September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 19

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 1 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 18th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 5.

Feasts Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Saints Martyr Ariadne of Phrygia (c. 117-139)September 18/October 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀριάδνη. 18 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 18 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Martyr Ariadne of Phrygia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Sophia and Irene, of Egypt, by the sword (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Σοφία καὶ Εἰρήνη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 18 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Sophia of Egypt. 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. p. 288. (see also: August 28) Martyr Castor of Alexandria.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κάστωρ. 18 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Eumenius, Bishop of Gortyna on Crete, Wonderworker (7th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐμένιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Γορτύνης. 18 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Eumenius the Bishop of Gortyna. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: August 25)

Pre-Schism Western saints Martyr Ferreolus, an army officer, he was martyred in Vienne in France under Diocletian (3rd century)September 18. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Eustorgius I, Bishop of Milan (c. 331) Saint Ferreolus, fifth Bishop of Limoges in France (c. 591) Saint Richardis, Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Charles the Fat, and was the first abbess of Andlau Abbey (c. 895)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Arcadius, Bishop of Novgorod (1162)October 1 / September 18. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable Romilus the Sinaite, of Ravanica (1375)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ρωμύλος. 18 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Bidzina, Elizbar, and Shalva, Princes of Ksani, Georgia (1660) 18 сентября по старому стилю / 1 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Zakaria Machitadze (Archpriest). Lives of the Georgian Saints. First English Edition. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2006. pp. 335-338. Venerable Hilarion, Elder, of Optina Monastery (1873) 18/09/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.Venerable Hilarion of Optina. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyrs Alexis Kuznetsov АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and Peter Dyakonov, Priests (1918) New Hieromartyr Amphilochius (Skvortsov), Bishop of Krasnoyarsk (1937) АМФИЛОХИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyrs John Vasiliev, Boris Bogolepov, БОРИС. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Michael Skobelev, Vladimir Chekalov, ВЛАДИМИР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Benjamin Blagonadezdin, ВЕНИАМИН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Constantine Tverdyslov, Priests (1937) New Martyr Sergius Vedernikov (1937) New Hieromartyr Ilarion Felea, Priest, theology professor in Arad (1961)Holy Synod approves canonization of 16 modern-day saints. BASILICA.RO. 12.07.2024. Retrieved: February 15, 2026.Romanian Synod canonizes 16 martyrs, confessors, and ascetics of the 20th-century. Orthodox Christianity. Bucharest, July 15, 2024. Retrieved: February 15, 2026.

Icons Icon of the Mother of God of Molchensk (1405)The Molchensk Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Icon of the Mother of God "the Healer" (18th century))Icon of the Mother of God "the Healer". OCA - Lives of the Saints.The "Tselitel'nitsa" ("Healer") Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia (returned to Staraya Russa in 1888)Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.The Starorussk Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: May 4)

Other commemorations Glorification (1698) of Venerable Euphrosyne, nun, of Suzdal (1250)Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Blessed Irene of Zelenogorsk Monastery (Green Hill Monastery) (18th century)

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References

Sources September 18/October 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). October 1 / September 18. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). September 18. 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. 70. The Eighteenth Day of the Month of September. Orthodoxy in China. September 18. 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. p. 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. pp. 451–452.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 18 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 18 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 18/09/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources 1 октября (18 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 18 сентября по старому стилю / 1 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.