Today, Nov. 19, on the "Revised Julian" calendar we commemorate Prophet Obadiah (Abdias) (9th Cent. BC).
We commemorate also today: Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia (ca. 304); Venerable Barlaam (4th Cent.); Venerable Joasaph the Prince of India (4th Cent.); Venerable King Abennar, the father of the Venerable Joasaph (4th Cent.); Venerable Barlaam, the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves (1065); Finding of the Relics of Monkmartyr Adreian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl (1625); Martyr Azes of Isauria (284-305); Martyred 150 Soldiers with Martyr Azes of Isauria (3rd Cent.); Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia (ca. 273); Venerable Hilarion the Monk and Wonderworker of Thessalonica, the Georgian (875); Repose of St. Philaret [Drozdov], the Metropolitan of Moscow (1867); and the Icon of the Mother of God "The Joy of All Who Sorrow" (1863).
Hypo-Ortho