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 – Pilgrims set sail for ...
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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 ...
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September 18
Events Pre-1600
* 96 – Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor.
* 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius i ...
All fixed
commemorations below celebrated on ''September 30'' by
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...
es on the
Old Calendar
Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design.
Principles
The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...
.
For September 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''
September 4
Events Pre-1600
* 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus Fall of the Western Roman Empire, ending the Western Roman Empire.
* 626 – Li Shimin, Posthumous name, posthumously known as ...
''.
Saints
* ''Hieromartyrs Heraclides and Myron, Bishops of
Tamassos
Tamassos (Greek: Ταμασσός) or Tamasos (Greek: Τἀμασος) – names Latinized as Tamassus or Tamasus – was a city-kingdom in ancient Cyprus, one of the ten kingdoms of Cyprus. It was situated in the great central plain of the i ...
in Cyprus'' (1st century)
[September 17/September 30]
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).[ Συναξαριστής. ]
17 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
* ''Martyrs
Sophia and her three daughters
Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda), and Love (Lyubov), at Rome'' (c. 137)
[
* Martyr Agathocleia (230)][
* Martyr Theodota of Cappadocia, at ]Nicaea
Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea, ; ), also known as Nikaia (, Attic: , Koine: ), was an ancient Greek city in the north-western Anatolian region of Bithynia. It was the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and seve ...
(230)[
* Martyrs Lucy and her son Geminian of Rome (303)][
* 156 Martyrs of ]Palestine
Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...
, including (310):[
:* ]Peleus
In Greek mythology, Peleus (; Ancient Greek: Πηλεύς ''Pēleus'') was a hero, king of Phthia, husband of Thetis and the father of their son Achilles. This myth was already known to the hearers of Homer in the late 8th century BC.
Biogra ...
and Nilus, Bishops of Egypt;
:* Zeno, Priest;
:* Patermuthius and Elias
Elias ( ; ) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (; ; , or ), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated tradit ...
, noblemen, by fire.
* Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus and Asclepiodotus, of Marcianopolis
Marcianopolis or Marcianople (Greek: Μαρκιανούπολις), also known as Parthenopolis was an ancient Greek, then Roman capital city and archbishopric in Moesia Inferior. It is located at the site of modern-day Devnya, Bulgaria. The a ...
in Thrace.[ ''(see also: ]September 15
Events Pre-1600
* 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
* 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against hi ...
)''
* Saints Charalampus
Saint Charalambos or Haralambos () was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name. His name means ''glowing with joy'' in Greek. He lived during the reign of Septimius Severus ( ...
and Pantelon
Saint Pantaleon (), counted in Western Christianity as among the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Late Middle Ages, and in Eastern Christianity as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic P ...
, and companions.[ ]
Άγιοι Χαράλαμπος, Παντολέων και η συνοδεία τους
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
Pre-Schism Western saints
* Saint Flocellus, a youth martyred in Autun in France under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180)
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Saint Justin the Confessor
Justin the Confessor (died 269) was a Christian martyr in the Roman Empire. He is honoured as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Life
Information regarding Justin and Crescentianus comes from the "Passion of La ...
, a priest in Rome who devoted himself to burying the bodies of martyrs and was eventually martyred himself (259)[
* Saints Narcissus and Crescendo, early martyrs in Rome (c. 260)][
* Saints ]Socrates and Stephen
Socrates and Stephen (both died circa 307) are a pair of Christian martyrs. Their feast day is 17 September.
They are recorded in certain martyrologies as having been martyred in Britain during the persecution of Diocletian, which took place fr ...
, by tradition early martyrs venerated in Britain, now England.[September 30 / September 17]
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* Saint Theodora, a noble lady of Rome devoted to the service of the martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian (c. 305)[
* Saint Satyrus of Milan, elder brother of St Ambrose of Milan in Italy (376)][
* Saint ]Rodingus
Saint Rodingus (or Radingus, Ronin, Rouin; died ) was an Irish monk and abbot in Beaulieu-en-Argonne
Beaulieu-en-Argonne (, literally ''Beaulieu in Argonne'') is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern Fran ...
(''Rouin''), a monk and priest from Ireland who preached in Germany and entered the monastery of Tholey near Trier (c. 690)[
* Hieromartyr ]Lambert of Maastricht
Lambert of Maastricht, commonly referred to as Saint Lambert (; Middle Dutch: ''Sint-Lambrecht''; ; 636 – c. 705), was the bishop of Maastricht-Liège (Tongeren) from about 670 until his death. Lambert denounced Pepin's liaison with his mis ...
, Bishop of Maastricht
The Roman Catholic 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.
Histo ...
(704)[
* Saint ]Columba
Columba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey ...
, a nun at Tábanos, martyred in Cordoba in Spain for rejecting Islam (853)[
* Saint Unni (''Uni, Unno, Huno''), a monk at New Corvey in Germany, who became Bishop of Bremen-Hamburg in 917 (936)][
]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
* Saint Euxiphius of Cyprus, monk (12th century)[
* Venerable Anastasius of Perioteron, in Cyprus, ]Wonderworker
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(12th century)[
* ''Saint Joachim I, ]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 ...
'' (1567)[17 сентября по старому стилю / 30 сентября по новому стилю]
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.
* Saint Innocent, Archimandrite, of Glinsk Hermitage
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The Glinsk Hermitage (formally known as the Nativity of the Theotokos Stavropegial Male Monastery) is a stavropegial monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) located in the village of , near the Russian border. I ...
(1888)[
* Saint Dionisie Erhan of ]Ismail
In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs.
Within Islam, Ish ...
and Cetatea Alba (1934-1943), in the Metropolis of Bessarabia
The Metropolis of Bessarabia (), also referred to as the Bessarabian Orthodox Church, is an Autonomy (Eastern Orthodoxy), autonomous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan bishopric of the Romanian Orthodox Church, situated i ...
(1943)[ Gheorghe Anghel. ]
Ce hotărâri au adoptat ierarhii români reuniți în sinod?
'' BASILICA.RO. 25.10.2018.
New martyrs and confessors
* New Hieromartyrs of the St. Nicholas Koryazha Monastery, Arkhangelsk (1918):
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
:* Paul (Moiseyev) and Theodosius (Sobolev), Archimandrites;
:* Nicodemus (Shchapkov) and Seraphim (Kulakov), Hieromonks.
* Virgin-martyr Irene Frolov (1931)[
* Martyr John Korotkov (1941)][
* Virgin-martyr Alexandra Hvorostyannikova (1943)][
]
Other commemorations
* Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople ("Tsaregrad") (1071)[
* Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev ("Directress") (1442)]
Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
* Repose of Blessed Agapitus (1825), disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
Tikhon of Zadonsk (secular name Timofey Savelyevich Sokolov, ; 1724–1783) was an 18th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer whom the Eastern Orthodox Church glorified (canonized) as a saint in 1861.
St. Tikhon was born in Novg ...
.[
* Repose of lay recluse Matthew of St. Petersburg (1904)][
]
Icon gallery
File:Saint sophia (byzantine icon).jpg, Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith, Hope, and Love.
File:Sofia and her daughters (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith, Hope, and Love.
File:Agathocleia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyr Agathocleia.
File:Lucy and Geminianus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Lucy and her son Geminian of Rome.
File:St-Lambert-Liège.jpg, Martyrdom of St. Lambert of Maastricht
Lambert of Maastricht, commonly referred to as Saint Lambert (; Middle Dutch: ''Sint-Lambrecht''; ; 636 – c. 705), was the bishop of Maastricht-Liège (Tongeren) from about 670 until his death. Lambert denounced Pepin's liaison with his mis ...
.
File:Facial Chronicle - b.23, p. 059.jpg, Patriarch Joachim I sending ambassadors to Tsar Ivan IV.
File:Dionisie Erhan.jpg, St. Dionisie Erhan of Ismail and Cetatea Alba.
Notes
References
Sources
September 17/September 30
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 30 / September 17
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 17
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. 286–288.
* 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. 451.
; Greek Sources
* Great Synaxaristes:
17 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Συναξαριστής.
17 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
*
17/09/
'' 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.
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