September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 17 by Old Calendarists
September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Sep. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop of Nicomedia...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 5
September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Sep. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth parents of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 17 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
- HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Babylas, BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of AntiochAntiochAntioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the...
(251251Year 251 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Etruscus...
) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s with Babylas: Christodoula and her sons UrbanUrban (name)Urban is a common name, from the Latin urbanus .-Papal name:Urban was a popular name for popes.*Pope Urban I *Pope Urban II*Pope Urban III*Pope Urban IV*Pope Urban V*Pope Urban VI*Pope Urban VII*Pope Urban VIII...
, Prilidian, and Epolonios (251) - Holy ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
and God-seer MosesMosesMoses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed... - Martyrs Babylas of Nicomedia and with him 84 children (4th century)
- Martyrs Theodore, Mianus, Julian, Kion and Centurionus of NicomediaNicomediaNicomedia 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...
(305305Year 305 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius...
-311311Year 311 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Maximinus...
) - Martyr Hermione of EphesusHermione of EphesusSaint Hermione of Ephesus is a 2nd century Christian martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. She was the daughter of Saint Philip the Deacon. She was killed during the persecutions of Christians under the Roman emperor Trajan. In the Acts of the Apostles, Hermione is...
, daughter of SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Philip the Deacon (117117Year 117 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Niger and Apronianus...
) - Petronios of Egypt, disciple of SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
PachomiusPachomiusSaint Pakhom , also known as Pachome and Pakhomius , is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Coptic churches his feast day is celebrated on May 9...
the Great (349349Year 349 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Limenius and Catullinus...
) - New-martyr Gorazd, ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
(1942) - Martyrs Theotimos and Theodoulos the Executioners
- Martyr Charitina of AmisusCharitina of AmisusSt. Charitina of Amisus was a virgin from Asia Minor, distinguished by strict chastity and piety. Charitina spent her life in fasting, prayer and study. By her example she converted many to Christianity during the reign of Emperor Diocletian and was seized in 302 AD in the city of Amisus in Pontus...
- Martyrs Thathuil and Bebaia of EdessaEdessa, MesopotamiaEdessa is the Greek name of an Aramaic town in northern Mesopotamia, as refounded by Seleucus I Nicator. For the modern history of the city, see Şanlıurfa.-Names:...
- Martyr Jerusalem of Berroia
Other Commemorations
- IconIconAn icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos 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...
"The Unburnt Bush" - Uncovering of the relicRelicIn religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
s of Saint Ioasaph, Bishop of BelgorodBelgorod-Twin towns/sister cities:Belgorod is twinned with: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Opole, Poland Vyshhorod, Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine-External links:...
(1911)