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September Saints & Feasts

270 fixed commemorations recorded across 30 Julian calendar dates. Every entry for this month is readable below, without pagination.

The names below are taken from the website's existing commemorations register. This is not yet a comprehensive comparison against every commemoration in the Greek Liturgical Texts edition. Collective groups and feasts may appear as a single entry; a listed entry is not necessarily one individual saint.

1 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Church New Year

  • saint

    Saint Simeon Stylites, the Elder

  • venerable

    Venerable Martha, mother of Saint Simeon Stylites

  • martyr

    Martyr Aithalas of Persia

  • martyr

    Holy Forty Women Martyrs and Martyr Ammon the Deacon, their teacher, at Heraclea in Thrace

  • saint

    Martyrs Callista and her brothers, Evodius and Hermogenes, at Nicomedia

  • saint

    Righteous Joshua, son of Nun (Navi)

  • saint

    Finding of the Icon of the Mother of God at the Miasena Monastery

  • saint

    “Chernigov-Gethsemane” Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Saint Meletius the New

  • saint

    “All Blessed” Icon of the Mother of God

  • venerable

    Venerable Evanthia

2 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves

  • martyr

    Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia

  • saint

    Martyrs Theodotus and Rufina of Caesarea, in Cappadocia

  • hierarch

    Saint John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople

  • saint

    3,628 Martyrs who suffered at Nicomedia

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga

3 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia and those with him

  • venerable

    Venerable Theoctistus

  • martyr

    Holy Martyr Euthymius

  • saint

    Blessed John “the Hairy” and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov

  • saint

    Saint Phoebe the Deaconess at Cenchreae near Corinth

  • martyr

    Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Aristion, Bishop of Alexandria

  • hierarch

    Saint Joannicius, first Patriarch of Serbia

  • saint

    Pisidia Icon of the Mother of God

  • martyr

    Martyr Polydorus of Cyprus

4 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Martyr Gorazd of Prague, Bohemia and Moravo-Cilezsk

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Babylas, Bishop of Antioch, and those with him

  • prophet

    Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses

  • hierarch

    Uncovering of the relics of Saint Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod

  • martyr

    Martyr Hermione, daughter of Saint Philip the Deacon

  • martyr

    Martyr Babylas of Nicomedia and 84 children with him

  • saint

    Martyrs Theodore, Mianus, Julian, Kion, and Centurionus, of Nicomedia

  • saint

    “Unburnt Bush” Icon of the Mother of God

  • hierarch

    Second finding of the relics of Saint Metrophanes, Bishop of Voronezh

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Peter, Metropolitan of Serbia

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Peter, Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosnia

  • saint

    Igoumen Parthenios of Kiziltash Monastery

  • venerable

    Venerable Simeon the Wonderworker

5 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of Saint John the Baptist

  • martyr

    Martyr Athanasius, Abbot of Bretsk

  • saint

    Passion-Bearer Gleb (in Baptism David)

  • martyr

    Martyr Tathuil, and his sister, Bebaia

  • martyr

    Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa

  • saint

    Martyrs Juventinus and Maximus the soldiers, at Antioch

  • saint

    Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus, and 77 companions, at Nicomedia

  • martyr

    Martyr Abdias (Abidas) of Persia

6 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae

  • saint

    Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno, and Macarius

  • saint

    Saint Archippus of Herapolis

  • martyr

    Martyr Romulus and with him many others

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of Gortyna

  • saint

    Martyrs Cyriacus, Faustus the Presbyter, Abibas the Deacon, and 11 others, at Alexandria

  • saint

    Saint David of Hermopolis, Egypt

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk

  • saint

    “Arapet” Icon of the Mother of God

7 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Forefeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God

  • martyr

    Martyr Sozon of Cilicia

  • hierarch

    Saint John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod

  • venerable

    Venerable Serapion of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Macarius, Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl

  • apostle

    Apostle Evodius (Euodias) of the Seventy

  • apostle

    Apostle Onesiphorus of the Seventy

  • martyr

    Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea, in Cappadocia

  • venerable

    Venerable Luke, Abbot of Batheos Ryako

  • venerable

    Venerable Cloud (Clodoald), Abbot-Founder of Nogent-Sur-Seine near Paris

  • venerable

    Venerable Macarius of Optina

  • venerable

    Venerable Cassiani the Hymnographer

8 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign”, the “Kursk-Root”

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Kholm

  • saint

    Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Syamsk

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Glinsk

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Isaakov

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Lukianov

  • saint

    “Kathariotissa” Icon of the Mother of God

9 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna

  • martyr

    Martyr Severian of Sebaste

  • venerable

    Venerable Joseph, Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk

  • hierarch

    Uncovering of the relics of Saint Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov

  • venerable

    Venerable Theophanes the Confessor and Faster of Mount Diabenos

  • martyr

    Martyr Chariton

  • saint

    Blessed Nikḗtas the Hidden of Constantinople

  • saint

    Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Third Ecumenical Council

  • saint

    Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise

10 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, at Nicomedia

  • venerable

    Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda

  • saint

    Holy Apostles of the 70 Apelles, Luke (Loukios), and Clement

  • martyr

    Martyr Barypsabas in Dalmatia

  • saint

    Right-Believing Pulcheria, Byzantine Empress

  • saint

    Saints Peter and Paul, Bishops of Nicaea

11 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodora of Alexandria

  • venerable

    Translation of the Relics of Venerable Sergius and Herman, Wonderworkers of Valaam

  • saint

    Martyrs Demetrius, his wife Euanthia, and their son Demetrian, at Skepsis on the Hellespont

  • saint

    Martyrs Diodorus, Didymus, and Diomedes, of Laodicea

  • martyr

    Martyr Ia and 9,000 Martyrs with her, of Persia

  • saint

    Saint Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria

  • saint

    Kazan - Kaplunovka Icon of the Mother of God (1689)

12 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Mother of God

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Autonomus, Bishop in Italy

  • venerable

    Venerable Bassian of Tiksnensk, Vologda

  • saint

    Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye

  • martyr

    Martyr Julian of Galatia and 40 Martyrs with him

  • martyr

    Martyr Theodore of Alexandria

  • hierarch

    Saint Coronatus, Bishop of Nicomedia

  • venerable

    Venerable Athanasius of Serpukhov

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Dositheus of Tbilisi

13 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Forefeast of the Elevation of the Cross

  • saint

    Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion

  • martyr

    Martyr Chronides of Alexandria and those with him

  • saint

    Martyrs Macrobius and Gordian at Tomi in Romania and those with them

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Julian of Galatia

  • saint

    Saint Peter of Atroe

  • saint

    Greatmartyr Ketevan, Queen of Georgia

  • venerable

    Venerable Hierotheus the Younger of Iveron, Mount Athos

  • saint

    Saint John of Prislop

14 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross

  • hierarch

    Repose of Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Macarius of Dionysiou, Mount Athos

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Joseph of Dionysiou, Mount Athos

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Lesna

  • hierarch

    Repose of Saint Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia

15 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross

  • saint

    Greatmartyr Niketas the Goth

  • hierarch

    Uncovering of the relics Saint Acacius, Bishop of Melitene

  • saint

    Martyrs Theodotus, Asclepiodotus, and Maximus, of Adrianopolis

  • martyr

    Martyr Porphyrius the Actor

  • saint

    Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen

  • saint

    Saint Philotheus the Presbyter in Asia Minor

  • venerable

    Venerable Joseph, Abbot of Alaverdi, Georgia

  • hierarch

    Saint Joseph the New of Partos, Metropolitan of Timishoara (Romania)

  • hierarch

    Saint Bessarion, Archbishop of Larissa

  • saint

    Saint Gerasimus

  • martyr

    New Martyr John of Crete

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Novonikḗta

16 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross

  • martyr

    Great Martyr Euphemia the All-praised

  • hierarch

    Repose of Saint Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

  • apostle

    Saint Sebastiana the Martyr, disciple of Saint Paul the Apostle, at Heraclea

  • martyr

    Martyr Melitinḗ of Marcianopolis

  • saint

    Martyrs Victor and Sosthenes at Chalcedon

  • venerable

    Venerable Dorotheus the Hermit of Egypt

  • martyr

    Martyr Ludmilla the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus, Prince of the Czechs

  • saint

    New Martyrs Isaac and Joseph of Georgia

  • saint

    “Support of Humble” Icon of the Mother of God

  • hieromartyr

    New Hieromartyr Gregory (Raevskii) of Tver

  • saint

    Saint Procopius

17 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross

  • martyr

    Martyrs Sophia and her daughters Faith (Pistis), Hope (Elpis), and Love (Agape), at Rome

  • martyr

    Martyr Theodota at Nicea

  • martyr

    Martyr Agathocleia

  • saint

    156 Martyrs of Palestine, including Bishops Peleus and Nilus, the Presbyter Zeno, the Noblemen Patermuthius and Elias, and others

  • saint

    Constantinople Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev

18 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross

  • hierarch

    Saint Eumenius, Bishop of Gortyna

  • martyr

    Martyr Ariádnē of Phrygia

  • saint

    Martyrs Sophia, Irene, and Castor of Egypt

  • saint

    Greatmartyr Prince Bidzini and Martyrs Princes Elizabar and Shalvi, of Georgia

  • saint

    Translation of the “Staro Rus” Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia

  • saint

    “The Healer” Icon of the Mother of God

  • venerable

    Venerable Euphrosynē of Suzdal

  • venerable

    Venerable Hilarion of Optina

19 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross

  • saint

    Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon of Synnada

  • saint

    Saint Theodore, Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, and his sons Saints David and Constantine

  • martyr

    Martyr Zosimas the Hermit of Cilicia

  • hierarch

    Saint Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury

  • saint

    Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov

20 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross

  • saint

    Greatmartyr Eustáthios Placidas, with his wife and children, of Rome

  • martyr

    Holy Martyr and Confessor Michael and his councilor, Theodore, Wonderworkers of Chernigov

  • saint

    Saint Oleg, Prince of Briansk

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Hilarion of Saint Anne Skete, Mount Athos

21 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Leavetaking of the Elevation of the Cross

  • apostle

    Apostle Quadratus of the Seventy

  • hierarch

    Uncovering of the relics of Saint Demetrius (Dmitri), Metropolitan of Rostov

  • venerable

    Venerable Daniel, Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod

  • venerable

    Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Ephesus, and his Presbyter, Andrew

  • saint

    Saint Isaac of Cyprus

  • hierarch

    Saint Meletius, Bishop of Cyprus

  • martyr

    Martyr Eusebius of Phoenicia

  • martyr

    Martyr Priscus of Phrygia

  • saint

    26 Monastic Martyrs of Zographou, Mount Athos

  • venerable

    Venerable Cosmas the Bulgarian of Zographou, Mount Athos

  • saint

    Saint John of Georgia

  • saint

    Saint George (John) of Georgia

22 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope

  • prophet

    Prophet Jonah

  • saint

    Saint Jonah the Presbyter, father of Saint Theophanes the Hymnographer and Theodore Graptus

  • venerable

    Venerable Jonah, Abbot of Yashezersk

  • martyr

    Martyr Phokas the Gardener of Sinope

  • saint

    Saint Peter the Tax-Collector

  • venerable

    Venerable Macarius, Wonderworker of Zhabynka and Belev

  • saint

    Synaxis of the Saints of Tula

  • venerable

    Venerable Cosmas of Zographou Monastery, Mount Athos

  • saint

    "Hearer" Icon of the Mother of God

23 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Conception of the Honourable Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

  • saint

    Saints Xanthippi and Polyxeni of Spain

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Irais (Rhais) of Alexandria

  • saint

    Martyrs Andrew, John, and John’s children: Peter and Antonius, of Syracuse, martyred in Africa

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka

24 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska

  • martyr

    Martyr Peter the Aleut

  • martyr

    Martyr Juvenal of Alaska

  • saint

    Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla

  • venerable

    Venerable Nicander Wonderworker of Pskov

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Galacteon of Vologda

  • venerable

    Venerable Copres of Palestine

  • venerable

    Venerable Abramius, Abbot of Mirozh, Pskov

  • saint

    Saint Vladislav of Serbia

  • venerable

    Venerable Dorothy of Kashin

  • venerable

    Venerable Silouan of Mount Athos

  • saint

    “Mirozh” Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “of the Myrtle Tree”

  • venerable

    Venerable Simon of Serbia

  • venerable

    Venerable David of Serbia

  • saint

    Holy King Stephen of Serbia

25 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Repose of Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh

  • venerable

    Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria

  • venerable

    Venerable Euphrosynē of Suzdal

  • hierarch

    First Translation of the relics of Saint Herman, Archbishop of Kazan

  • martyr

    Martyr Paphnutius and 546 companions in Egypt

  • saint

    Saint Arsenius the Great, Catholicos of Georgia

  • saint

    Wonderworking Boyan Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Assuage My Sorrows Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Commemoration of the Earthquake of 447

26 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • apostle

    Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

  • venerable

    Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod

  • saint

    Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia

27 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Martyr Callistratus and 49 companions

  • venerable

    Venerable Sabbatius, Wonderworker of Solovki

  • apostle

    Apostle Mark of the Seventy

  • apostle

    Apostle Aristarchus of the Seventy

  • apostle

    Apostle Zenas of the Seventy

  • martyr

    Martyr Epicharis of Rome

  • saint

    Saint Ignatius of Christ the Saviour Monastery

  • hierarch

    Saint Flavian, Archbishop of Antioch

  • martyr

    New Martyr Aquilina

  • saint

    Saint Anthimus the Georgian

28 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot of Palestine

  • venerable

    Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Near Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Chariton of Syanzhemsk, Vologda

  • venerable

    Venerable Herodion, Abbot of Iloezersk

  • prophet

    Prophet Baruch

  • martyr

    Martyr Alexander and 30 others in Pisidia and Phrygia

  • martyr

    Martyr Wenceslaus, Prince of the Czechs

  • saint

    Schema-monk Cyril and Schema-nun Maria, the parents of Saint Sergius of Radonezh

29 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Kyriakos the Anchorite

  • saint

    Martyrs Dadas, Gabdelas, and Kazdoa of Persia

  • venerable

    Venerable Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza

  • saint

    Saint Onuphrius of Saint David Gareji Monastery, Georgia

  • saint

    Saint Cyprian of Ustiug

30 September

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Gregory, Bishop of Greater Armenia, Equal of the Apostles, Enlightener of Armenia

  • venerable

    Venerable Gregory, Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda

  • hierarch

    Saint Michael, first Metropolitan of Kiev

  • saint

    Martyrs Rhipsime and Gaianḗ of Armenia and those with them

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