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August 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage *St. Paulinus, bishop of Trier...

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Sep. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 3All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia with his parents, martyrs Theodotus and Rufina...



All fixed commemorations
Synaxarium
Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...

 below celebrated on Sep. 14 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...


Saints

  • Righteous Joshua
    Joshua
    Joshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...

    , the son of Nun
    Nun
    A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...

     (ca. 16th c. BC
    16th century BC
    The 16th century BC is a century which lasted from 1600 BC to 1501 BC.-Events:* 1700 BC – 1500 BC: Hurrian conquests.* 1595 BC: Sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I....

    )
  • Hieromartyr Priscus of Capua
    Priscus (saint)
    Priscus is one of several Catholic saints and martyrs. In the 1921 Benedictine Book of Saints there are seven figures named Priscus mentioned.There are different feast days involved...

    , first Bishop of Capua in Italy, where he was sent by the Apostle Peter
    Saint Peter
    Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...

    , and martyred under Nero by tradition (ca. 66)
  • Hieromartyr Terentian
    Terentian
    Saint Terentian was Bishop of Todi who was killed during the reign of Hadrian.-Biography:His legend states that before he was killed, his tongue was cut out. Then he was beheaded. His feast day is September 1.-External links:**...

    , Bishop of Todi
    Diocese of Todi
    The Italian Catholic diocese of Todi existed until 1986, when it was united into the diocese of Orvieto-Todi. It was directly dependent on the Holy See.-History:During the Gothic War the city of Todi withstood Totila during a long and severe siege...

     in Umbria in Italy, under Hadrian (118)
  • Virgin-martyr Vibiana
    Saint Vibiana
    Saint Vibiana is a third century virgin martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patroness of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles where she is honored with a memorial feast on September 1....

    , in Rome, whose relics are now venerated in Los Angeles, of which she is the main patron-saint (3rd c.)
  • Saint Sixtus of Reims
    Sixtus of Reims
    Saint Sixtus of Reims is considered the first bishop of Reims. According to Hincmar, a 9th century archbishop of Reims, Sixtus was sent from Rome by Pope Sixtus II to Gaul to assist in Christianizing the region. Another tradition makes him, anachronistically, the disciple of Saint...

    , first Bishop of Rheims in France (ca. 300)
  • Hieromartyr Firminus of Amiens, third Bishop of Amiens in France (ca. 303)
  • The The Twelve Holy Brothers, Martyrs, who suffered in the south of Italy and were brought together and enshrined at Benevento in 760 (ca. 303)
  • Martyrs Callista and her brothers Evodos and Hermogenes at Nicomedia
    Nicomedia
    Nicomedia was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony and was originally known as Astacus . After being destroyed by Lysimachus, it was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC under the name of Nicomedia, and has ever since been one of the most...

     (309)
  • Holy 40 virgin-martyrs and their teacher the Hieromartyr Ammon the Deacon at Heraclea in Thrace
    Thrace
    Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...

     (321-323)
  • Laurencia the deaconess; Celsina; Theoclia; Theoctista; Dorothy; Eutychia; Thecla; Aristaineta; Philadelphia; Mary; Veronica; Euthymia; Lamprotatia; Euphymia; Theodora; Theodota; Teteia; Aquilina; Theodulia; Aplodora; Lampadia; Procopia; Paula; Junilla; Ampliana; Percissa; Polynicia; Maura; Gregoria; Cyria; Bassa; Callinica; Barbara; Cyriacia; Agathonica; Justa; Irene; Timothea; Tatiana; and Anna.
  • Saint Verena
    Verena
    Verena is venerated as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church and by the Roman Catholic Church. According to tradition, she was associated with the Theban Legion and died on the 4th day of Thout ....

     of Zurzach (Switzerland) (ca. 350)
  • Martyr Aeithalas the Deacon of Persia (380)
  • Venerable Martha, the mother of St Simeon Stylites (428)
  • Saint Victorius (Victurius), a disciple of St. Martin of Tours
    Martin of Tours
    Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

     who became Bishop of Le Mans
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans
    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans , is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite diocese of France. The diocese is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes.-Area:It comprises the entire department of Sarthe...

     in France in ca. 453 (ca. 490)
  • Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder (459)
  • Venerable Evanthia.
  • Saint Constantius of Aquino, Bishop of Aquino in Italy (ca. 520)
  • Saint Regulus (San Regolo), exiled from North Africa by the Arian Vandals, he landed in Tuscany in Italy and was martyred under Totila
    Totila
    Totila, original name Baduila was King of the Ostrogoths from 541 to 552 AD. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the territories in Italy that the Eastern Roman Empire had captured from his Kingdom in 540.A relative of...

     (545)
  • Saint Lupus of Sens, a monk at Lérins who became Bishop of Sens in France in 609 (623)
  • Saint Nivard
    Nivard
    Saint Nivard was bishop of Reims before 657 and until 673. He was brother-in-law of Childeric II. He restored Hautvilliers Abbey and was later buried there.His feast day is September 1.-External links:*...

     of Rheims, Archbishop of Rheims in France (673)
  • Saint Giles
    Saint Giles
    Saint Giles was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded, in St-Gilles-du-Gard, became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela, the...

     (Aegidius), monastic founder along the Rhone (ca. 712)
  • Saint Lythan (Llythaothaw), a saint in Wales to whom two churches are dedicated.
  • Saint Symeon of Lesbos (ca. 845)
  • Saints Giles (Aegidius) and Arcanus, founded a monastery that later grew into Borgo San Sepulcro
    Sansepolcro
    Sansepolcro , is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Arezzo.Situated on the upper reaches of the Tiber river, Borgo was the birthplace of the painters Piero della Francesca, Raffaellino del Colle and Angiolo Tricca...

     in central Italy (1050)
  • Saint Meletius the Younger, of Thebes (1105)
  • Venerable Nicholas of Courtaliatis in Crete
    Kourtaliotiko Gorge
    The Kourtaliotiko Gorge , also known as the Asomatos Gorge, is a gorge on the southern side of the western part of the island of Crete.It is situated where the Kourtaliotiko River flows southwards between the mountains of Kouroupa and Xiron....

    , monk (1670)
  • New-Martyr Angelis of Constantinople (1680)
  • Venerable Anthony of Agyia
    Agyia
    Agyia is a neighborhood of the city of Patras, Greece. It is located about 3.5 km north of downtown Patras. The community forms the mid-northern part of the city of Patras . Most of the street names are named from rivers. The town includes the St. Constantine church and a street is named...

    .
  • Saint Haido of Stanos (1820-1821)
  • Virgin-martyrs Tatiana and Natalia (1937)

Other Commemorations

  • Start of the Indiction
    Indiction
    An indiction is any of the years in a 15-year cycle used to date medieval documents throughout Europe, both East and West. Each year of a cycle was numbered: first indiction, second indiction, etc...

    , beginning the Liturgical Year
    Liturgical year
    The liturgical year, also known as the church year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches which determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of Scripture are to be read. Distinct liturgical colours may appear in...

    .
  • Commemoration of the Great Fire of Constantinople (ca. 470)
  • Synaxis
    Synaxis
    In Eastern Christianity , a Synaxis is an assembly for liturgical purposes, generally through the celebration of Vespers, Matins, Little Hours, and the Divine Liturgy....

     of the Most-Holy Theotokos of Miasena
    Theotokos of Miasena
    The Theotokos of Miasena or the Theotokos of the Azour is an icon of Mary which is thought to have been involved in a number of miraculous events...

     Monastery, in memory of the finding of her icon (864)
  • Celebration of the first miracle
    Miracle
    A miracle often denotes an event attributed to divine intervention. Alternatively, it may be an event attributed to a miracle worker, saint, or religious leader. A miracle is sometimes thought of as a perceptible interruption of the laws of nature. Others suggest that a god may work with the laws...

     of the Icon of the Theotokos
    Theotokos
    Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...

     (Eletskaya) at Chernigov-Gethsemane (1869)
  • Celebration of the "All-Blessed" or "Pamakarista
    Pammakaristos Church
    Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos , in 1591 converted into a mosque and known as Fethiye Mosque and today partly a museum, is one of the most famous Byzantine churches in Istanbul, Turkey...

    " Icon (11th c.) of Our Lady of Kazan
    Our Lady of Kazan
    Our Lady of Kazan, also called Theotokos of Kazan , was a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. Copies of the image are also venerated in the Catholic Church...

     (1905)

Sources


Greek Sources
  • Great Synaxaristes
    Synaxarium
    Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...

    : 1 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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