Stephen the Younger was an ascetic of Mount Auxentios near Constantinople in the eighth century, during the persecution of the holy icons. A monk from his youth and a guide to many, he refused to subscribe to the iconoclast council and boldly defended the veneration of the icons before the emperor himself; for this he was imprisoned, and he was finally killed by a mob in the streets of the capital.

  Name days: Stefanos, Stefanis, Stephanos, Stefan, Stephan, Stephen, Steve

• Irenarchos and the Seven Women

  Martyr, Ειρήναρχος

  Saint Irenarchos was an executioner at Sebaste in Armenia during the persecution of Diocletian. Seeing the courage of seven Christian women under torture, he believed in Christ and confessed openly.

• Fifteen Hieromartyrs of Tiberiopolis

  Hierarch, Άγιοι Πεντεκαίδεκα Ιερομάρτυρες

  The fifteen hieromartyrs, among them the bishops Timothy and Theodore and the priests Eusebius, Peter and others, fled Nicaea during the persecution of Julian the Apostate and settled at Tiberiopolis in Macedonia, the present Strumica, where they preached the Gospel.

• Andrew, Peter and companions of Stephen the New

  Martyr, Ανδρέας, Πέτρος και οι συν αυτοίς

  The monks and confessors Andrew, Peter, Auxentius, Basil, Gregory, another Gregory, John and many others suffered under the iconoclast emperor Constantine Copronymus for the veneration of the holy icons, at the same time as Saint Stephen the New.

• Anna the Monk-Martyr

  Holy Woman, Άννα η Οσιομάρτυς

  Saint Anna was a nun in Constantinople who, according to tradition, was accused of association with Saint Stephen the New during the iconoclast persecution of Constantine Copronymus.

• Theodore of Rostov

  Hierarch, Θεόδωρος Ροστώβ

  Saint Theodore was the nephew of Saint Sergius of Radonezh and was tonsured by him as a boy. He founded the Simonov monastery in Moscow and was later made Archbishop of Rostov, where he was known as a builder of churches and an icon painter.