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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 rule ...

- Sep. 14 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''September 26'' by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For September 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 31 Events Pre-1600 * 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. * 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one ye ...

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Feasts

* Forefeast of the

Exaltation of the Cross The Feast of the Holy Cross, or Feast of the Cross, commemorates True Cross, the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. In the Christianity, Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different celebrations which honor and celebrate the ...

.September 13/September 26
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
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'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Saints

* ''Hieromartyr

Cornelius the Centurion Cornelius (; ; fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman centurion who is considered by some Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles (see Ethiopian eunuch for the competing tradition). The baptism o ...

'' (1st century) * ''Saint

Aristides the Athenian Aristides ( ; , ; 530–468 BC) was an Classical Athens, ancient Athenian politician, statesman. Nicknamed "the Just" (δίκαιος, ''díkaios''), he flourished at the beginning of Athens' Classical Greece, Classical period and is remembe ...

, martyr'' (120) * Martyrs Serapion, Cronides, and Leontius, of

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

(c. 237) ''(see also: September 11)'' * Martyr Straton of Nicomedia (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Στράτων ὁ Μάρτυρας
'' 13 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Martyr Seleucus of Galatia (320) * Martyrs Elias, Zoticus, Lucian, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomis in

Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; ) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. As a Roman domain Moesia was administered at first by the governor of Noricum as 'Civitates of Moesia and Triballi ...

(320) * Saint Eulogius I, Patriarch of Alexandria (608) * Venerable Peter of Atroa, in

Bithynia Bithynia (; ) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast a ...

(or of Agrea) (early 9th century) ''(see also:

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

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Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Philip, the father of St Eugenia of Rome, in whose home Sts Protus and Hyacinth were employed (3rd century)September 13
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Litorius,

Bishop of Tours The Archdiocese of Tours (; ) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd century, while the formal erection of the diocese dates from the 5th century. The ecclesiastical p ...

(370)September 26 / September 13
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Maurilius of Angers, Bishop of Angers (c. 430) * Saint Nectarius,

Bishop of Autun The Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: ''Diocesis Aeduensis'', ''Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)''), m ...

in France, and a friend of St Germanus of Paris (c. 550) * Saint Amatus (''Amat, Amé, Aimé, Amado''), first abbot of Remiremont Abbey (627) * Saint

Venerius the Hermit Saint Venerius ( San Venerio) (ca. 560–630) was a monk and hermit. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and is the patron saint of the Gulf of La Spezia and, as of 1961, the patron saint of lighthouse keepers. Traditions conce ...

, a hermit, then abbot on the Island of Tino in the Gulf of Genoa in Italy (c. 630) * Saint Columbinus, successor of St Deicola as Abbot of Lure in France (c. 680) * Saint Amatus (''Aimé''), Abbot of Agaunum, who became the tenth Bishop of Sion in

Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion, Switzer ...

in Switzerland (690) * Saint Barsenorius, Abbot of La-Croix-Saint-Leuffroi in France (7th century) * Saint Hedwig (''Haduwy''), Abbess of Herford Abbey in Westphalia in Germany (c. 887) * Saint Wilfrida of Wilton (''Wulfthryth''), Abbess of Wilton Abbey (c. 988)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint John of Prislop, Romania (15th-16th centuries) * Saint Cornelius of Padan-Olonets, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir, and with him Sts. Dionysius and Misael (16th century) * Saint Meletius I Pegas,

Patriarch of Alexandria The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot"). The Alexandrian episcopate was revered as one of the three major epi ...

(1601) * Great-martyr Ketevan, Queen of Kakheti,

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

(1624)13 сентября по старому стилю / 26 сентября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. * Venerable Hierotheus of

Kalamata Kalamata ( ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the Peloponnese (region), homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regiona ...

(''Hierotheos the New''), monk of Iveron Monastery, Mt. Athos (1745)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Stephan Kostogryz and Alexander Aksenov, Priests (1937)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. 68. * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Vasyukovich, Deacon (1937)

Other commemorations

* ''Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (the Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem'' (335)
THE FEAST OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE ALL-HOLY CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION
'' JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE: Official News Gate. 26/09/2017. Retrieved: 28 September 2017. * Icon of the Theotokos "Dubovich". * Repose of Monk Dorotheus, last hermit of the Roslavl Forests (1866)

Icon gallery

File:Cornelius the centurion (Menologion of Basil II).jpg,

and destruction of the pagan temple at Skepsis. File:Aristides.jpg, St.

. File:Elias, Zoticus, Lucian, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Elias, Zoticus, Lucian, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomis in

. File:Eulogius of Alexandria (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, St. Eulogius I, Patriarch of Alexandria. File:Sabinin. M. Queen Ketevan.jpg, Great-martyr Ketevan, Queen of

. File:The Church of the Holy Sepulchre-Jerusalem.JPG, Church of the Resurrection (the Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem.

Notes

References

Sources

September 13/September 26
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 26 / September 13
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 13
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. 68. *

'' 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. 281–282. * 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. 447. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
13 Σεπτεμβρίου
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'' 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 13 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar