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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. 3 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''September 15'' 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 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 20 Events Pre-1600 *AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile. * 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arabs, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take c ...

''.

Saints

* Righteous

Eleazar Eleazar (; ) or Elazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died. He was a nephew of Moses. Biblical narrative Eleazar played a number of roles during the course of the Exodus, from ...

, son of Righteous

Aaron According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was an Israelite prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament ...

, and Righteous

Phineas Phineas () is a masculine given name, an Anglicized name for the priest Phinehas in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to: People * Phineas Banning (1830–1885), American businessman and entrepreneur * P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman an ...

(c. 1400 B.C.)September 2/September 15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
2 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * ''Martyrs Mamas of

Caesarea in Cappadocia Kayseri () is a large city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since ancient times. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is co ...

, and his parents, Theodotus and Rufina'' (3rd century) * 3,628 Martyrs at Nicomedia (303-305)September 15 / September 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. (''see also:

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 ...

'') * Martyr

Diomedes Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. ''Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary''. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (; ) is a hero in Greek mythology, known for his participation in the Trojan ...

, by the sword. * Martyr Julian, beaten to death. * Martyr Philip, by the sword. * Martyr Eutychianos, roasted alive on a gridiron. * Martyr Hesychius, by hanging. * Martyr Leonides, by fire. * Martyr Eutychios, by crucifixion. * Martyr Philadelphos, by tying a heavy stone around his neck. * Martyr Melanippos, by fire. * Martyr Parthagape, by drowning. * Martyrs of Aeithalas and Ammon of

Adrianople Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...

, Thrace, by severe whipping. * ''Saint

John the Faster John IV of Constantinople (died 2 September 595), also known as ''John Nesteutes'' (, ''Ioannes the Faster''), was patriarch of Constantinople (12 April 582 – 2 September 595). He was the first to assume the title ''Ecumenical Patriarch''. He ...

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the archbishop of Constantinople and (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox Church. The ecumenical patriarch is regarded as ...

'' (595) * Saint Kosmas the Hermit and Confessor, of Crete (658)
02/09/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Antoninus of Pamiers Saint Antoninus of Pamiers (, , and ) was an early Christian missionary and martyr, called the "Apostle of the Rouergue". His life is dated to the first, second, fourth, and fifth century by various sources since he is often confused with various ...

, an early martyr at

Pamiers Pamiers (; ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although it is not t ...

in France.September 2
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Maxima, a Roman slave who was scourged to death in Rome, condemned to death together with St Ansanus (304) * Saint

Justus of Lyon Justus of Lyon () was the 13th Bishop of Lyon. He succeeded Verissimus in the mid-4th century. He is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic and the Orthodox Church, with a feast day on 2 September. Around 350, Justus was made Bishop of Lyon. ...

Bishop of Lyon The Archdiocese of Lyon (; ), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archbishops of Lyon are also called Primate o ...

(390) * Saint Valentine, fourth

Bishop of Strasbourg Archbishops

*Charles Amarin Brand (16 July 1984 – 23 October 1997) (with rank of archbishop from 1988) *Joseph Doré (23 October 1997 – 25 August 2006) *Jean-Pierre Grallet (21 April 2007 – 18 February 2017) *Luc Ravel (18 February 2017 ...

in France (4th century) * Saint

Castor of Apt Castor of Apt (died ) was a bishop of Apt, in Gaul, perhaps the 4th bishop. He was born in Nîmes and may have been the brother of Bishop Leontius of Fréjus. He was educated at Arles, and, after the death of his father, he became a lawyer. C ...

Bishop of Apt The former French Catholic diocese of Apt, in southeast France, existed from the fourth century until the French Revolution. By the Concordat of 1801, it was suppressed, and its territory was divided between the diocese of Digne and the diocese ...

(c. 420) * Saint Elpidius, Bishop of Lyon, Confessor (422) * Saint Nonnosus, a monk at the monastery of Mt Soracte in Italy; his wonderful deeds were recorded by St Gregory the Great (c. 575) * Saint

Hieu Hieu or Hiếu is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hieu (abbess), Irish abbess * Bùi Thanh Hiếu (b. 1972), Vietnamese human rights activist * Bùi Văn Hiếu (b. 1989), Vietnamese footballer * Hieu Van Le (b. 1954), 35th ...

, Abbess of

Tadcaster Tadcaster is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, north-east of Leeds and south-west of York. Its historical importance from Roman times onward was largely as the lowest road crossing-point o ...

, England (c. 657) * Saint Agricola of Avignon (''Agricolus''),

Bishop of Avignon The Archdiocese of Avignon (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Avenionensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Avignon'') is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese exercises jurisdiction over the territory embraced by the department ...

(c. 700) * Saint Lolanus, a bishop in Scotland (c. 1034)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* ''Saints

Anthony Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the '' Antonii'', a '' gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descenda ...

(1073) and

Theodosius Theodosius ( Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc. Theodosia is a feminine version of the name. Emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium ...

(1074), founders of the

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv. Sin ...

and

monasticism Monasticism (; ), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religion, religious way of life in which one renounces world (theology), worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual activities. Monastic life plays an important role in many Chr ...

Rus' Rus or RUS may refer to: People * East Slavic historical peoples (). See Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia ** Rus' people, the people of Rus' ** Rus, a legendary eponymous ancestor, see Lech, Czech and Rus * Rus (surname), a surname found in Ro ...

.''

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Barsanuphius (Lebedev), Bishop of Kyrillov (1918)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. 65. * New Hieromartyr John Ivanov, Priest (1918) * New Martyr Seraphima (Sulimova), Abbess of the Therapontov Convent (1918) * New Martyrs Anatoly Barashkov, Nicholas Burlakov, Michael Trubnikov, and Philip Marishev, at the St. Cyril of White Lake Monastery (1918) * New Hieromartyr Damascene (Tsedrik), Bishop of Starodub (1937) * New Hieromartyrs Ephemius Goryachev, John Melnichenko, John Smolichev, Vladimir Morinsky, Victor Basov, Basil Zelensky, Theodotus Shatokhin, Peter Novoselsky, Stephen Yaroshevich, Priests (1937) * New Hieromartyr Herman (Ryashentsev), Bishop of Vyaznikov (1937) * New Hieromartyr Stephen Ermolin, Priest (1937) * Martyr Paul Elkyn (1937) * Virgin-martyr Xenia (1937)

Other commemorations

* "Kaluga" Icon of the Most Holy

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' ( Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-beare ...

(1771)
Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Translation of the relics (1796) of Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of Totma (1568) *

Synaxis A synaxis ( "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, ''sobor'') is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite). Synaxes of feast days In Constantinopl ...

of the Saints of

Saratov Saratov ( , ; , ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River. Saratov had a population of 901,361, making it the List of cities and tow ...

. * Repose of Archbishop Vladimir (Petrov) of Kazan (1897)

Icon gallery

File:Mamant.jpg, Martyr Mamas of

. File:Mammes of Caesarea (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyr Mamas of

. File:Patriarch John IV of Constantinople (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Saint

. File:Svenskaya.jpg, Sts. Anthony and Theodosius with the Theotokos Panachrantos. File:Епископ Кирилловский Варсонофий (Лебедев).jpg, New Hieromartyr Barsanuphius (Lebedev), Bishop of Kyrillov. File:Bishop Damaskin Tsedrik.jpg, New Hieromartyr Damascene (Tsedrik), Bishop of Starodub. File:Герман (Ряшенцев).jpg, New Hieromartyr Herman (Ryashentsev), Bishop of Vyaznikov. File:Kaluzhskaya icon 4.jpg, "Kaluga" Icon of the Most Holy

. File:Св. Феодосий Тотемский.jpg, Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of Totma File:Владимир (Петров).jpg, Archbishop Vladimir (Petrov) of Kazan.

Notes

References

Sources

September 2/September 15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 15 / September 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 2
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. 65. *

'' 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. 267–279. * 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. 434. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
2 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
2 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
02/09/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
2 сентября по старому стилю / 15 сентября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. {{DEFAULTSORT:September 2 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar