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Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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September 7
All fixed
commemorations
below are celebrated on
September 19
by
Eastern Orthodox Churches
on the
Old Calendar
.
[note 1]
For September 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on
August 24
.
Saints
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- Martyrs Romulus and 11,000 others, in Armenia (c. 107-115)
[1]
[2]
[3]
- Martyrs
Cyriacus, Faustus, Abibus
, and 11 others, at Alexandria (250)
[1]
[4]
[note 2]
[note 3]
- Martyrs Calodote,
[10]
Macarius, Andrew, Cyriacus, Dionysius, Andrew the Soldier,
[11]
Andropelagia, Thecla,
[12]
Theoctistus,
[13]
and Sarapabon the Senator,
[14]
in Egypt (256)
[1]
[15]
- Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of
Gortyna
on Crete (c. 303)
[1]
[15]
[16]
(see also:
June 14
,
July 9
)
- Martyr Eudoxius, and with him Martyrs Zeno, Macarius, and 1,104 soldiers, in Melitene (311-312)
[1]
[2]
[15]
[17]
- Saint Archippus of Hierapolis (4th century)
[1]
[15]
[18]
- Saint David of Hermopolis in Egypt (6th century)
[1]
[15]
[19]
Pre-Schism Western saints
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- Saints Augustine, Sanctian and Beata, born in Spain, martyred near Sens in France, where they were venerated (273)
[20]
- Saint Petronius,
Bishop of Verona
and Confessor (c. 450)
[9]
[20]
- Saint Arator, fourth
Bishop of Verdun
in France (c. 460)
[20]
- Saint Maccallin
(
Macallan, Macculin Dus
), Bishop of
Lusk
in Ireland, also venerated in Scotland (c. 497)
[20]
- Saints Donatian, Praesidius, Mansuetus, Germanus, Fusculus and Laetus, driven out of Africa into exile by
Huneric
the Arian King of the Vandals (5th century)
[20]
[note 4]
- Saint Eleutherius, Abbot of St Mark's Abbey in
Spoleto
, then a monk at
San Gregorio Magno al Celio
in Rome (c. 590)
[20]
[note 5]
[note 6]
- Saint Faustus, Abbot of the
monastery of Santa Lucy in Syracuse
in Sicily (c. 607)
[20]
[note 7]
- Saint
Cagnoald
(
Chainoaldus, Cagnou
), brother of St
Faro
and St
Burgundofara
, he became a monk at
Luxeuil Abbey
in France, and later the sixth
Bishop of Laon
(c. 635)
[20]
- Saint
Beya
(
Bega, Begh, Bee
), Virgin, first Abbess of
Copeland
in
Cumbria
(7th century)
[1]
[15]
[20]
[note 8]
- Saints Felix and Augebert, missionaries killed by pagans in
Champagne
(7th century)
[20]
[note 9]
- Saint
Magnus of Fussen
(
Magnoaldus, Maginold, Mang
), Enlightener of the
Allgau
region of Germany (750-772)
[1]
[15]
[note 10]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
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New martyrs and confessors
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Other commemorations
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Icon gallery
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Notes
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- ^
The notation
Old Style
or (
OS
) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the
Julian Calendar
(which is used by churches on the
"Old Calendar"
).
The notation
New Style
or (
NS
), indicates a date in the
Revised Julian calendar
(which is used by churches on the
"New Calendar"
).
- ^
The references in the Greek Synaxarion are as follows:
- Martyr Cyriacus the Novice.
[5]
- Martyr Faustus.
[6]
- Martyrs Macarius and Andreas.
[7]
- Martyr Abibus.
[8]
- ^
"At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Faustus, priest, Macarius, and ten companions, who received the martyr's crown by being beheaded for the name of Christ, in the time of the emperor Decius and the governor Valerius."
[9]
- ^
"In Africa, in the persecution of the Vandals, the holy bishops Donatian, Praesidius, Mansuetus, Germanus, and Fusculus, who were most cruelly scourged and sent into exile, by order of the Arian king Hunneric, because they proclaimed the Catholic truth. Among them was one named Laetus, also a bishop, a courageous and most learned man, who was burned alive after a long imprisonment in a loathsome dungeon."
[9]
- ^
He is mentioned several times by St Gregory the Great as a wonderworker. He was Abbot of St Mark's in Spoleto in Italy, which he left for St Gregory's own monastery in Rome, where he lived as a monk for many years.
- ^
"At Rome, the holy abbot Eleutherius, a servant of God, who, according to the testimony of Pope St. Gregory, raised a dead man to life by his prayers and tears."
[9]
- ^
His disciple was Zosimus, the future
Bishop of Syracuse
.
- ^
A holy virgin from Ireland who founded a convent at what is now
St Bees Head
in
Cumberland
. The village of Kilbees in Scotland was also named after her.
- ^
Two slaves from England sold in France and ransomed by St
Gregory the Great
, who asked that they be taken to a monastery to be prepared as missionaries in England. Felix was ordained priest and Augebert deacon, but they were killed by pagans in Champagne before they could undertake their mission.
- ^
Born in Ireland, he preached with Sts Columbanus and Gall. He founded the
Monastery of Fussen
in Bavaria in Germany.
- ^
He was executed on Sunday, August 6th, 1914.
[23]
He is commemorated on:
- ^
The chapel of the Archangel Michael is situated at the head of the port of
Symi
.
- ^
The chapel of the Archangel Michael is located at "Oxo Xisos" (≪?ξω Ξ?σο?≫) in
Symi
.
- ^
The meaning of the Greek is unclear and no further details are given in the Synaxarion:
- (in Greek)
:?γκα?νια Ναο? ?περαγ?α? Θεοτ?κου ε?? τ? Δε?τερον ?ν τ? ο?κ? τ?? ?γ?α? Ε?ρ?νη? (κατ’ ?λλου? ?γ?α? ?ννη?)".
- ^
See:
(in Russian)
Арапетская икона Божией Матери
. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
References
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Sources
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- Greek Sources
- Russian Sources