September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

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September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture thei ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''October 12'' 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 29th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

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 ...

''.

Saints

* The Eighty (80) Holy Martyrs of

Byzantium Byzantium () or Byzantion () was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name ''Byzantion'' and its Latinization ''Byzantium'' continued to be used as a n ...

, burnt in a marine vessel during the reign of Emperor Valens (364-378)September 29/October 12
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).October 12 / September 29
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyrs Tryphon, Trophimus, and Dorymedon, Συναξαριστής.
29 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. and 150 Martyrs, in Palestine. * Martyr

Theodota of Philippi Theodota of Philippopolis (Greek: Θεοδότη; died 318) was a Greek harlot and martyr. Her feast day is 29 September. Smith Lewis's translation Agnes Smith Lewis (1843–1926) in her ''Select Narratives of Holy Women: Translation: From the ...

. * Martyr Petronia, by the sword. * ''Martyr Gudelia (''Govdelia'') of Persia'' (4th century) * ''Martyrs Dada, Gabdelas, and Casdoe (''Kazdoa'') of

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

'' (4th century) * ''Saint

Cyriacus the Anchorite Kyriakos the Anchorite (also known as ''Cyriacus the Hermit'') (Greek language, Greek: , ''Hosios Kyriakos ho Anachōrētēs'') was born in Corinth in the year 448. Early life His father was a priest named John and his mother's name was Eudoxia. ...

, Hermit, of Palestine'' (556) * Saint Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza.29 сентября по старому стилю / 12 октября по новому стилю
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Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Fraternus,

Bishop of Auxerre The diocese of Auxerre () is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan Archbishop of Sens, ordinary of the diocese of S ...

in France and by tradition a martyr (450)September 29
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Ludwin Ludwin is a village in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ludwin. It lies approximately north of Łęczna and east of the regional capital Lublin Lubl ...

(''Leudwinus, Liutwin, Leodwin''), Founder of Mettlach in Germany and then

Bishop of Trier The Diocese of Trier (), in English historically also known as ''Treves'' () from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Dioce ...

in Germany (late 8th century) * Saint Alaricus (''Adalricus, Adalrai''), a monk at

Einsiedeln Abbey Einsiedeln Abbey () is a Catholic monastery administered by the Benedictine Order in the village of Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The Abbey of Einsiedeln is one of the most important baroque monastic sites and the largest place of pilgrimage in Swit ...

in Switzerland, later a hermit on the island of Uffnau in the lake of Zurich (975)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Cyprian, Abbot, of Ustiug in

Vologda Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as ...

(1276) * New Hieromartyr Malachi of Rhodes, tortured and roasted on a spit over live coals (1500) * Venerable monk-martyrs in the

Strofades Strofades (; also called Strofadia, , or Stromphides, ) is a group of two small Greek islands in the Ionian Islands. They lie about south-southeast of the island of Zakynthos. Administratively they are part of the Municipality of Zakynthos. The ...

(1530 or 1537) * Saint Onuphrius the Wonderworker, of Gareji, Georgia (1733) * Three New Martyrs of Vrachori,

Agrinio Agrinio (Greek language, Greek: Αγρίνιο, ; Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 89,691 inhabitants (2021) as well as the seco ...

(1786)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John (Pommer), Archbishop of

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

in Latvia (1934)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of St. Donatus, Bishop of Euroea in

Epirus Epirus () is a Region#Geographical regions, geographical and historical region, historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay ...

(387), from the Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in Venice to

Paramythia Paramythia () is a town and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Souli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 342.197 ...

in Greece. * Repose of Blessed Anthony Alexeyevich,

Fool-for-Christ Foolishness for Christ (; ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christia ...

, of

Zadonsk Zadonsk () is a town and the administrative center of Zadonsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River, from which it takes its name, southwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...

(1851)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός ἐκ Ζαντόσκ (Ρῶσος)
'' 29 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Uncovering of the relics (1993) of St. John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966). * Repose of Archimandrite Gerasim (Schmaltz) of Alaska (1969)

Icon gallery

File:KyriakosTheAnchorite.jpeg, St.

(Kyriakos). File:Cyriacus the Anchorite (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, St.

(Kyriakos). File:Liutwin-Wallfahrtsbild.jpg, St

. File:RelicsStJohnShanghai.jpg, Relics (1993) of St. John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco.

Notes

References

Sources

September 29/October 12
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
October 12 / September 29
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 29
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). pp. 72–73. *

'' 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. 300–301. * 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. 462–466. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
29 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
29 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
29/09/2016
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *

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