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Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rul ...

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''October 12'' by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For September 29th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

September 16 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 *1620 – A determined band of 35 religio ...

''.

Saints

* The Eighty (80) Holy Martyrs of

Byzantium Byzantium () or Byzantion ( grc, Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name ''Byzantion'' and its Latinization ''Byzantium'' cont ...

, burnt in a marine vessel during the reign of Emperor Valens (364-378)September 29/October 12
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).October 12 / September 29
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyrs Tryphon, Trophimus, and Dorymedon, Συναξαριστής.
29 Σεπτεμβρίου
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. and 150 Martyrs, in Palestine. * Martyr

Theodota of Philippi Theodota of Philippi (died 318) was a Greek harlot and martyr. Her feast day is 29 September. Smith Lewis's translation Agnes Smith Lewis (1843–1926) in her ''Select Narratives of Holy Women: Translation: From the Syro-Antiochene Or Sinai Pal ...

. * Martyr Petronia, by the sword. * ''Martyr Gudelia (''Govdelia'') of Persia'' (4th century) * ''Martyrs Dada, Gabdelas, and Casdoe (''Kazdoa'') of

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

'' (4th century) * ''Saint

Cyriacus the Anchorite Saint Kyriakos the Anchorite (also known as 'Cyriacus the Hermit') (Greek: , ''Hosios Kyriakos ho Anachōrētēs'') was born in Corinth in the year 448. Early life His father was a priest named John and his mother's name was Eudoxia. Kyriakos h ...

, Hermit, of Palestine'' (556) * Saint Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza.29 сентября по старому стилю / 12 октября по новому стилю
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Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Fraternus,

Bishop of Auxerre The diocese of Auxerre ( la, dioecesis Antissiodorensis) is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan Archbishop of Sens, ...

in France and by tradition a martyr (450)September 29
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Ludwin (''Leudwinus, Liutwin, Leodwin''), Founder of Mettlach in Germany and then Bishop of Trier (c. 713) * Saints Catholdus, Anno and Diethardus, three monks who preached the Gospel around

Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...

in Germany (late 8th century) * Saint Alaricus (''Adalricus, Adalrai''), a monk at

Einsiedeln Abbey Einsiedeln Abbey (german: Kloster Einsiedeln) is a Benedictine Catholic monastery in the village of Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, in recognition of Meinrad of Einsiedeln, a he ...

in Switzerland, later a hermit on the island of Uffnau in the lake of Zurich (975)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Cyprian, Abbot, of Ustiug in

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. ...

(1276) * New Hieromartyr Malachi of Rhodes, tortured and roasted on a spit over live coals (1500) * Venerable monk-martyrs in the

Strofades Strofades ( el, Στροφάδες; also called Strofadia, , or Stromphides, ) is a group of two small Greek islands in the Ionian Islands. They lie about south-southeast of the island of Zakynthos. Administratively they are part of the Municip ...

(1530 or 1537) * Saint Onuphrius the Wonderworker, of Gareji, Georgia (1733) * Three New Martyrs of Vrachori,

Agrinio Agrinio ( Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its c ...

(1786)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John (Pommer), Archbishop of

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

in Latvia (1934)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of St. Donatus, Bishop of Euroea in

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(387), from the

Church of Santa Maria e San Donato The Church of Santa Maria e San Donato is a religious edifice located in Murano, northern Italy. It is known for its twelfth century Byzantine mosaic pavement and is said to contain the relics of Saint Donatus of Euroea as well as large bones b ...

in Venice to Paramythia in Greece. * Uncovering of the relics (1993) of St. John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966). * Repose of Blessed Anthony Alexeyevich, Fool-for-Christ, of Zadonsk (1851)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός ἐκ Ζαντόσκ (Ρῶσος)
'' 29 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Repose of Archimandrite Gerasim (Schmaltz) of Alaska (1969)

Icon gallery

File:KyriakosTheAnchorite.jpeg, St.

(Kyriakos). File:Cyriacus the Anchorite (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, St.

(Kyriakos). File:Liutwin-Wallfahrtsbild.jpg, St Ludwin, Bishop of Trier. File:Иоанн (Поммер).jpg, New Hieromartyr John (Pommer), Archbishop of

. File:RelicsStJohnShanghai.jpg, Relics (1993) of St. John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco.

Notes

References

Sources

September 29/October 12
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
October 12 / September 29
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 29
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). pp. 72–73. *

'' 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. 300–301. * 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. pp. 462–466. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
29 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
29/09/2016
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *

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