November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Nov. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 17
All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For November 16, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 3.
Saints
Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (60)
Saint Fulvianus, prince of Ethiopia, in holy baptism Matthew (1st century)
Hieromartyr Hypatius of Gangra, Bishop of Gangra, Wonderworker (326)(see also: March 31)
Virgin-martyr Iphigenia (Ephygenia).
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saint Fidentius, an early saint in Padua in Italy (2nd century)
Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, Eustochius and Companions (362)
Saint Eucherius of Lyons (449)
Saints Rufinus, Mark, Valerius and Companions, martyrs in North Africa.
Saint Afan, a bishop who gave his name to the church of Llanafan in Powys in Wales (6th century)
Saint Africus, Bishop of Comminges in France, celebrated for his zeal for Orthodoxy (7th century)
Saint Gobrain, a monk who became Bishop of Vannes in Brittany and at the age of eighty-seven went to live as a hermit (725)