September 22 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. * 1236 – The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the ...

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 ...

September 24 Events Pre-1600 *AD 787, 787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ul� ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 6 by Orthodox Churches 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 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

September 10 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. * 1089 – The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decree ...

Feasts

* The Conception of the Glorious

Prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divinity, divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings ...

, Forerunner, and Baptist

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

Saints

* Saints Xanthippe and Polyxena, of Spain, disciples of the

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(109)September 23/October 6
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
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'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).'' 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. p. 294. * Virgin-martyr Irais (''Rhais, Raissa'') of

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(308) * Martyrs Andrew and John, and his sons Peter and Antoninus, of

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, martyred in

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(9th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Linus, the first Pope of Rome (c. 79) (''In the East:

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...

and

November 5 Events Pre-1600 *1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first B ...

'') * Saint Paternus (''

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''), Bishop of Avranches (c. 563) * Saint Constantius, sacristan of the ancient church of St Stephen in Ancona in Italy (6th century) * Saint

Adomnán Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (; , ''Adomnanus''; 624 – 704), also known as Eunan ( ; from ), was an abbot of Iona Abbey ( 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and Christian saint, saint. He was the author of the ''Life ...

, Abbot of

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, biographer of Saint

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(704)October 6 / September 23
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint

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, a disciple of St Guthlac at Crowland in England (early 8th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* New Martyr Nicholas the Grocer (''"O Pantopolis"''), at Constantinople (1672) * New Martyr John of

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, by beheading (1814) * New Hieromartyr Gregory (Kalamaras), Metropolitan of Argos and Nauplion, Ethnomartyr (1821)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Pankratovich, Priest (1937)23 сентября по старому стилю / 6 октября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * New Hieromartyr Arsenius, Archimandrite (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. 71.

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka (''Solvenskaya'') (1635) * Repose of Abbess Eupraxia of Old Ladoga Convent (1823) * Repose of Hieroschemamonk Jerome of Solovki (1847) * Glorification (1977) of St.

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, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia (1879) * Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon of the Theotokos "Hawaiian" (2007)
Hawaii's Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon
'' Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church.

Icon gallery

File:Conception of John Baptist (icon, Russia, 15 c).jpg, Icon of the Conception of the Glorious

, Forerunner, and Baptist

. File:Menologion of Basil 013.jpg, Annunciation to Zachariah. File:Xanthippe and Polyxene (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Saints Xanthippe and Polyxena, of Spain. File:Irais of Alexandria (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Virgin-martyr Irais (''Rhais, Raissa'') of

. File:Metropolitan Innocent of Moscow.jpg, St.

, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia.

Notes

References

Sources

September 23/October 6
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
October 6 / September 23
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 23
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. 71. *

'' 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. p. 294. * 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. 455–456. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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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). *

Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. {{DEFAULTSORT:September 23 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar