November 26 (old calendar) / December 9 (new) Nativity Fast 28th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 3. Ven. Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (7th c.). Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev (1051-54). Repose of St. Innocent, First Bishop of Irkutsk (1731). Ven. James the Solitary of Syria (457). SAINT INNOCENT OF IRKUTSK Saint Innocent, Bishop of Irkutsk, (in the world John) was descended from the noble Kulchitsky family.