Philip the Apostle

Feast · apostle

  • 3 May (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 14 November (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Kept on 14 November in the East and 3 May in the West — and the Byzantine Nativity Fast opens the following day, which is why it is called Philip's Fast.

After New Advent (Fathers and Catholic Encyclopedia).

Commemorating

Where this is recorded

  • Roman Catholic Church — the day, after Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar
  • Eastern Orthodox Church — the day, after The Typikon, ch. 48, the Menaion — 14 November, «Ст҃а́гѡ и҆ всехва́льнагѡ а҆пⷭ҇ла фїлі́ппа», p. 245

Also on 14 November