Orthodox Calendar for September 2025

September 2025
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 Church New Year; Ven. Simeon the Stylite (The Elder) The Beginning of the Church's Year Our Holy Father Symeon Stylites (459) Righteous Joshua, Son of Nun Saint Meletios the Younger (1095-1124) Holy New Martyr Angelis (1680)	2 Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia (275), and his parents, Martyrs Theodotus and Rufina St John IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, known as John the Faster (595) Righteous Eleazar, son of Aaron and second High Priest of Israel Repose of Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) of Platina (1982). (August 20 OC)	3 Fast Hieromartyr Anthimos, bishop of Nicomedia, and those with him (303-304) Holy Martyr Basilissa (309) Our Holy Father Joannicius, Archbishop and first Patriarch of Serbia (1354)	4 Hieromartyr Babylas, bishop of Antioch, and those with him (251) Holy Prophet Moses, who beheld God. St John Mavropos, Metropolitan of Euchaita (1100) St Hermione, daughter of Apostle Philip (1st c.) Venerable Anthimos the Blind, New Ascetic (1782) Holy New Martyr Gorazd, Bishop of Slovakia and the Czech Lands (1942) (August 22 OC)	5 Fast Holy and Glorious Prophet Zacharias, Father of St John the Baptist Holy Hieromartyr Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk (1649) Holy Martyrs Abda the bishop, Hormizd and Sunin of Persia (4th c)	6 Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae (Chonae) (4th c.) Holy Prophet Zacharias and Righteous Elizabeth (1st c.), parents of St John the Forerunner. St Maxim (Sandovich), martyr of Lemkos, Czechoslovakia (1914) (August 24 OC)
7 13th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday before Elevation Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (208/304) Holy Apostles Evodus and Onesiphorus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Eupsychyius of Caesarea (2nd c.) Our Holy Father John, Archbishop of Novgorod (1185) St Kassia (Kassiani) the Hymnographer (9th c.)	8 Nativity of the Most-Holy Theotokos The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos New Martyr Athanasius of Thessalonika (1774) Our Venerable Father Serapion of Pskov (1481)	9 Holy Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council (431) Holy Martyr Severian of Sebaste (320) Our Holy Father Ciaran of Clonmacnoise (549)	10 Fast Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia (305-311)	11 Our Holy Mother Theodora of Alexandria (490) St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.) St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.) Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)	12 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking Nativity Theotokos Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop of Italy (313) Our Holy Father Athanasius the Elder of Vysotsk (early 15th c.), and his disciple Athanasius the Younger (1395)	13 Saturday before Elevation Founding of Church of the Holy Sepulchre Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem (335) Holy Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion (1st c. ) Holy Great Martyr Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (1624)
14 Fast—Strict Fast (Wine and Oil) 14th Sunday after Pentecost Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious Cross The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross St Placilla the Empress (385 or 386) Holy New Martyr Macarius of Thessalonica (1527)	15 Great Martyr Nicetas the Goth (372) Holy Martyr Porphyrius (361).	16 Great-Martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304) Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian of Carthage (258) St Ninian, Enlightener of Scotland (432) Our Holy Father Dorotheos the Solitary of Egypt (4th c.)	17 Fast Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith, Hope and Love, at Rome (137) Our Holy Father Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht (705)	18 St Eumenes, bishop of Gortyrna (7th c.) St Ariadne of Phrygia (2nd c.)	19 Fast Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon of Synnada (278) Holy Martyr Zosimas the Hermit of Cilicia (4th c.)	20 Saturday after Elevation Great Martyr Eustathius (Eustace) Placidas, with his family (118) Holy Martyrs Hypatius and Andrew, Confessors of the Holy Icons (8th c.) Sts Anastasius, Theodore, Euprepius and Anastasius the Younger, confessors and disciples of St Maximos the Confessor (7th c.)
21 15th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday after Elevation Holy Prophet Jonas (Jonah) (9th c. BC) Apostle Quadratus (Codratus) of the Seventy (130) Our Venerable Father Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery(1612) Finding of the Relics of St Dimitri of Rostov (1752)	22 Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (102) Venerable Cosmas, desert-dweller of Zographou, Mt Athos (1323)	23 Conception of St John the Baptist The Conception of John the Baptist Holy Martyr Iraida (Rais) of Alexandria (308) New Martyr John of Epirus (1814)	24 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy New Martyrs of Alaska Holy Protomartyr Thecla, Equal to the Apostles (1st c.) St Silouan, elder of Mt Athos (1938) (September 11 OC) St Stephen, First-crowned King of Serbia (Simon the Monk) (1224)	25 Repose of Ven. Sergius of Radonezh Our Righteous Mother Euphrosyne (ca. 445) Our Holy Father Sergius of Radonezh (1392) Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople (447) and the Miracle of the Trisagion Venerable Dosithea, recluse of the Kiev Caves (1776)	26 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Repose of St John the Theologian Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist St John the Theologian	27 Holy Martyr Callistratus and the Forty-nine Martyrs with Him (288/304) Holy Apostles Mark, Aristarchus and Zenas of the Seventy Our Venerable Father Sabbatius, Founder of the Monastery of Solovki (1435) Holy New Martyr Aquilina (1764)
28 16th Sunday after Pentecost Ven. Chariton the Confessor St Chariton the Confessor of Palestine (350) Holy Prophet Baruch (6th c. BC) Holy Martyr Vatslav (Wenceslas), King of the Czechs (929)	29 St Cyriacus the Solitary (555/557) St Mary of Palestine (6th c.) Holy Martyrs Dada and those with them (4th c.) Venerable Cyprian of Ustiug (1276)	30 St Gregory the Enlightener, Bishop of Armenia (325/335) Venerable Gregory of Pelshma (1441 or 1451) Our Father among the Saints Michael, Metropolitan of Kiev (992)