Orthodox Calendar
September 2025
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1

  • Martyr Andrew Stratelates and Companions
  • Martyr Andrew Strateletes and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (ca. 289)

2

  • Prophet Samuel
  • Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop of Heraklion, and those with him (2nd c.)

3

Fast

  • Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy
  • Avram, Archimandrite of Smolensk
  • Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44)
  • Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.)
  • Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

4

  • Martyr Agathonicus and Companions
  • Holy Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303)

5

Fast

  • Martyr Lupus, Slave of St Demetrius
  • Leavetaking of Dormition
  • Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons (202)
  • Hieromartyr Pothinos, Bishop of Lyons (177)

6

  • Hieromartyr Eutichius
  • Trans. Rel. Peter, Metr. Kiev
  • New Hieromartyr Kosmas of Aitolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779)

7

  • 13th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Relics of Apostle Bartholomew
  • Holy Apostle Titus of the Seventy

8

  • Martyrs Adrian and Natalia
  • Vladimir Icon
  • Our Holy Father Tithoës of the Thebaid (4th c.)

9

  • Ven. Poemen the Great
  • Great-martyr Phanurius the Newly Appeared of Rhodes

10

Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Ven. Job of Pochaev
  • St Moses of Ethiopia (400)
  • Righteous Anna the Prophetess (1st c.)
  • Righteous Hezekiah, King of Judah (691 BC)
  • New Hieromartyr Chrysostom, metropolitan of Smyrna (1922)
  • Repose of Elder Joseph the Hesychast of Mt Athos (1959) (August 15 OC)

11

Fast—Strict Fast (Wine and Oil)

  • Beheading of St John the Baptist
  • Our Holy Mother Theodora of Salonica (879)

12

Fast

  • Ss Alexander, John, Paul, Pats. Constantinople
  • Trans. Rel. St Alexander Nevsky
  • Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs

13

  • Sash of the Theotokos
  • The Placing of the Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408? 886- 912?)
  • Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (258)
  • St Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471)
  • Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (651)

14

  • 14th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Church New Year; Ven. Simeon the Stylite (The Elder)
  • Righteous Joshua, Son of Nun
  • Saint Meletios the Younger (1095-1124)
  • Holy New Martyr Angelis (1680)

15

  • Ven. Anthony and Theodosius of Kiev Caves
  • Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia (275), and his parents, Martyrs Theodotus and Rufina
  • St John IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, known as John the Faster (595)
  • Righteous Eleazar, son of Aaron and second High Priest of Israel
  • Repose of Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) of Platina (1982). (August 20 OC)

16

  • Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia
  • Holy Martyr Basilissa (309)
  • Our Holy Father Joannicius, Archbishop and first Patriarch of Serbia (1354)

17

Fast

  • Hieromartyr Babylas, Bishop of Antioch
  • Holy Prophet Moses, who beheld God.
  • St John Mavropos, Metropolitan of Euchaita (1100)
  • St Hermione, daughter of Apostle Philip (1st c.)
  • Venerable Anthimos the Blind, New Ascetic (1782)
  • Holy New Martyr Gorazd, Bishop of Slovakia and the Czech Lands (1942) (August 22 OC)

18

  • Prophet Zachariah
  • Holy Hieromartyr Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk (1649)
  • Holy Martyrs Abda the bishop, Hormizd and Sunin of Persia (4th c)

19

Fast

  • Miracle of Archangel Michael at Colossae
  • Holy Prophet Zacharias and Righteous Elizabeth (1st c.), parents of St John the Forerunner.
  • St Maxim (Sandovich), martyr of Lemkos, Czechoslovakia (1914) (August 24 OC)

20

  • Saturday before Elevation
  • Martyr Sozon of Cilicia
  • St John, Archbishop of Novgorod
  • Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (208/304)
  • Holy Apostles Evodus and Onesiphorus of the Seventy
  • Holy Martyr Eupsychyius of Caesarea (2nd c.)
  • St Kassia (Kassiani) the Hymnographer (9th c.)

21

  • 15th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Sunday before Elevation
  • Nativity of the Most-Holy Theotokos
  • New Martyr Athanasius of Thessalonika (1774)
  • Our Venerable Father Serapion of Pskov (1481)

22

  • Righteous Joachim and Anna
  • Ven. Joseph of Volotsk
  • Holy Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna
  • Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council (431)
  • Holy Martyr Severian of Sebaste (320)
  • Our Holy Father Ciaran of Clonmacnoise (549)

23

  • Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, Nymphodora

24

Fast

  • Ven. Theodora of Alexandria
  • St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.)
  • St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.)
  • Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)

25

  • Leavetaking Nativity Theotokos
  • Hieromartyr Autonomus, Bishop in Italy
  • Our Holy Father Athanasius the Elder of Vysotsk (early 15th c.), and his disciple Athanasius the Younger (1395)

26

Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Founding of Church of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Holy Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion (1st c. )
  • Holy Great Martyr Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (1624)

27

Fast—Strict Fast (Wine and Oil)

  • Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious Cross
  • St Placilla the Empress (385 or 386)
  • Holy New Martyr Macarius of Thessalonica (1527)

28

  • 16th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Sunday after Elevation
  • Greatmartyr Nicetas the Goth
  • Holy Martyr Porphyrius (361).

29

  • Greatmartyr Euphemia the All-Praised
  • Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian of Carthage (258)
  • St Ninian, Enlightener of Scotland (432)
  • Our Holy Father Dorotheos the Solitary of Egypt (4th c.)

30

  • Martyr Sophia and Daughters Faith, Hope, and Love
  • Our Holy Father Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht (705)