…a thousand years as one day. – September

“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8

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September

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1st

2nd

  • Holy Martyr Mamas
  • Our Holy Father John IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, known as the Faster
  • The Six Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Eight Holy Martyrs, who Glorified God by suffering death in many different ways under the Emperor Maximian
  • Holy Martyr Diomedes, who died of blows from the flat of a sword
  • Holy Martyr Julian, who died by having his head crushed in a wooden vice
  • Holy Martyr Eutychian, who was burnt to death
  • Holy Martyr Hesychius, who was hanged
  • Holy Martyr Leonidas, who was burnt to death
  • Holy Martyr Eutychius, who was crucified
  • Holy Martyr Philadelphus, who died by having a heavy stone tied to his neck
  • Holy Martyr Melanippus, who was burnt to death
  • Holy Martyr Parthagape, who was drowned in the sea
  • Holy Martyrs Ammon and Aethalas of Thrace
  • The Righteous Priests of the Old Covenant Eleazar and his son Phinehas, of the tribe of Aaron

3rd

  • Holy Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicodemia
  • Venerable Father Theoctistus, Companion in Ascesis of Saint Euthymius the Great
  • Holy Martyr Basilissa
  • Hieromartyr Aristion Bishop of Alexandria, who was burnt to death
  • Holy Martyr Chariton, who died after being thrown into a pit of quicklime
  • Holy Martyr Archontius, who was starved to death
  • Saint Phoebe, Deaconess of the Church of Cenchreae near Corinth and Companion of Saint Paul
  • Pious Emperor Constantine the Younger
  • Holy New Martyr Polydorus, who was hanged at New Ephesus in 1794
  • Our Holy Father Joannicius, Archbishop and first Patriarch of Serbia
  • Our Venerable Father John the Hairy, Fool-for-Christ
  • The Seven Holy Martyrs of Nissapour

4th

  • Holy Hieromartyr Babylas, Bishop of Antioch and the Three Children who were his disciples: Urban, Pridilian and Epolonius
  • Holy Prophet and Law-giver Moses the God-seer
  • Holy Martyr Babylas, teacher at Antioch, and his Eighty-Four pupils, who died by the sword
  • Saint Hermione, one of the Apostle Philip’s daughters, who died in peace
  • Saint Theotimus and Saint Theodulus, the tormentors of Saint Hermione, who through her Prayer believed in Christ and died in peace
  • Holy Martyrs Charitina and Eutychia, sisters of Saint Hermione, and their Spiritual Father the Holy Martyr Petronius, disciple of Saint John the Theologian
  • Holy Martyr Sarbelus, who was stoned to death
  • Holy Martyrs Oceanus, Centurionus, Theodore, Ammianus and Julian from the village of Candaula near Nicodemia
  • Venerable Anthimus the Blind, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia
  • Finding of the Relics of Saint Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod
  • Holy New Hieromartyr Gorazd, Bishop of Slovakia and the Czech Lands
  • Holy Martyr Jerusalem of Beroea, and her three Sons: Secendus, Secendicus and Segoras
  • Holy Saint and Martyr Parthenius, Abbot of the Monastery of Kitziltashkog

5th

  • Holy and Glorious Prophet Zacharias, Father of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner
  • Holy Martyrs Abda the Bishop, Hormizd and Sunin of Persia
  • Holy Martyrs Medimnus, Urban, Theodore and their Eighty Companions, Priests and Deacons of Nicodemia
  • The Apparition of the Holy Apostle Peter to the Pious Emperor Justinian at Athira near Constantinople
  • Holy Hieromartyr Athanasius, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Symeon the Stylite at Brest-Litovsk

6th

  • Commemoration of the Miracle wrought by the Archangel Michael at Chonae in Phrygia
  • Holy Martyr Romulus, and the Holy Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno and Macarius of Melitene
  • Holy Martyrs Faustus the Priest; Bibus the Monk and Deacon; Dionysius the reader; Cyriacus the disciple of Saint Faustus; Andronicus the soldier; Theoctistus the sailor; Macarius the citizen; Andrew the hairdresser; Sarapabon the councillor; Cyriacus who was of the common people; Andropelagia and Thecla (or Theothecla), virgins and sisters according to the flesh; and Calodotia who was with child
  • Holy New Hieromartyr Maximus Sandovich

7th

8th

  • Nativity of Our Soverign Lady the Most Holy Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary
  • Holy Martyrs Rufus and Rufianus, who died by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Severus, who died by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Artemidorus, who was burnt to death
  • Holy New Martyr Athanasius of Thessalonica
  • Our Holy Father Sophronius, Bishop of Achtalea in Georgia, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Serapion of the Monastery of St Saviour and Saint Eleazar, at Pskov
  • Venerable Lucian of Pereyaslavl
  • Venerable Lucian, Abbot of Alexandrov
  • Venerable Arsenius, Abbot of Konevits
  • Our Venerable Father Amphilochius the Hesychast, Abbot of the Monastery of Pangarati in Moldavia
  • Holy Confessors John (Maisouradze) and George-John (Mkheidze) of the Monastery of Bethany in Georgia

9th

  • Synaxis of the Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna
  • Great Martyr Severian of Sebaste
  • The Two Hundred God-bearing Fathers, gathered at Ephesus in 431 for the Third Holy Ecumenical Council that anathematized the impious Nestorius
  • Our Holy Father Theophanes the Confessor, who led the Ascetic life and Confessed Christ before the reign of Diocletian
  • Holy Martyr Chariton, who died by the sword
  • Our Holy Father Joseph of Volokolamsk
  • Our Venerable Father Joachim of Opochka
  • Finding of the Relics of Saint Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov
  • Our Venerable Father Kieran (Ciaran) of Clonmacnoise
  • Saint Omer, Bishop of Therouanne

10th

  • Holy Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora
  • Holy Martyr Barypsabas
  • Holy Apostles Apelles, Lucius and Clement
  • The Most Pious Empress Pulcheria, who died in peace
  • Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Venerable Joasaph of Kuben
  • Our Venerable Father Cassian, Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Saviour in Kuben

11th

12th

  • Holy Hieromartyr Autonomus
  • Holy Hieromartyr Coronatus, Bishop of Iconium
  • Holy Hieromartyr Theodore of Alexandria
  • Holy Martyr Julian of Galatia and his Forty Companions
  • Holy Martyrs Macedonius, Theodulus and Tatian, who were burnt alive in Myropolis
  • Holy Martyr Oceanus, who was burnt alive
  • Venerable Andronicus of Atroa
  • Venerable Daniel of Thasios, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Athanasius the Elder, Abbot of the Monastery of Vysotsk and his disciple Athanasius the Younger
  • Venerable Bassian of Tiksna
  • Holy Hieromartyr Dositheus of Tbilissi
  • Holy New Martyr Alexis Voroshine

13th

  • Vigil of the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-giving Cross
  • The Dedication of the Basilica of the Resurrection
  • Saint Cornelius the Centurion and his Companions whom he brought to the Faith: Demetrius, Evanthia his wife, and their son Demetrian
  • Holy Martyrs Chronides, Leontius and Serapion of Alexandria, Seleucus of Galatia and Straton of Bithynia
  • Holy Martyrs Macrobius, Gordian, Elias, Lucian, Zoticus and Valerian
  • Our Holy Father Hierotheus the Younger, who led the Ascetic life in the Monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos
  • Holy Great Martyr Ketevan, Queen of Georgia
  • Saint Cornelius of Padan-Olonets, disciple of Saint Alexander of Svir, and his Companions Dionysius and Misail
  • Our Venerable Father John of Prislop
  • Saint Aristides of Athens, the Philosopher
  • Our Venerable Father Cornelius of Olonets, and his Companions Dionysius and Misael

14th

15th

  • Holy Martyr Nicetas the Goth
  • The Many Gothic Martyrs who suffered for the Faith at the same time as Saint Nicetas
  • Our Holy Father Philotheus, Priest and Wonderworker
  • Holy Martyr Porphyrius the Actor
  • Finding of the Relics of Saint Acacius of Melitene
  • Saint Symeon, Archbishop of Thessalonica
  • Finding of the Relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen
  • Our Holy Father Bessarion II, Metropolitan of Larissa
  • Venerable Gerasimus of Sourvia, who died in peace
  • Holy New Martyr John of Crete, hanged at New Ephesus in 1811
  • Memory of Saint Joseph the New, Metropolitan of Temisvar
  • Venerable Joseph, Abbot of Alaverdi in Georgia

16th

  • Holy Great Martyr Euphemia of Chalcedon
  • Holy Martyr Melitina
  • Holy Martyr Ludmilla, Princess of the Czechs
  • Our Holy Father Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and of All Russia
  • Our Holy Father Procopius of Sazava
  • Saints Joseph and Isaac, Martyrs in Georgia
  • Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian of Carthage
  • Saint Ninian, Bishop of Whithorn and Apostle of the Southern Picts
  • Our Venerable Father Kuksha (Velichko) of Odessa, Archimandrite of the Great Habit
  • Holy Hieromartyr Pimen, Bishop of Semirech and Verny
  • Saints Joseph and Isaac, Martyrs in Georgia

17th

  • Holy Martyrs Pistis, Elpis, Agape, and their Mother Sophia
  • Holy Martyr Agathoclea
  • Saint Lucy and her Spiritual son the Holy Martyr Geminian
  • Holy Martyr Theodota, who died by the sword at Nicaea
  • Holy Glorious Martyrs Peleas and Nilus the Bishops, Zeno the Priest, and Elias and Patermuthius, the noblemen, who were all burnt to death; of the One Hundred Egyptian Martyrs, who died by the sword and of the Fifty Martyrs of Palestine, who were burnt to death
  • Holy Martyrs Charalampus, Panteleon and their Companions
  • Holy Hieromartyrs Heraclides and Myron, Bishops of Tamassos in Cyprus
  • Venerable Anastasius, who led the Ascetic life at Peristeron in Cyprus in the reigns of Alexius and of John Comnenus, and who died in peace
  • Saint Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht
  • Our Holy Father Joachim ‘the Illustrious’ (Pany), Patriarch of Alexandria

18th

  • Our Holy Father Eumenius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gortyna in Crete
  • Saint Ariadne of Phrygia
  • Holy Martyrs Sophia and Irene, who died by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Castor of Alexandria
  • Our Holy Father Romylus
  • Our Holy Father Arcadius Bishop of Novgorod
  • Holy Martyrs Bidzin, Elisbar and Shavel, Princes of Georgia
  • Our Venerable Father Apphy, Bishop of Oxyrhynchus

19th

  • Holy Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius and Dorymedon
  • Holy Prince Theodore of Yaroslavl, and his sons David and Constantine
  • Saint Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Our Venerable Father Alexis, Founder of the Monastery of Saint Zosimas
  • Holy Hieromartyr, the Archpriest Constantine Golubev, and his Two Companions

20th

  • Holy Great Martyr Eustathius, his wife Theopista and their children Agapius and Theopistus
  • Holy Confessors of the Holy Icons and Martyrs Hypatius the Bishop, and Andrew the Priest
  • Holy Confessors and disciples of Saint Maximus: Anastasius the Apocrisiary, his disciples Theodore and Euprepius and Anastasius the Younger
  • Holy Martyrs Artemidorus and Thalelaeus
  • Holy Monk and Martyr John of Egypt and his Forty Companions, slain by the sword under Maximian
  • Our Holy Father Meletius Bishop in Cyprus, who died in peace after teaching the word of God all his life long and distributing what good he had to the poor
  • Our Holy God-bearing Father John of Crete
  • Holy Monk and New Martyr Hilarion the Cretan
  • Our Holy Father Eustathius, Archbishop of Thessalonica
  • Holy Confessor and Martyr Michael, Prince of Chernigov, Novgorod and Kiev and his Boyar Theodore
  • Saint Oleg, Prince of Briansk

21st

  • Leavetaking of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
  • Holy Apostle Quadratus at Magnesia
  • Holy Prophet Jonah
  • Our Holy God-bearing Father Jonah the Presbyter, Father of Saints Theodore and Theophanes the Branded
  • Holy Martyr Eusebius, who was slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyrs Eusebius, Nestabus and Zeno, brothers according to the flesh, and Nestor the Confessor
  • Our Holy Father Isaac, Bishop in Cyprus, who died in peace
  • Holy Martyr Priscus, who was burnt to death
  • The Six Holy Martyrs, Equerries of the Emperor Maximian
  • Our Venerable Father Joseph of Zaonikiev
  • Venerable Daniel of Shuzhgorsk
  • Finding of the Relics of Saint Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov

22nd

  • Hieromartyr Phocas the Wonderworker
  • Saint Phocas the Gardener, who was slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyrs Isaac, Martin and Nicolas, who were slain by the sword
  • Venerable Cosmas, who led the Ascetic life in the Monastery of Zographou on the Holy Mountain of Athos
  • The Twenty-Six Monks and Martyrs of Zographou, burnt alive in the tower of their Monastery
  • Our Holy Father Jonah of Yash Lake
  • Venerable Macarius, Abbot of Zhabyn
  • Venerable Theophanes the Hesychast, Recluse of the Kiev Caves
  • Our Holy Father Sophronius, Bishop of Vratsa in Bulgaria
  • Our Venerable Mother Parasceve, the Fool for Christ of Diveyevo

23rd

  • Conception of the Holy and Illustrious Prophet and Forerunner John the Baptist
  • Holy Martyr Andrew, who died run through by a spear; the Holy Martyr John, who was slain by the sword; and the Holy Martyrs Peter and Antoninus, who died having had their members cut off
  • Holy Virgin Martyr Herais and her Companions
  • The Holy Women and Sisters according to the flesh Xanthippe and Polyxene
  • Holy New Martyr Nicolas the Grocer, slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1672
  • Holy New Martyr John of Epirus

24th

  • Holy Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thecla
  • Our Holy Father Coprius
  • Venerable Abramius of Mirozh
  • Our Venerable Father Nicander of Pskov
  • Venerable Galaction of Vologda
  • Saint Stephen, King of Serbia, the ‘First-Crowned’, called Simon in Monastic life
  • Saint Vladislav, King of Serbia, and the Holy Prince David
  • Our Venerable Father Silouan the Athonite
  • Our Venerable Father Gabriel of the Sedmyozernaya Hermitage, Archimandrite of the Great Habit
  • Holy Hieromartyr Carpus Elb of Estonia

25th

26th

27th

  • Holy Martyr Callistratus and his Forty-Nine Companions
  • Holy Martyr Epicharis, who suffered at Rome under Diocletian
  • Holy Martyr Gaiana, who died by the burning of her back
  • Our Holy Father Ignatius, fourth Abbot of the Monastery of Christ the Saviour at Deep Brook (Bathys Ryax)
  • Holy Apostles Mark, Aristarchus and Zenas
  • Holy Martyrs Philemon, the Bishop, and his Companion Fortunianus
  • The Fifteen Martyrs, who were cast adrift in an unseaworthy vessel and drowned
  • Holy New Martyr Aquilina, who was beaten to death in 1764
  • Our Venerable Father Sabbatius, Founder of the Monastery of Solovki
  • Holy Hieromartyr Anthimus the Iberian, Metropolitan of Hungro-Wallachia
  • Saint Sigbert, King of the East Angles
  • Hieromartyr Peter (Polyanski), Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna, Locum Tenens of the Patriarch of Moscow, who was Martyred in 1937
  • Rachel (Korotkova), Nun of the Great Habit of Borodino

28th

  • Our Venerable Father Chariton, Confessor and Teacher of the desert
  • Prophet Baruch
  • Holy Martyr Mark the Shepherd; the Holy Martyrs and brethren after the flesh Alexander, Alphius and Zosimas; the Holy Martyrs Nikon, Neon, Heliodorus and Thirty Soldiers, as well as the Virgins and Children Martyred at Antioch-in-Pisidia in the reign of Diocletian
  • Holy Martyrs Callinicus and Eustathius the Roman, who were slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Alexander and his Thirty Companions, who were slain by the sword
  • Saint Alkison, Bishop of Nicopolis
  • Our Venerable Father Auxentius the Alaman, who led the Ascetic life in Cyprus
  • Venerable Herodion of Iloezersk
  • Venerable Chariton of Syanzhemsk
  • Holy Martyr Wenceslas, Prince of the Czechs
  • Saint Faustus, Bishop of Riez

29th

  • Our Holy Father Cyriacus the Anchorite
  • The One Hundred and Fifty Martyrs of Palestine
  • Holy Martyr Petronia, who was slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyrs Dada and Kasdios and the Holy Martyrs Gubarlahas (or Gobdalaha), and his Sister Kazoy (or Kasdoa), Children of the King of Persia
  • Venerable Cyprian of Ustiug
  • Holy Fathers of the Monastery of the Strophades islands, massacred by the Turks
  • Our Holy Father Onouphrius Garegeli

30th

  • Holy Hieromartyr Gregory the Enlightener, Catholicos of Greater Armenia
  • Saints Aristakes, Verthanes, Hussik (Iussik), Narses and Sahak the Great (Isaac), decendants of Saint Gregory the Enlightener and Catholicos of the Church of Armenia
  • Holy Martyrs Rhipsime and Gaiana and their Companions
  • Holy Martyr Stratonicus, who was slain by the sword
  • Saint Mardonius, who achieved his Martyrdom by having burning coals set on his navel, and his Companions: Glycerius the Priest, Theophilus the Deacon, Migdonius, Gorgonius, Indus, and the Holy women with them
  • The Two Virgin Martyrs, whose names we do not know
  • The One Thousand Martyrs slain by the sword
  • Venerable Gregory of Pelshma
  • Our Father among the Saints Michael, Metropolitan of Kiev
  • Saint Arsenius, Patriarch of Constantinople