September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. * 1159 – Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Anti ...

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 9 Events Pre-1600 *337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. * 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. * 1141 &ndas ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''September 21'' by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For September 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 26 Events Pre-1600 * 683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah. * 1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most o ...

''.

Feasts

* ''The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary''.September 8/September 21
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
8 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).September 21 / September 8
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.

Saints

* Martyrs Rufus and Rufianus, by the sword.
08/09/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Martyr Severus, by the sword. * Martyr Artemidorus, by the sword. * Martyrs Eusebius, Nestablus, Zeno, and Nestor, by a mob (c. 362)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Anastasius II, Pope of Rome (498)September 8
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also:

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle ...

'') * Saint Kingsmark (''Kinemark, Cynfarch''), disciple of St. Dyfrig (5th century) * Saint

Æthelburh of Kent Æthelburh of Kent (born c. 601, sometimes spelled ''Æthelburg'', ''Ethelburga, Æthelburga''; , also known as ''Tate or Tata),'' Stowe 944: ' was an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin. As she was a C ...

(''Ethelburga''), daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent, who married King

Edwin of Northumbria Edwin (; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from around 616 until his death. He was the second monarch to rule bo ...

, and founded the convent of Lyminge in Kent as abbess (c. 647) * Saint Disibod (''Disibode, Disen''), founder of Disibodenberg Abbey in

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

(c. 700) * Saint Sergius, Pope of Rome (701) * Saint

Corbinian Saint Corbinian (; ; ; – 8 September ) was a Franks, Frankish bishop. After living as a hermit near Chartres for fourteen years, he made a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Gregory II sent him to Bavaria. His opposition to the marriage of Duke Grimoal ...

, a hermit who was consecrated a Bishop and was sent as a missionary to Bavaria (c. 730) * Saint

Ine of Wessex Ine or Ini (died in or after 726) was King of Wessex from 689 to 726. At Ine's accession, his kingdom dominated much of what is now southern England. However, he was unable to retain the territorial gains of his predecessor, Cædwalla of Wessex ...

, King of Wessex, and his wife Queen Ethelburga (c. 740)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Serapion, monk of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov (1481) (''see also:

'') * Saint Lucian, Abbot, of Alexandrov (1654) * New Martyr Athanasius of Thessaloniki (1774) * Saint Sophronius, Bishop of Achtaleia in

Iberia The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, compri ...

(

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

) (1803)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σωφρόνιος
'' 8 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Saints Ioane (Maisuradze), Archimandrite (1957), and Giorgi-Ioane (Mkheidze), Schema-Archimandrite (1960), Confessors, of Georgia.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Martyr Alexander Jacobson, at Solovki (1930) * New Martyr Demetrius, Priest (1937)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of St.

Grimbald Saint Grimbald (or Grimwald) (c. 820s – 8 July 901) was a 9th-century Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Bertin near Saint-Omer, France. Although of dubious historical accuracy, the life of Grimbald was recorded in ...

, Abbot of

Winchester Abbey Hyde Abbey was a medieval Benedictine monastery just outside the walls of Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was dissolved and demolished in 1538 following various acts passed under King Henry VIII to dissolve monasteries and abbeys (see Dis ...

. * Repose of Archbishop Dionysius of Ufa (1896) * Repose of Elder Daniel of Katounakia,

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; ) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...

(1929) * Repose of Priest Dimitrie Bejan of Romania (1995)

Icons

* Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos: :* Kholmsk (1st century) :* " Kursk Root" (1295) :* Syamsk (1524) :* Pochaev (1559) :* Glinsk (16th century) :* Lukianov (16th century) :* Isaakov (1659) :* Domnitsk (1696) :* Lesna (''Lesninsk'') (1696) :* "Kathariotissa", on Ithaca (c. 1696) :* Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (Kiev).
The Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (Kiev)
'' HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). :* Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos, at several locations in

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

Icon gallery

File:Birth of Mary (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. File:Холмська.jpg, Kholmsk icon. File:Kursko-Korennaya ikona.jpg, " Kursk Root". File:Багародзіца Пачаеўская з цудамі. 2-я пал. XVIII ст., Валынь.jpg, Pochaev icon.

Notes

References

Sources

September 8/September 21
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 21 / September 8
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 8
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. 67. *

'' 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. 275–276. * 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. 440–441. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
8 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
8 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
08/09/
'' 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:September 8 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar