September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 27

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 13.

Saints Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel (c. 1307 BC)September 26/October 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεδεῶν ὁ Δίκαιος. 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ГЕДЕОН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (2nd century)Great Synaxaristes: Μετάστασις Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου. 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Virgin-martyrs Thekla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha, five nuns beheaded in Persia under Shapur II (4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Θέκλα, Μαριάμνη, Μάρθα, Μαρία καὶ Ἐνναθὰ οἱ Παρθενομάρτυρες καὶ Μονάστριες. 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 26/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. (see also: June 9) Martyr Kyra (Cyra).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Χήρα ἡ Μάρτυς. 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Senator, a saint honoured in Albano in Italy.September 26. 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. 297-298. Saint Eusebius of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna, Confessor (c. 400) Saint Vigilius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy in Italy (c. 506) Saint Meugan (Mawghan, Morgan), a disciple of St Illtyd who lived as a hermit and reposed on the Isle of Bardsey in Wales (6th century) Saint Amantius, a priest in Città di Castello near Perugia in Italy, who was personally known to St Gregory the Great who revered him (c. 600) Saint Colmán Elo, a nephew of St Columba, he founded monasteries in Lynally (Land-Elo, Lin-Alli) and in Muckamore, Ireland (c. 610) Saint Nilus the Younger, of Rossano, Calabria, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata (Crypta-Ferrata) (1004)October 9 / September 26. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Ephraim, founder of Perekop Monastery, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Neagoe Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (1521) Saint Platonida (Milica Despina of Wallachia, Lady Despina Milița), wife of Voivode St. Neagoe Basarab (1554)Romanian Church proclaims canonization of 16 holy women (+VIDEO). Orthodox Christianity. February 7, 2026. Retrieved: February 12, 2026. Venerable John the Cave-Dweller, ascetic of Sia, Cyprus, Wonderworker.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Σπηλαιώτης ὁ εἰς τὰς ὄχθας τοῦ χειμάῤῥου Μερσίνη τῆς Σιᾶς ἀσκήσας. 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint John the Cave-Dweller, Who Lived in Asceticism in Sia of Cyprus. Mystagogy Resource Center. September 26, 2015.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyrs Athanasius Dokukin, АФАНАСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Alexander Levitsky, АЛЕКСАНДР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and Demetrius Rozanov, ДИМИТРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Priests (1937) 26 сентября по старому стилю / 9 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. Martyrs John Zolotov, ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and Nicholas Gusev (1937) New Hieromartyr Vladimir Viatsky, Priest (1939) ВЛАДИМИР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Other commemorations Translation (1964) of the Honorable Skull of the Apostle Andrew the First-called to Patras.Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίας Κάρας τοῦ Πρωτοκλήτου Ἀποστόλου Ἀνδρέου. 26 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Η ΤΙΜΙΑ ΚΑΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ ΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΟΚΛΗΤΟΥ. Ἱερά Μητρόπολις Πατρῶν (Holy Metropolis of Patras). Retrieved: 21 July 2016. Glorification (1989) of New Hiero-confessor Tikhon (Bellavin), Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1925) Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia (1989)Zakaria Machitadze (Archpriest). Lives of the Georgian Saints. First English Edition. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2006. pp. 342-343.Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

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