Orthodox Calendar for Septembrie 2026

Septembrie 2026
Dum	Lun	Mar	Mie	Joi	Vin	Sâm
		1 Martyr Andrew Strateletes and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (ca. 289)	2 Fast Holy Prophet Samuel (11th c. BC) Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop of Heraklion, and those with him (2nd c.)	3 Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44) Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.) Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob	4 Fast Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia and his companions (4th c.) Holy Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303)	5 Leavetaking of Dormition Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons (202) Martyr Lupus (306), slave of St Demetrios of Thessalonica Hieromartyr Pothinos, Bishop of Lyons (177)
6 14th Sunday after Pentecost Hieromartyr Eutyches (1st c.) New Hieromartyr Kosmas of Aitolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779) Translation of the relics of St Peter, metropolitan of Kiev (1479)	7 Holy Apostle Titus of the Seventy Return of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew from Anastasiopolis to Lipari (6th c.)	8 Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions of Nicomedia (4th c.) Our Holy Father Tithoës of the Thebaid (4th c.)	9 Fast Our Holy Father Poemen (Pimen) the Great (450) Great-martyr Phanurius the Newly Appeared of Rhodes	10 Ven. Job of Pochaev St Moses of Ethiopia (400) Uncovering of the Relics of St Job of Pochaev (1651) Righteous Anna the Prophetess (1st c.) Righteous Hezekiah, King of Judah (691 BC) New Hieromartyr Chrysostom, metropolitan of Smyrna (1922) Repose of Elder Joseph the Hesychast of Mt Athos (1959) (August 15 OC)	11 Fast—Strict Fast (Wine and Oil) Beheading of St John the Baptist The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John Our Holy Mother Theodora of Salonica (879)	12 Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs Sts Alexander (340), John (595), and Paul the New (784), patriarchs of Constantinople
13 15th Sunday after Pentecost The Placing of the Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408? 886- 912?) Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (258) St Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471) Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (651)	14 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)	15 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)	16 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)	17 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)	18 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)	19 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)
20 16th 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.)	21 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)	22 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)	23 Fast Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia (305-311)	24 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)	25 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)	26 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)
27 Fast—Strict Fast (Wine and Oil) 17th 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)	28 Great Martyr Nicetas the Goth (372) Holy Martyr Porphyrius (361).	29 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.)	30 Fast Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith, Hope and Love, at Rome (137) Our Holy Father Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht (705)