September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

September 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 5

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 17 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 22.

Saints Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses, on Mount Nebo (c. 1450 B.C.)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Προφήτης Μωϋσῆς. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).September 4/September 17. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses. OCA - Lives of the Saints.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. 270–271. (see also: July 20; Bright Wednesday - Synaxis of All Saints of Mt. Sinai) Martyrs Thathuil and Bebaia of Edessa (c. 116)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θαθουὴλ καὶ Βεβαία. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 04/09/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. (see also: January 29) Martyr Sarbellus (Sarvillos, Zarvilos), by stoning.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαρβῆλος (ἢ Ζάρβηλος) ὁ Μάρτυρας. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Hermione of Ephesus, daughter of Apostle Philip the Deacon (c. 117)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἑρμιόνη. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Hermione the Daughter of St Philip the Deacon. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HERMIONE. (ABOUT A.D. 117.)". In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Tenth; September. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 43-44. Saints Theotimos and Theodoulos the Executioners, who believed in Christ through St. Hermione, died peacefully (c. 117)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεότιμος (ἢ Τιμόθεος) καὶ Θεόδουλος. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Petronius, likely the disciple of St. John the Theologian, who met St. Hermione in Ephesus (2nd century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πετρώνιος. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Christodoula and her sons Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonios (251)Martyr Christodoula the Mother of Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Babylas of Antioch, Bishop of Antioch, and three students, Ammonius, Donatos and Faustus (c. 251 or c. 284)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαβύλας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Babylas the Bishop of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints. The 3608 (or 3628) Martyrs of Nicomedia (c. 290)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 3.608 (κατ' ἄλλους 3.628) Μάρτυρες ποὺ μαρτύρησαν στὴ Νικομήδεια. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: September 2) Martyr Babylas of Nicomedia, and with him 84 children (3rd-4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαβύλας ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ διδάσκαλος στὴ καὶ οἱ 84 Μαθητές του οἱ Μάρτυρες. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Babylas of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Theodore, Ammianus, Julian, Oceanus, Centurionus, of Nicomedia (288)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κεντυρίων, Θεόδωρος, Ἀμμιανός, Ἰουλιανὸς καὶ Ὠκεανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Theodore of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Kegourus, Secundinus, Secundus and their mother Jerusalem, in Veria.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κέγουρος, Σεκενδίνος, Σέκενδος καὶ ἡ μητέρα τους Ἱεροσαλήμ οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Βεροίᾳ. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Charitina of Amisus (c. 304)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Χαριτίνη ἡ Μάρτυς. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: October 5, January 15) Saint Petronius of Egypt, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great (346)September 17 / September 4. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Candida the Elder (c. 78)September 4. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Marcellus, a priest in Lyons, buried up to his waist on the banks of the Saône, where he survived for three days before he died (c. 178)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARCELLUS, M. (ABOUT A.D. 178.)". In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Tenth; September. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 44-46. Saint Marinus, hermit, founder of a chapel and monastery, from where the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, grew (4th century) Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Trier in Germany. Saint Salvinus, third Bishop of Verdun in the north of France (c. 420) Saint Boniface I, a priest who was elected Pope of Rome in 418 (422) Saint Monessa, a holy woman converted by St Patrick in Ireland (456) Saint Caletricus, Bishop of Chartres (c. 580) Saint Ultan of Ardbraccan, Bishop of Ardbraccan in Ireland (7th century) Saint Rhuddlad, patron of Llanrhyddlad at the foot of Moel Rhyddlad in Anglesey in Wales (7th century) Saint Ida of Herzfeld (c. 813) Saint Sulpicius of Bayeux (Sulpice), Bishop of Bayeux in France from c 838 to 843, martyred by the Vikings in Livry (843)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Symeon, Abbot and Wonderworker of Gareji (1773)Venerable Simeon the Wonderworker. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Anthimus the Blind, the New Ascetic, of Cephalonia, patron saint of Astypalaia (1782)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἄνθιμος ὁ νέος ἀσκητὴς. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hieromartyr Parthenius, abbot, of Kiziltash Monastery in the Crimea (1867) 4 сентября по старому стилю / 17 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.Venerable Parthenius, Igumen of Kiziltachsk. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Gregory (Lebedev), Bishop of Schlüsselburg (1937) ГРИГОРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyr Sergius (Druzhinin), Bishop of Narva (1937) New Hieromartyr Stephen (Kuskov), Hieromonk, of Nikolskoye, Tver (1937) New Hieromartyrs Paul Vasilievsky, John Vasilevsky, Nicholas Lebedev, Nicholas Sretensky, John Romashkin, Nicholas Voshtev, Alexander Nikolsky, Peter Lebedinsky, Michael Bogorodsky, Elias Izmailov, Priests (1937) Martyrs Basil Yezhov, Peter Lonskov, Stephen Mityushkin and Alexander Blokhin (1937) New Hieromartyr Peter (Zimonjić), Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosnia (1941) Virgin-Martyr Elena Chernova (1942)

Other commemorations Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unburnt Bush" (1680)Icon of the Mother of God “the Unburnt Bush”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unburnt Bush" (1680). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). 17 сентября (4 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (see also: March 25) Translation of the relics of St. Birinus (649), Bishop of Dorchester-on-Thames and Enlightener of Wessex. Translation of the relics (995) of St. Cuthbert (687), Bishop of Lindisfarne. Uncovering of the relics (1911) of St. Ioasaph, Bishop of Belgorod (1754).Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ИОАСАФ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Uncovering of the relics (1967) of St. Theodore Hatzis, the New Martyr of Mytilene (1784) Second uncovering of the relics (1989) of St. Metrophanes (Macarius in schema), Bishop of Voronezh (1703).Second finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the Bishop of Vorenzh. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Synaxis of the Saints of Voronezh. Собор Воронежских святых. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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Sources September 4/September 17. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). September 17 / September 4. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). September 4. 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. 66. The Fourth Day of the Month of September. Orthodoxy in China. September 4. 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. 270–271. 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. 435–436.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 4 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 04/09/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources 17 сентября (4 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 4 сентября по старому стилю / 17 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.