September 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 28
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on October 10 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For September 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 14.
Saints
edit- Apostles Mark of Bibloupolis,[1][note 2] Aristarchus,[3] and Zenas the Lawyer,[4] of the Seventy (1st century)[5][6][7][note 3]
- Martyr Epicharis of Rome (c. 298)[5][7][8][9][note 4]
- Martyr Gaiana.[7][10][11][note 5]
- Hieromarytr Philemon the Bishop, and martyr Fortunatus.[7][11][12]
- Holy 15 martyrs drowned at sea.[11][13][note 6]
- Martyrs Callistratus of Carthage and 49 martyrs with him (304)[5][7][14][15]
- Saint Flavian I of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (404)[5][16][17] (see also: February 16)
- Venerable Ignatius, Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream in Asia Minor (963-975)[5][7][18][19]
Pre-Schism Western saints
edit- Saint Caius of Milan (Gaius), by tradition the first Bishop of Milan in Italy (1st century)[20][note 7]
- Saint Adheritus (Abderitus, Adhentus, Adery), a Greek by birth, he succeeded St Apollinaris as Bishop of Ravenna in Italy (2nd century)[20][note 8]
- Saint Deodatus, a martyr in Sora in central Italy.[20]
- Saints Fidentius and Terence, martyrs venerated in Todi in central Italy.[20][note 9]
- Saints Florentinus and Hilary, two hermits martyred in France by barbarians.[20][note 10]
- Saint Ceraunus (Ceran), Bishop of Paris in France (c. 614)[20]
- Martyr Sigeberht of East Anglia, King of the East Angles (635)[5][16][20]
- Saint Barrog (Barrwg, Barnoch, Barry), a disciple of St Cadoc of Wales, hermit (7th century)[16][20][note 11]
- Saint Hiltrude, a hermit near the monastery of Liessies in France (c. 790)[2][20]
- Saints Adolphus and John, two brothers born in Seville in Spain of a Moorish father and a Christian mother, martyred in Cordoba under Abderrahman II (c. 850)[20][note 12]
- Saint Marcellus, born in Ireland, he became a monk at St Gall in Switzerland (c. 869)[20]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
edit- Venerable Sabbatius, Wonderworker of Solovki (1435)[5][7][22][23][24]
- New Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian, Metropolitan of Wallachia(1716)[5][16][25][note 13]
- New Virgin-martyr Aquilina of Zagliveri, Thessalonica (1764)[5][7][27][28]
- Saint Archippus, Schemamonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1896)[5]
- Saint Rachel, Schemanun of Borodino Convent (1928)[5][16]
New martyrs and confessors
edit- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Shishokin,[29] Priest (1918)[16][22]
- New Hieromartyr Herman (Kosolapov),[30] Bishop of Volsk (1919)[5][16][22][note 14]
- New Hieromartyr Michael Platonov, Priest (1919)[16][22]
- New Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), Metropolitan of Krutitsy (1937)[5][11][16][22][31]
- New Hieromartyr Theodore Bogoyavlensky, Priest (1937)[16][22]
Other commemorations
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Epicharis of Rome. -
Martyrs Callistratus of Carthage and 49 martyrs. -
New Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian, Metropolitan of Wallachia. -
New Hieromartyr Herman (Kosolapov), Bishop of Volsk. -
New Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), Metropolitan of Krutitsy.
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Notes
edit- ^ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar(which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - ^ "At Byblos, in Phoenicia, St. Mark, bishop, who is also called John by blessed Luke."[2]
- ^ Name days celebrated today include:
- Zenon, Zinon (Ζήνων).
- ^ "At Rome, St. Epicharis, wife of a senator, who, in the same persecution, was scourged with leaded whips, and struck with the sword."[2]
- ^ The Synaxaria do not contain any biographical details. However other sources record that she was martyred together with Martyr Epicharis.[10]
- ^ Some sources say there were 25 martyrs.
- ^ "At Milan, the holy bishop Caius, a disciple of the blessed apostle Barnabas, who passed calmly to rest after suffering severely in the persecution of Nero."[2] Bishop for twenty-four years, he baptised the future martyr St Vitalis and his sons Sts Gervase and Protase.
- ^ "At Ravenna, St. Aderitus, bishop and confessor."[2] His relics are enshrined in the Basilica of Classe near Ravenna.
- ^ "At Todi, the holy martyrs Fidentius and Terence, under the same Diocletian."[2]
- ^ "At Sion, in Switzerland, St. Florentinus, martyr, who was put to the sword with blessed Hilary, after his tongue had been cut out."[2]
- ^ "At Barry Island, on the coast of Glamorganshire, the festival of ST. BARRUC, otherwise called BARROG or BARNOCH.
This holy solitary chose for his abode the little island which derives its present name from him. There he served God in a blessed retreat from this world, and, persevering to the end in his holy course, died and was buried in the same place."[21] - ^ "At Cordova, the holy martyrs Adulphus and John, brothers, who won the martyr's crown in the Arabian persecution."[2]
- ^ He was born in Georgia but was taken into slavery on a return trip from Russia and was bought by Patriarch Dositheus of Jerusalem. He gained fame as a skilled artist and calligrapher. He went to Wallachia at the invitation of St. Constantine Brâncoveanu and was consecrated as a bishop in 1705, later becoming the metropolitan of Wallachia in 1709. He was eventually martyred by Turkish soldiers. He is also canonized by the Georgian Church.[26]
- ^ See: (in Russian) Герман (Косолапов). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- ^ The commemoration of the vision and speechlessness of the Prophet Zachariah is recorded in the Jerusalemitic Canonarion (page 112). His feast day is on September 5.[11]
References
edit- ^ Apostle Mark of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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. 298-299.
- ^ Apostle Aristarchus of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ Apostle Zenas of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m September 27/October 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μᾶρκος, Ἀρίσταρχος καὶ Ζήνων οἱ Ἀπόστολοι. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d e f g h (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐπίχαρις ἡ Μάρτυς. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Martyr Epicharis of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ a b Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Γαϊανὴ. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d e f (in Greek) 27/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φουρτουνιανὸς καὶ Φιλήμων ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι 15 Μάρτυρες. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Καλλίστρατος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ 49 Μαρτυρήσαντες. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Martyr Callistratus and 49 companions. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j October 10 / September 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ^ St Flavian, Archbishop of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος τοῦ Βαθέος Ρύακος. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Venerable Ignatius the Abbot in Asia Minor. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k September 27. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ 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. 460.
- ^ a b c d e f (in Russian) 27 сентября по старому стилю / 10 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
- ^ Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Σαββάτιος ὁ ἐν Σολοβέτσκῃ (Ρῶσος). 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ St Anthimus the Georgian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ 9 Romanian saints added to calendar of Russian Church. ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY. March 13, 2018. Retrieved: May 15, 2018.
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀκυλίνα. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ New Martyr Aquilina. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ (in Russian) ДИМИТРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ^ (in Russian) ГЕРМАН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- ^ Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky. OCA - Lives of the Saints. October 10.
Sources
edit- September 27/October 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- October 10 / September 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- September 27. 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. 72.
- The Twenty-Seventh Day of the Month of September. Orthodoxy in China.
- September 27. 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. 298–299.
- 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. 460.
- Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 27 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- (in Greek) 27/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
- Russian Sources
- (in Russian) 10 октября (27 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (in Russian) 27 сентября по старому стилю / 10 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.