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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 ...

- Sep. 16 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''September 28'' 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 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

September 2 Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...

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Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.September 15/September 28
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.

Saints

* Martyrs Maximus, Συναξαριστής.
15 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Theodotus, and Asclepiodota, of

Adrianopolis Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...

(305-311) ''(see also:

September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...

)'' * Holy Two Virgin-Martyrs, by the sword. * Martyr Porphyrius the Mime, of Caesarea (361) (''see also:

November 4 Events Pre-1600 *1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. *1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico. *1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...

'') * ''Great-martyr

Nicetas the Goth Nicetas ( Russ. Никита ''Nikita'', Ukrain. Микита, from Greek Νικήτας '' Niketas'') is a Christian martyr of the 4th century, venerated particularly in the Russian Orthodox Church. His feastday is 15 September.Butler's Lives o ...

and those with him'' (372) * Saint Joseph, Abbot of

Alaverdi Monastery Alaverdi Monastery ( ka, ალავერდის მონასტერი) is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located from Akhmeta, in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. While parts of the monastery date back to 6th century, th ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

(570)September 28 / September 15
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * ''Venerable Philotheos the Presbyter of Asia Minor, Wonderworker'' (10th century) * Venerable Sabinus, a bishop who became a monastic.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Nicomedes Saint Nicomedes was a Martyr of unknown era, whose feast is observed 15 September. He was buried in a catacomb on the Via Nomentana near the gate of that name.

, by tradition he was a priest martyred in Rome, perhaps under Domitian (c. 90)September 15
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Valerian, a companion of St

Photinus Photinus (Greek Φωτεινός; died 376), was a Christian bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia Secunda (today the town Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia), best known for denying the incarnation of Christ, thus being considered a heresiarch by the Catholic C ...

(''Pothinus'') of Lyons in France (178) * Saint Albinus (''Aubin, Alpin''),

Bishop of Lyons The Archdiocese of Lyon (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis''; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Lyon''), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan archdioce ...

(c. 390) * Saint

Mamilian of Palermo Saint Mamilian (Mamilianus) of Palermo, who is venerated with Nympha (Ninfa), Eustotius (Eustozio), Proculus (Proculo, Procuro), and Golbodeus (Golbodeo, Golbudeo), was a bishop of Palermo of the fifth century. Mamilian lived in Sicily at a time ...

, Bishop of Palermo in Sicily (460) * Saint Aprus (''Aper, Apre, Epvre, Evre''),

Bishop of Toul The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic diocese seated at Toul in present-day France. It existed from 365 until 1802. From 1048 until 1552 (''de jure'' until 1648), it was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire. History The diocese was erect ...

(507) * Saint

Leobinus Saint Leobinus (french: Lubin) (died 14 March 557) was a hermit, abbot, and bishop. Born in a peasant family, he became a hermit and a monk of Micy Abbey before being ordained a priest. He was then elected abbot of Brou and in 544, became Bishop ...

(''Lubin''), Abbot of Brou, then

Bishop of Chartres The oldest known list of bishops of Chartres is found in an 11th-century manuscript of Trinity Abbey, Vendôme. It includes 57 names from Adventus (Saint Aventin) to Aguiertus (Agobert) who died in 1060. The most well-known list is included in the ...

(c. 556) * Saint Hernin (''Hernan''), a hermit in Brittany at a place called Loc-Harn after him (6th century) * Saint Merinus (''Merin, Merryn, Meadhran''), abbot of

Paisley Abbey Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Its origins date from the 12th century, based on a for ...

(c. 620) * Saint Aichardus (''Aicard, Achard''), Abbot of St Benedict's at Quinçay near Poitiers, then Abbot of

Jumièges Jumièges () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some west of Rouen, at the junction of the D 65 and the ...

(c. 687) * Saint Ritbert, monk and abbot of a small monastery in Varennes in France (c. 690) * Saint Ribert, Monk and Abbot of Saint-Valèry-sur-Somme in France (7th century) * Saints Emilas and Jeremiah, two young men, the former of whom was a deacon, imprisoned and beheaded in Cordoba in Spain under the Caliph Abderrahman (852)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Meletios, founder of the Monastery of Sergius. * Venerable Nicetas, Bishop of

Chytri Chytri (or Khytri, el, Χύτροι) was one of the ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus in antiquity. It was located in the centre of the island, in the territory of Chytraea, west of Mesaoria. Today the modern town of Kythrea (Kyrka) has preserved the ...

, near

Kythrea Kythrea ( el, Κυθρέα or ; tr, Değirmenlik) is a small town in Cyprus, 10 km northeast of Nicosia. Kythrea is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. History Kythrea is situated near the ancient Greek city-kingdom of Ch ...

, in Cyprus. * ''Saint

Symeon of Thessaloniki Saint Symeon of Thessalonica (c. 1381–1429) was a monk, bishop and theologian in Greece. Biography Symeon was born in Constantinople, most likely between 1381 and 1387. He became a monk in one of the monasteries there, possibly the Xanthopouloi ...

, Archbishop of Thessaloniki'' (1429) * Saint Nicetas, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh and founder of the Theophany Monastery in Kostroma (15th century) * Saints Bessarion I (1490-1499) and Bessarion II (1527-1540), Metropolitans of

Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

. * Saint Joseph the New of Partoёs, Metropolitan of

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

, Romania (1656) * Saint Gerasimos the New, founder of the sacred monastery of the Holy Trinity in Sourvia, near

Makrinitsa Makrinitsa ( el, Μακρινίτσα), nicknamed "balcony of Mt. Pelion," is a village and a former community in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal ...

(c. 1740) * New Martyr John of Crete, at New Ephesus (1811)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Ilinsky, Priest (1918) * Virgin-martyr Eudokia Tkachenko (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Andrew Kovalev, Gregory Konokotin, Gregory Troitsky, and John Yakovlev, Priests (1921) * Venerable New Hiero-confessor Ignatius (Biryukov), Archimandrite, of the Aleksievo-Akatov Monastery in Voronezh (1932) * New Hieromartyr Demetrius Ignatenko, Priest (1935) * New Hieromartyrs John Borozdin, Jacob Leonovich, Peter Petrikov, and Nicholas Skvortsov, Priests (1937) * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Tsvetkov, Deacon (1937) * Martyrs Mary Rykov and Ludmila Petrov (1937)

Other commemorations

* Uncovering of the

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

s of St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melitene in Pisidia (251) * Icon of the Mother of God of Novonikita, carried by St

(372). * Uncovering of the relics of Protomartyr and

Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...

Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

(415)Great Synaxaristes:
Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Πρωτομάρτυρα Στεφάνου
'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Icon gallery

File:Maximus, Theodotus and Asklepiodote (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, and Asclepiodote, of

. File:Porphyrius the Actor (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, St. Porphyrius the Mime, of Caesarea. File:Nikita Martyr (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Great-martyr

. File:Nikita Martyr (16th c., Yaroslavl museum).jpg, Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth. File:San Mamiliano.jpg, St.

, Bishop of Palermo. File:Symeon of Thessaloniki.jpg, St.

, Archbishop of Thessaloniki.

Notes

References

Sources

September 15/September 28
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 28 / September 15
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 15
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. 69. *

'' 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. 283–285. * 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. 448. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
15 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
15 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
15/09/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

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

Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. {{DEFAULTSORT:September 15 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar