September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 17 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

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.)^{[1][2][3][4][5][note 2][note 3][note 4]}
• Martyrs Thathuil and Bebaia of Edessa (c. 116)^{[13][14][note 5]} (see also: January 29)
• Martyr Sarbellus (Sarvillos, Zarvilos), by stoning.^[2][15]
• Martyr Hermione of Ephesus, daughter of Apostle Philip the Deacon (c. 117)^{[2][3][16][17][18][note 6]}
• Saints Theotimos and Theodoulos the Executioners, who believed in Christ through St. Hermione, died peacefully (c. 117)^[2][19]
• Saint Petronius, likely the disciple of St. John the Theologian, who met St. Hermione in Ephesus (2nd century)^[2][20]
• Martyrs Christodoula and her sons Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonios (251)^[3][21]
• Hieromartyr Babylas of Antioch, Bishop of Antioch, and three students, Ammonius, Donatos and Faustus (c. 251 or c. 284)^{[2][3][22][23]}
• The 3608 (or 3628) Martyrs of Nicomedia (c. 290)^[14][24]
• Martyr Babylas of Nicomedia, and with him 84 children (3rd-4th century)^[3][25][26]
• Martyrs Theodore, Ammianus, Julian, Oceanus, and Centurionus, of Nicomedia (288)^{[2][3][27][28][note 7]}
• Martyrs Kegourus, Secundinus, Secundus and their mother Jerusalem, in Veria.^[2][14][29]
• Martyr Charitina of Amisus (c. 304)^[2][30] (see also: October 5)
• Saint Petronius of Egypt, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great (346)^[3][31]

Pre-Schism Western Saints

• Saint Candida the Elder (c. 78)^{[32][note 8][note 9]}
• 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)^{[32][33][note 10]}
• Saint Marinus, hermit, founder of a chapel and monastery, from where the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, grew (4th century)^{[32][note 11][note 12]}
• Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Trier in Germany.^{[32][note 13]}
• Saint Salvinus, third Bishop of Verdun in the north of France (c. 420)^[32]
• Saint Boniface I, a priest who was elected Pope of Rome in 418 (422)^[32]
• Saint Monessa, a holy woman converted by St Patrick in Ireland (456)^{[32][note 14]}
• Saint Caletricus, Bishop of Chartres (c. 580)^{[32][note 15]}
• Saint Ultan of Ardbraccan, Bishop of Ardbraccan in Ireland (7th century)^{[32][note 16]}
• Saint Rhuddlad, patron of Llanrhyddlad at the foot of Moel Rhyddlad in Anglesey in Wales (7th century)^[32]
• Saint Ida of Herzfeld (c. 813)^{[32][note 17][note 18]}
• Saint Sulpicius of Bayeux (Sulpice), Bishop of Bayeux in France from c 838 to 843, martyred by the Vikings in Livry (843)^[32]

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

• Saint Symeon, Abbot and Wonderworker of Gareji (1773)^[3][31][36]
• Venerable Anthimus the Blind, the New Ascetic, of Cephalonia, patron saint of Astypalaia (1782)^{[2][3][31][37]}
• New Hieromartyr Parthenius, abbot, of Kiziltash Monastery in the Crimea (1867)^{[3][31][38][39][40]}

New Martyrs and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Gregory (Lebedev), Bishop of Schlisselburg (1937)^{[3][31][38][41][note 19]}
• New Hieromartyr Sergius (Druzhinin), Bishop of Narva (1937)^{[3][31][note 20]}
• New Hieromartyr Stephen (Kuskov), Hieromonk, of Nikolskoye, Tver (1937)^[3][31][38]
• New Hieromartyrs Paul Vasilievsky, John Vasilevsky, Nicholas Lebedev, Nicholas Sretensky, John Romashkin, Nicholas Voshtev, Alexander Nikolsky, Peter Lebedinsky, Michael Bogorodsky, Elias Izmailov, Priests (1937)^[31][38]
• Martyrs Basil Yezhov, Peter Lonskov, Stephen Mityushkin and Alexander Blokhin (1937)^[31][38]
• New Hieromartyr Peter (Zimonjić), Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosnia (1941)^{[3][31][38][note 21]}
• Virgin-Martyr Elena Chernova (1942)^[31][38]

Other Commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unburnt Bush" (1680)^{[3][38][42][43][44]} (see also: March 25)
• Translation of the relics of St. Birinus (649), Bishop of Dorchester-on-Thames and Enlightener of Wessex.^[31]
• Translation of the relics (995) of St. Cuthbert (687), Bishop of Lindisfarne.^{[31][note 22]}
• Uncovering of the relics (1911) of St. Ioasaph, Bishop of Belgorod (1754).^{[3][31][38][40][46][47]}
• Uncovering of the relics (1967) of St. Theodore Hatzis, the New Martyr of Mytilene (1784)^{[14][note 23]}
• Second uncovering of the relics (1989) of St. Metrophanes (Macarius in schema), Bishop of Voronezh (1703).^[3][31][48]
• Synaxis of the Saints of Voronezh.^{[3][31][38][40][49]}
• Synaxis of the Saints of Chios.^[14]

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Notes

References

Sources

• September 4/September 17. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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• September 4. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. September. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• 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: (in Greek) 4 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 4 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (in Greek) 04/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 17 сентября (4 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 4 сентября по старому стилю / 17 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.