September 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 18
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on September 30 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For September 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 4.
Feasts Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
Saints Hieromartyrs Heraclides and Myron, Bishops of Tamassos in Cyprus (1st century)September 17/September 30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἡρακλείδης καὶ Μύρων Ἐπίσκοποι Ταμάσου τῆς Κύπρου. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda), and Love (Lyubov), at Rome (c. 137)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Σοφία, Πίστη, Ἐλπίδα καὶ Ἀγάπη. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Sophia and her three daughters at Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Agathocleia (230)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀγαθόκλεια. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Agathocleia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Theodota of Cappadocia, at Nicaea (230)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδότη ἡ Μάρτυς. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Theodota at Nicea. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Lucy and her son Geminian of Rome (303)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Λουκία καὶ Γεμινιανὸς. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 156 Martyrs of Palestine, including (310):Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 100 Μάρτυρες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 50 Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Παλαιστίνη. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.156 Martyrs in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Peleus and Nilus, Bishops of Egypt;Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πηλέας καὶ Νεῖλος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες καὶ Ἐπίσκοποι. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Peleus the Bishop of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Zeno, Priest; Patermuthius and Elias, noblemen, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πατερμούθιος καὶ Ἠλίας οἱ ἔνδοξοι. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus and Asclepiodotus, of Marcianopolis in Thrace.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος, Θεόδοτος καὶ Ἀσκληπιοδότη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: September 15) Saints Charalampus and Pantelon, and companions.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Χαράλαμπος καὶ Παντολέων καὶ ἡ συνοδεία τους. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Άγιοι Χαράλαμπος, Παντολέων και η συνοδεία τους. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Flocellus, a youth martyred in Autun in France under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180)September 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Justin the Confessor, a priest in Rome who devoted himself to burying the bodies of martyrs and was eventually martyred himself (259) Saints Narcissus and Crescendo, early martyrs in Rome (c. 260) Saints Socrates and Stephen, by tradition early martyrs venerated in Britain, now England.September 30 / September 17. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Theodora, a noble lady of Rome devoted to the service of the martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian (c. 305) Saint Satyrus of Milan, elder brother of St Ambrose of Milan in Italy (376) Saint Rodingus (Rouin), a monk and priest from Ireland who preached in Germany and entered the monastery of Tholey near Trier (c. 690) Hieromartyr Lambert of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht (704) Saint Columba, a nun at Tábanos, martyred in Cordoba in Spain for rejecting Islam (853) Saint Unni (Uni, Unno, Huno), a monk at New Corvey in Germany, who became Bishop of Bremen-Hamburg in 917 (936)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Euxiphius of Cyprus, monk (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐξίφιος. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Anastasius of Perioteron, in Cyprus, Wonderworker (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν Κύπρῳ. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Joachim I, Patriarch of Alexandria (1567) Άγιος Ιωακείμ Α' ο Πάνυ Πατριάρχης Αλεξανδρείας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. 17 сентября по старому стилю / 30 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год. Saint Innocent, Archimandrite, of Glinsk Hermitage (1888) Saint Dionisie Erhan of Ismail and Cetatea Alba (1934-1943), in the Metropolis of Bessarabia (1943)ROMANIAN CHURCH CELEBRATES CANONIZATION OF 20TH-CENTURY BESSARABIAN BISHOP DIONYSIUS ERHAN. Orthodox Christianity. Bucharest, October 28, 2019.. The Orthodox World. SEPTEMBER 20, 2019. Gheorghe Anghel. Ce hotărâri au adoptat ierarhii români reuniți în sinod?. BASILICA.RO. 25.10.2018.ROMANIAN HOLY SYNOD CALLS FOR MOSCOW AND CONSTANTINOPLE TO RESOLVE UKRAINIAN ISSUE TOGETHER, HIGHLIGHTS PAN-ORTHODOX COOPERATION. Orthodox Christianity. Bucharest, October 26, 2018.
New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyrs of the St. Nicholas Koryazha Monastery, Arkhangelsk (1918): 30 сентября (17 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Paul (Moiseyev) and Theodosius (Sobolev), Archimandrites; Nicodemus (Shchapkov) and Seraphim (Kulakov), Hieromonks. Virgin-martyr Irene Frolov (1931) ИРИНА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
New Hieromartyrs of the Katyn massacre (1940):Polish Orthodox Church proclaims canonization of Katyn Martyrs. Orthodox Christianity. Warsaw, September 17, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. Saint Szymon Fedorońko, Archpriest, Colonel, chief chaplain for the Orthodox in the Polish army. Saint Wiktor Romanowski, Archpriest, Lieutenant Colonel, a military chaplain. Saint Włodzimierz Ochab, Archpriest, Major, a military and prison chaplain. Martyr John Korotkov (1941) ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Virgin-martyr Alexandra Hvorostyannikova (1943)
Other commemorations Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople ("Tsaregrad") (1071)Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev ("Directress") (1442)Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Blessed Agapitus (1825), disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk. Repose of lay recluse Matthew of St. Petersburg (1904)
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References
Sources September 17/September 30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). September 30 / September 17. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). September 17. 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. 69. The Seventeenth Day of the Month of September. Orthodoxy in China. September 17. 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. 286–288. 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. 451.
Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 17 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 17/09/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
Russian Sources 30 сентября (17 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 17 сентября по старому стилю / 30 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.