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September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 6

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 23.

Saints

  • Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Forerunner (1st century)
  • Martyrs Thathuil (Thiphael) and his sister Bebaia (Thivea), of Edessa (98-138) (see also: September 4; January 29)
  • Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa (98-138)
  • Virgin-martyr Rhais of Alexandria (Iraida, Raissa, Rose) (c. 308) (see also: September 23.)
  • Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus, soldiers, at Antioch (361-363)
  • Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and 77 Priests and Deacons, at Nicomedia, under Valens (370)
  • Hieromartyr Abdas (Abdias, Obadiah), Bishop of Hormidz-Ardashir, Persia, and Martyrs Hormizd and Sunin (c. 420) (see also: March 31; May 16)
  • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Saint Herculanus, a martyr in Porto near Rome, probably under Marcus Aurelius (c. 180)
  • 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, Bishop of Laon in France and a relative of St Remigius (c. 555)
  • Saint Victorinus, Bishop of Como in Italy and an ardent opponent of Arianism (644)
  • Saint Bertin, Abbot of Sithin (afterwards called Abbey of Saint Bertin) (c. 709)
  • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Martyrdom of the Holy passion-bearer Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism David (1015)
  • Martyrdom of Venerable Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk, Abbot, of Brest-Litovsk, by the Latins (1648)
  • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Alexis (Belkovsky), Archbishop of Great Ustiug (1937) (see also: December 2)
  • Martyr Euthymius Kochev (1937)
  • Other Commemorations

  • Appearance of Apostle Peter to Emperor Justinian at Athyra (Thrace), near Constantinople (6th century)
  • Orsha icon of the Theotokos (1631)
  • Uncovering of the relics (2001) of Archimandrite Alexander Urodov (1961)
  • Repose of Priest Hilarion Felea of Romania (1961)
  • References

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