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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. 4 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''September 16'' 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 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...

''.

Saints

* ''Saint Phoebe,

Deaconess The ministry of a deaconess is, in modern times, a usually non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Orthodox churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women, and which may carry a limited ...

Cenchreae Kechries ( el, Κεχριές, rarely Κεχρεές) is a village in the municipality of Corinth in Corinthia in Greece, part of the community of Xylokeriza. Population 238 (2011). It takes its name from the ancient port town Kenchreai or Cenchr ...

near

Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part o ...

'' (1st century)September 3/September 16
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
3 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Hieromartyr Aristion of Alexandria (''Kelladion''), Bishop of

Alexandria Scabiosa Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

(modern Iskenderun) (c. 167) * ''Hieromartyr

Anthimus of Nicomedia Anthimus of Nicomedia ( el, Ἄνθιμος Νικομηδείας; martyred 303 or 311–12), was the bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia, where he was beheaded during a persecution of Christians, traditionally placed under Diocletian (followin ...

, Bishop of

Nicomedia Nicomedia (; el, Νικομήδεια, ''Nikomedeia''; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletia ...

'' (302) * Hieromartyr Theophilus the Deacon, and martyrs Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter, Indes,

Gorgonius Saint Gorgonius of Nicomedia ( el, Ἅγιος Γοργόνιος Νικομηδείας) was a Christian martyr, part of the group Gorgonius, Peter Cubicularius and Dorotheus, who died in 304 AD at Nicomedia during the Diocletianic Persecution. ...

, Zeno, Virgin Domna, and Euthymius (302)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. 65. * Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia (309) * Martyr Zenon, immersed in a cauldron of boiling lead. * Martyr Chariton, thrown into a pit of boiling lime. * Martyr Archontius. * Venerable Theoctistus of Palestine, fellow

ascetic Asceticism (; from the el, ἄσκησις, áskesis, exercise', 'training) is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their p ...

with Venerable

Euthymius the Great Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Euthymius' ''vita'' was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several ...

(451) * Saint Constantine the New (''Heraclius Constantine''), Emperor of Byzantium, in the

Church of the Holy Apostles The Church of the Holy Apostles ( el, , ''Agioi Apostoloi''; tr, Havariyyun Kilisesi), also known as the ''Imperial Polyándreion'' (imperial cemetery), was a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church in Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman E ...

(641) * Saint Trivelius Theoktist (''Khan Tervel of Bulgaria''), who played an important role in defeating the Arabs during the Siege of Constantinople in 717–718 (721)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Euphemia, Dorothy, Thecla and Erasma, a group of virgin-martyrs in Aquileia in Italy, venerated in Venice and Ravenna (1st century)September 3
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Mansuetus (''Mansuy''),

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 ...

in France, Confessor (c. 350) * Saint Ambrose,

Bishop of Sens The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese compr ...

in France (c. 455) * Saint Macanisius (''Mac Nisse of Connor''), the founder and first bishop-abbot of Connor (514) * Saint Auxanus (''Sant'Ansano''),

Bishop of Milan The Archdiocese of Milan ( it, Arcidiocesi di Milano; la, Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milan, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It has lon ...

(568) * Saint Maurilius, Bishop of Cahors in France (580) * Saint Natalis, a priest in Casale in Piedmont (6th century) * Saint

Gregory the Great Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregori ...

(the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604) (''see also:

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...

'') * Saint

Remaclus Saint Remaclus (Remaculus, Remacle, Rimagilus; died 673) was a Benedictine missionary bishop. Life Remaclus grew up at the Aquitanian ducal court and studied under Sulpitius the Pious, bishop of Bourges. In 625 he became a monk at Luxeuil Abbe ...

Bishop of Maastricht The Diocese of Maastricht (Latin Traiectum ad Mosam) was a Roman Catholic jurisdiction in parts of present Netherlands (including the see Maastricht) and Belgium, which has been nominally revived as a Latin titular bishopric. History Establishe ...

(c. 663)September 16 / September 3
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Frugentius, a monk at

Fleury Abbey Fleury Abbey (Floriacum) in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loiret, France, founded in about 640, is one of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries of Western Europe, and possesses the relics of St. Benedict of Nursia. Its site on the banks of the Lo ...

, martyred with St Aigulphus, Abbot of Lérins in France (675) * Saint Aigulphus of Provence (''Ayou, Ayoul''),

Abbot of Lérins Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. Th ...

(c. 676) * Saint Hereswith, a princess from Northumbria in England, and sister of St

Hilda Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. Th ...

, she ended her life as a nun at

Chelles Abbey Chelles Abbey (french: Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Chelles) was a Frankish monastery founded around 657/660 during the early medieval period. It was intended initially as a monastery for women; then its reputation for great learning grew, and with the a ...

in France (c. 690) * Saint Regulus (''Reol''), a monk at

Rebais Rebais () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Etymology Rebais has historically been attested in Latin as ''Rebascis'' in 635/636 and ''Rebascum'' in 1214. The toponym ''Rebais'' is ...

in France with St Philibert, later

Archbishop of Rheims The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...

and founder of the monastery of Orbais (698) * Saint Sandalus (''Sandila, Sandolus, Sandulf''), a martyr in Cordoba in Spain under the Moors (c. 855) * Saint

Edward the Martyr Edward ( ang, Eadweard, ; 18 March 978), often called the Martyr, was King of the English from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar, but was not his father's acknowledged heir. On Edgar's death, the leade ...

, Martyr and King of England (978) (''see also:

March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...

and

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

- translation of relics'')

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Ioannicius II, First

Serbian Patriarch This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Serbian Ortho ...

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a "thaumaturge", "thauma ...

(1354) * Blessed John "the Hairy",

Fool-for-Christ Foolishness for Christ ( el, διά Χριστόν σαλότητα, cu, оуродъ, юродъ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting socie ...

Rostov Rostov ( rus, Росто́в, p=rɐˈstof) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population: While t ...

(1580) * New Martyr Polydorus of Leucosia, Cyprus, at New Ephesus (1794)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Pimen (Belolikov), Bishop of Vernensk and Semirechensk (1918)3 сентября по старому стилю / 16 сентября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. * New Hieromartyr Meletius (Golokolosv), Hieromonk of the Issyk-Kul Holy Trinity Monastery, Kyrgyzstan (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Sergius Fenomenov, Basil Kolmikov, Philip Shatsky, and Vladimir Dmitrievsky, Priests (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Basil Krasivsky and Parthenius Krasivsky, Priests (1919) * New Hieromartyrs Andrew Dalnikov and Theophan Sokolov, Priests (1920) * New Hieromartyrs Vladimir Sadovsky and Michael Sushkov, Priests (1921) * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Sushchevsky, Priest (1923) * New Hieromartyr Euthymius Krygovich, Priest, and 4 martyrs with him (1924) * New Hieromartyr Romanus Marchenko, Priest (1929) * New Hieromartyr Alexis Zinoviev, Priest (1937) * New Hieromartyr Elias Bazhanov, Priest (1937) * New Hieromartyr Peter Sorokin, Deacon of Alma-Ata (1953)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

of Pisidian Sozopolis (608) * Repose of Priest Peter of

Uglich Uglich ( rus, У́глич, p=ˈuɡlʲɪtɕ) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: History The city was first documented in 1148 as ''Ugliche Pole'' (''Corner Field''). The town's name is though ...

(1866)
03/09/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * '' Translation of the relics (1953) of St. Nektarios (Kephalas) of Aegina, Metropolitan of

Pentapolis A pentapolis (from Greek ''penta-'', 'five' and ''polis'', 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened ...

and

'' (1920)Great Synaxaristes:
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νεκταρίου Πενταπόλεως τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ
'' 3 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Translation of the relics of Venerable Anthimos (Vagianos) of Chios (1960)

Icon gallery

File:Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and those with him (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Hieromartyr

, Bishop of

and those with him. File:Solidus-Heraclius-sb0764.jpg, Byzantine coin depicting Constantine the New with his father

Heraclius Heraclius ( grc-gre, Ἡράκλειος, Hērákleios; c. 575 – 11 February 641), was List of Byzantine emperors, Eastern Roman emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exa ...

and brother

Heraklonas Heraclius ( grc-gre, Ἡράκλειος, Herakleios; 626 – 642), known by the diminutive Heraclonas or Heracleonas ( gr, Ἡρακλ ��νᾶς), and sometimes called Heraclius II, was the son of Heraclius and his niece Martina. His father ...

. File:Saint Tribellius.JPG, Saint Trivelius Theoktist, Khan of Bulgaria. File:Gregoryoftours.jpg, St.

Gregory the Dialogist Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregoria ...

, Pope of Rome, with St.

Augustine of Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – probably 26 May 604) was a monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church.Delaney '' ...

. File:Johannes von Rostov.jpeg, Blessed John "the Hairy",

. File:Joanikije2.jpg, St. Ioannicius II, First

. File:Пимен (Белоликов).jpg, New Hieromartyr Pimen (Belolikov), Bishop of Vernensk and Semirechensk. File:Saint Nektarios of Aegina Icon.jpg, St. Nektarios (Kephalas) of Aegina, Metropolitan of

Notes

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 3
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. 65. *

'' 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. 269–270. * 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. 434–435. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
3 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
3 сентября по старому стилю / 16 сентября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. {{DEFAULTSORT:September 3 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar