Orthodox calendar: November 5 - the day of remembrance of the holy Apostle James, brother of the Lordtranslated

23rd Week after Pentecost.

Today, November 5, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Apostle James, the Lord’s brother in the flesh (c. 63); St. Ignatius, Patriarch of Constantinople (877-878); St. Elisha Lavrishevsky (c. 1250); St. Jacob Borovichsky, Novgorod miracle worker (c. 1540); sschmchch. Nicholas, Vladimir, Alexander, Nicholas, Emilian and Sozont presbyters (1937); prmts. Euphrosyne (1942).

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The Apostle James, the brother of the Lord, is the son of the righteous Betrothed Joseph. From childhood, Jacob was a Nazarite, that is, a person especially dedicated to God. The Nazarenes took a vow of virginity, abstinence from wine, did not eat meat, and did not cut their hair. The Nazarite vow meant a pure and holy life, once commanded by the Lord to all Israel.

When the Savior began to teach the people about the Kingdom of God, Saint James believed in Christ and became His apostle. For his God-pleasing life, he was elected the first bishop of the Jerusalem Church. Saint James presided over the Apostolic Council; in Jerusalem his word was decisive (Acts 15).

During the thirty years of his episcopacy, the apostle converted many Jews to Christianity. Dissatisfied with this, the scribes and Pharisees plotted to kill...