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 ...

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September 6 Events Pre-1600 * 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish ''magister militum'' Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. *1492 – Christopher Co ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''September 18'' by Orthodox Churches on the

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. For September 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 23 Events Pre-1600 * 30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Ca ...

''.

Saints

* ''Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous

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, parents of St.

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'' (1st century)September 5/September 18
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June 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa. * 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome. ...

)'' * Martyrs Thathuil (''Thiphael'') and his sister Bebaia (''Thivea'') of Edessa (98-138)September 18 / September 5
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January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler ...

'') * Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa (98-138) * Virgin-martyr Rhais of Alexandria (''Iraida, Raissa, Rose'') (c. 308) (''see also:

September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat o ...

'') * Martyrs

Juventinus and Maximinus Saints Juventinus (or Juventius) and Maximinus (died 29 January 363) were Christian martyrs and members of the imperial guard of Emperor Julian. Their feast day is 25 January. Before starting his campaign against the Sassanid Empire, Julian i ...

, soldiers, at Antioch (361-363) ''(see also:

October 9 Events Pre-1600 * 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks. * 1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia. * 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. * 1446 &ndash ...

October 12 Events Pre-1600 *539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia Fall of Babylon, conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed b ...

)'' * Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and 77 Priests and Deacons, at

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, under

Valens Valens (; ; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. Following a largely unremarkable military career, he was named co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, who gave him the Byzantine Empire, eastern half of the Roman Em ...

(370) * Hieromartyr Abdas (''Abdias, Obadiah''), Bishop of Hormidz-Ardashir, Persia, and Martyrs Hormizd and Sunin (c. 420) (''see also:

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...

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May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. *13 ...

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Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Herculanus, a martyr in Porto near Rome, probably under Marcus Aurelius (c. 180)September 5
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saints Quintius, Arcontius and Donatus, martyrs venerated in Capua and elsewhere in the south of Italy. * Saint Obdulia, a holy virgin venerated in Toledo in Spain. * Saint Genebald of Laon,

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in France and a relative of St Remigius (c. 555) * Saint Victorinus,

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in Italy and an ardent opponent of Arianism (644) * Saint

Bertin Bertin (; 615 – ''c''. 709 AD), also known as Saint Bertin the Great, was the Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The ...

, Abbot of Sithin (afterwards called

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) (c. 709)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Martyrdom of the Holy

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Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism David (1015) * Martyrdom of Venerable

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, Abbot, of Brest, by the Latins (1648)
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New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Alexis (Belkovsky), Archbishop of Great Ustiug (1937) (''see also:

December 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon. *1409 – The University of Leipzig opens. 1601–1900 *1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren follow ...

'') * Martyr Euthymius Kochev (1937)5 сентября по старому стилю / 18 сентября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. * New Martyrs of the Czech-Slovak Church (1942):

'' Orthodox Christianity. Prague, Czech Republic, February 11, 2020. :* New Hieromartyrs Vladimír Petřek ( cs) and Václav Čikl ( cs), priests; :* New Martyrs Ján Sonnevend ( cs), Václav Ornest ( cs), and Karel Louda, and their families.

Other commemorations

* Appearance of

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to Emperor

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Athyra (Thrace) Athyras () was a Greek city in ancient Thrace, located in the region of the Propontis. Its site has been located near the modern Turkish city of Büyükçekmece. Under the name Athyra, it is a titular see of both the Eastern Orthodox Church and ...

, near Constantinople (6th century) *

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icon of the Theotokos (1631)18 сентября (5 сентября)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). ''(see also:

July 20 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. * 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defe ...

)'' * Uncovering of the relics (2001) of Archimandrite Alexander Urodov (1961)
Житие прп. Александра Уродова исп. (1961)
'' Newmartyros.ru. Retrieved: 15 February 2016. * Repose of Priest Hilarion Felea of Romania (1961)

Icon gallery

File:Conception of John Baptist (icon, Russia, 15 c).jpg, Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous

, parents of St.

. File:Menologion of Basil 013.jpg, Annunciation to Zachariah. File:Murder of Zechariah.jpg, Martyrdom of Holy Prophet Zachariah. File:Thathuil and Bebaia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Sarbelus (Thathuil) and his sister Bebaia, of Edessa. File:Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Hieromartyr Abdas (''Abdias, Obadiah''), Bishop of Hormidz-Ardashir, Persia. File:Святые Борис и Глеб.jpg, Holy

s Gleb of Russia. File:Aphanasiy of Brest.jpg, Venerable

. File:Алексий (Бельковский).jpg, New Hieromartyr Alexis (Belkovsky), Archbishop of Great Ustiug. File:Vladimír Petřek (1908-1942).gif, New Hieromartyr Vladimír Petřek. File:Alois.Vaclav.Cikl.(1900-1942).gif, New Hieromartyr Václav Čikl. File:Jan.Sonnevend.(1880-1942).gif, New Martyr Ján Sonnevend. File:Vaclav.Ornest.(1887-1942).gif, New Martyr Václav Ornest.

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 5
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. 66. *

'' 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. 272–273. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
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'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 436. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
5 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
5 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
05/09/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
5 сентября по старому стилю / 18 сентября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. {{DEFAULTSORT:September 5 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar