Hierarch
Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria († 612)
In Russian: Свт. Иоанна Милостивого, патриарха Александрийского (616-620)
In Church Slavonic: Ст҃а́гѡ і҆ѡа́нна ми́лостивагѡ, патрїа́рха а҆леѯандрі́йскагѡ (616-620)
Born: 550. Died: 619
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (12 November on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
- (12 November on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 25 November 2026
- Venerable Nilus the Faster, of Sinai (5th C)
- Сщмчч. Константина, Владимира, Александра, Матфея, Димитрия пресвитеров (1937)
- Мч. Бориса (1942)
- Prophet Ahijah (c † 960 BC)
- Blessed John “the Hairy” and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov († 1580)
- Uncovering of the relics (1815) of Venerable Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mt. Athos
- Venerable Nilus the Myrrhstreaming of Mt Athos (17th C)
- Иконы Божией Матери «Милостивая»