September 26 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)

Sep. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 27

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 13.

Saints

* Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel (c. 1307 BC)September 26/October 9
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεδεῶν ὁ Δίκαιος
'' 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής.
26 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
* Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (2nd century)
* Virgin-martyrs Thekla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha, five nuns beheaded in Persia under Shapur II (4th century)
26/09/2016
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. (''see also: June 9 '')
* Martyr Kyra (''Cyra'').

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Senator, a saint honoured in Albano in Italy.September 26
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.'' The Roman Martyrology.'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 297-298.
* Saint Eusebius of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna, Confessor (c. 400)
* Saint Vigilius, Bishop of Brescia (''Mawghan, Morgan''), a disciple of St Illtyd who lived as a hermit and reposed on the Isle of Bardsey in Wales (6th century)
* Saint Amantius, a priest in Città di Castello near Perugia in Italy, who was personally known to St Gregory the Great who revered him (c. 600)
* Saint Colmán Elo, a nephew of St Columba, he founded monasteries in Lynally (Land-Elo, Lin-Alli) and in Muckamore, Ireland (c. 610)
* Saint Nilus the Younger, of Rossano, Calabria, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata (''Crypta-Ferrata'') (1004)October 9 / September 26
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Ephraim, founder of Perekop Monastery, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)
* Saint Neagoe Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (1521)
* Venerable John the Cave-Dweller, ascetic of Sia, Cyprus, Wonderworker.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Athanasius Dokukin, Alexander Levitsky, and Demetrius Rozanov, Priests (1937)26 сентября по старому стилю / 9 октября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
* Martyrs John Zolotov, and Nicholas Gusev (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Vladimir Viatsky, Priest (1939)

Other commemorations

* Translation (1964) of the Honorable Skull of the Apostle Andrew the ''First-called'' to Patras.
* Glorification (1989) of New Hiero-confessor Tikhon (Bellavin), Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1925)
* Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia (1989)
Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Gideon.jpg, Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel.
File:Death of John the Evangelist (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
File:Maria Schutz (Freiburg) 03.jpg, Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
File:San Nicodemo - Ritratto San Nilo.jpg, Saint Nilus the Younger.
File:Efrem of Perekom.jpg, Venerable Ephraim, founder of Perekop Monastery.
File:Neagoe basarab.jpg, Neagoe Basarab, Milica Despina and his children pictured on the murals of the Curtea de Argeş Monastery.
File:Patras Cathedral 2.jpg, St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras, where St. Andrew's relics are kept.
File:Tikhon of Moscow.jpg, New Hiero-confessor Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow.

Notes

References

Sources

September 26/October 9
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

October 9 / September 26
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

September 26
OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
* The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 72.
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'' Orthodoxy in China.


Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* '' The Roman Martyrology.'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 297–298.
* Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 459.
Greek Sources
* Great Synaxaristes:
26 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Συναξαριστής.
26 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
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26/09/2016
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
Russian Sources
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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.

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