Name days on 5 November
On 5 November, the name day is celebrated by people named Lina, Linus, Epistimi and Galaktion. Feasts and commemorations of the day: Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs Galaction and Episteme · Commemoration of the Holy Apostles of the Seventy Hermas, Patrobas, Linus, Gaius and Philologus.
Celebrating
4 namesSaints and feasts of the day
2 feastsCommemoration of the Holy Martyrs Galaction and Episteme
A 3rd-century married couple who, according to the Synaxarion, embraced the monastic life and were beheaded together for their faith during the persecution of Decius, around 250.
Commemoration of the Holy Apostles of the Seventy Hermas, Patrobas, Linus, Gaius and Philologus
One of the Seventy Apostles, mentioned in Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, who according to tradition was the first bishop of Rome after the Apostles Peter and Paul.
About this day
In 2026, 5 November is a Thursday.
Communities that follow the old (Julian) calendar commemorate this day's saints on 18 November of the civil calendar.