Orthodox calendar: November 6 – feast of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”translated

23rd Week after Pentecost.

Today, November 6, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (1688); martyr Arethas and with him 4299 martyrs (523); St. Zosima (1833); blzh. Elezboi (Caleb), king of Ethiopia (553-555); mts. Synklitikia and her two daughters (VI); prpp. Arethas (XII), Sisoya (XIII) and Theophilus (XII-XIII), hermits of Pechersk; St. Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (after 1311); St. George (1959); sschmchch. Lawrence, bishop Balakhninsky, Alexy presbyter and martyr. Alexia (1918); St. Arefas in Spanish (1932); sschmchch. John and Nicholas Presbyters (1937); sschmch. Peter the Presbyter (1938); Cathedral of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Karelian Land.

Fast day.

The icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” became famous for its miracle-working in 1688.

The sister of Patriarch Joachim (1674-1690) Euphemia, who lived in Moscow, suffered for a long time from an incurable disease. One morning, while praying, she heard a voice: “Euphemia! Go to the Church of the Transfiguration of My Son; there is an image called “Joy to All Who Sorrow.” Let the priest serve a prayer service with the blessing of water, and you will receive healing from your illness.” Euphemia, having learned that such an icon really exists in Moscow, in...