The Orthodox church calendar can be called otherwise holy. Such a naming is not accidental, because every day in the Church the days of memory of various saints are celebrated.
The Orthodox church calendar for November 13 does not contain twelve or other great Orthodox holidays. However, on this day, the Church honors the memory of several saints, not only common Christian, but also Russian.
On November 13th, the memory of the apostles of seventy is made: Stachius, Amplia, Urvana, Narcissus, Apellius and Aristobulus. From New Testament history, it is known that Christ, after the election of the twelve apostles, was chosen by seventy people who also worked hard to preach the Christian faith. Many of the seventy apostles were bishops. The Apostle Stakhiy was placed in the bishop by St. Andrew the First-Called. The archpastoral ministry took place in Byzantium for 16 years. There he died his own death. Saints Urvan and Amplius were also bishops (in Macedonia and the Diaspole). These apostles accepted martyrdom for preaching Christianity from Jews and Hellenic pagans. Saint Narcissus was bishop in Athens, and Saint Apellius in Thracian Irakli. The Holy Apostle Aristobulus was the brother of the Apostle Barnabas. The holy supreme apostle Paul placed Aristobulus in the bishop of ancient Britain, where the second suffered martyrdom for Christ.
On November 13, the Church remembers the martyr Epimachus. This saint was from Egypt. At a young age he went into the desert for an ascetic life. When Epimachus learned of the persecution of Christians in Alexandria, he hastened there to encourage the believers, as there were those who renounced the faith. Saint Epimachus affirmed many in Christianity. For his confession, he himself was imprisoned, and then after various tortures he underwent a truncation of his head with a sword. It happened around the year 250.
Another saint, whose memory is celebrated on November 13, is the Monk of Moor. This devotee of piety lived in the 5th century in Constantinople, where she founded a monastic monastery.
Among the Russian saints whose memory is celebrated on November 13, it is worth mentioning the Monks Spiridon and Nicodemus of the Caves. They lived in the XII century and were priests of the famous Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Passed obedience of the prosphors. Known for their feat of fasting and prayer. The relics of these saints rest in the Kiev caves at the laurel.
In 2000, at the anniversary Bishops' Council of the Russian Church, under the representation of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, it was decided to include in the Russian clergy the names of thousands of people who suffered for the faith of Christ during the years of Soviet rule. Such saints are called new martyrs and confessors of Russia. Almost every day of the calendar is marked with the names of holy martyrs, reverend martyrs, and other saints. On November 13, the following new Russian martyrs are remembered: the holy martyrs Ioann Kochurov, Vsevolod Smirnov, Alexander Vozdvizhensky, Sergei Rozanov, Alexy of Siberia, Vasily Arkhangelsky, Peter Voskoboinikov, Vasily Kolokolov; and also the Martyrs: Leonid Molchanov and Innokenty Mazurin.
