Orthodox saints and name days on November 3

Name days on November 3

None of the saints of this day carries a name in common use, so there are no widely kept name days on November 3.

Saints and feasts of November 3

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  Akepsimas of Persia

  Hierarch, Ακεψιμάς

  The holy hieromartyr Akepsimas was a bishop in Persia who suffered in the great persecution of the fourth century. Though advanced in years, he endured imprisonment and torture rather than worship the sun as his persecutors demanded, and he was put to death for his confession of Christ, together with the priest Joseph and the deacon Aeithalas.

• Consecration of the Church of George in Lydda

  Saint, Ανακομιδή λειψάνων Αγίου Γεωργίου

  On this day the Church commemorates the consecration of the church of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydda in Palestine and the placing of his holy relics there. Tradition relates that after his martyrdom in Nicomedia, the body of Saint George was carried to Lydda, his mother's homeland.

• George the New Hieromartyr of Neapolis

  Hierarch, Γεώργιος ο Νεαπολίτης

  Saint George was a married priest of Neapolis in Cappadocia, the present Nevsehir, in the eighteenth century. He was known for his pastoral zeal among the Greek Christians of the region.

• Akepsimas the Hermit

  Venerable, Ακεψιμάς ο Όσιος

  Venerable Akepsimas was a hermit of the region of Cyrrhus in Syria in the fourth century. Tradition relates that he shut himself in a small cell for some sixty years, receiving food through a narrow opening and speaking with no one.

• Theodore of Ancyra

  Hierarch, Θεόδωρος ο Ομολογητής

  Saint Theodore was Bishop of Ancyra in Galatia. The synaxarion honours him as a confessor who suffered for the faith and reposed in peace.

• Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota

  Martyr, Δάσιος, Σέβηρος, Άνδρωνας, Θεόδοτος και Θεοδότη

  The holy martyrs Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota are commemorated together. The synaxarion records that they suffered for Christ by the sword.

• Achaemenides of Persia

  Martyr, Αχαιμενίδης

  Saint Achaemenides was the son of a distinguished Persian family in the early fifth century, during the reign of Yazdegerd. On becoming a Christian he abandoned his ancestral religion and possessions, and the king tried in vain to win him back.