Synaxarion: St. John Orthodox Church

13th of September

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 13th of the month, Vigil of the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-giving Cross, and Commemoration of the Dedication of the Basilica of the Resurrection; Memory of the Holy Great Martyr KETEVAN, Queen of GEORGIA; Saint ARISTIDES of ATHENS, the Philosopher; our Venerable Father CORNELIUS of OLONETS, and his companions DIONYSIUS and MISAËL

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12th of September

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 12th of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr AUTONOMUS; Holy Hieromartyr CORONATUS, Bishop of ICONIUM; our Venerable Father ATHANASIUS the ELDER, Abbot of the Monastery of VYSOTSK and of his disciple ATHANASIUS the YOUNGER

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11th of September

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 11th of the month, Memory of our Holy Mother THEODORA of ALEXANDRIA; our Holy Father EUPHROSYNUS the Cook; Holy Martyr IA of PERSIA; our Venerable Father ELIAS the CAVE-DWELLER and his spiritual father ARSENIUS; Saint DEINIOL (Daniel) of WALES

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10th of September

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 10th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs MENODORA, METRODORA and NYMPHODORA; our Venerable Father CASSIAN, Abbot of the Monastery of the HOLY SAVIOR in Kuben

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9th of September

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 9th of the month, Synaxis of the Righteous Ancestors of God JOACHIM and ANNA; Memory of the Great Martyr SEVERIAN of SEBASTE; THE TWO HUNDRED GOD-BEARING FATHERS, gathered at Ephesus in 431 for the THIRD HOLY ECUMENICAL COUNCIL that anathematized the impious Nestorius; our Holy Father JOSEPH of VOLOKOLAMSK

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8th of September

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 8th of the month, Nativity of our SOVEREIGN LADY the most Holy MOTHER of GOD and ever Virgin MARY; our Venerable Father SERAPION of the Monastery of St SAVIOUR and St ELEAZAR, at PSKOV; our Venerable Father AMPHILOCHIUS the HESYCHAST, Abbot of the Monastery of PANGARATI in Moldavia

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7th of September

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 7th of the month, Vigil of the Nativity of the Mother of God and Memory of the Holy Martyr SOZON; Holy Apostles EVODUS and ONESIPHORUS; our Holy Father JOHN, Archbishop of NOVGOROD; our Venerable Mother CASSIANE the MELODIST

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6th of September

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 6th of the month, Commemoration of the Miracle wrought by the ARCHANGEL MICHAEL at CHONAE in Phrygia, Holy Martyr ROMULUS, and of the Holy Martyrs EUDOXIUS, ZENO and MACARIUS of MELITENE; Holy New Hieromartyr MAXIMUS SANDOVICH

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5th of September

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 5th of the month, Memory of the Holy and Glorious Prophet ZACHARIAS, Father of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner; Holy Martyrs ABDA the bishop, HORMIZD and SUNIN of PERSIA; Holy Hieromartyr ATHANASIAS, Abbot of the Monastery of St Symeon the Stylite at BREST-LITOVSK

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4th of September

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 4th of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr BABYLOS, Bishop of Antioch and of the three children who were his disciples: URBAN, PRIDILIAN and EPOLONIUS; Memory of the Holy Prophet and Law-giver MOSES the God-seer; Memory of Saint HERMIONE, of of the Apostle Philip's daughters, who died in peace; Memory of the Venerable ANTHIMUS the BLIND, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia; Memory of the Holy New Hieromartyr GORAZD, Bishop of SLOVAKIA and the CZECH LANDS; Memory of the Holy Martyr JERUSALEM of Beroea, and of her three sons: Secundus, Secundicus and Segoras

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3rd of September

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 3rd of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr ANTHIMUS, Bishop of NICOMEDIA; the Venerable Father THEOCTISTUS, Companion in ascesis of Saint Euthymius the Great; the Holy Martyr BASILISSA; the Hieromartyr ARISTION, Bishop of ALEXANDRIA, who was burnt to death; the Holy New Martyr POLYDORUS, who was hanged at NEW EPHESUS in 1794; our Holy Father JOANNICIUS, Archbishop and first Patriarch of SERBIA

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2nd of September

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 2nd of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr MAMAS; Holy Father JOHN IV, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE, known as the FASTER

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1st of September

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

The 1st of the month, the Day of the INDICTION or beginning of the New Ecclesiastical Year; Memory of our God-bearing Father SYMEON STYLITES the ELDER; Memory of the falling asleep of the Righteous JOSHUA the son of NUN; Memory of the Venerable MELETIUS the YOUNGER, who led the ascetic life on MOUNT MYOUPOLIS near Thebes and died in peace

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Introduction

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

Outline: Preface. Introduction: 1. Praise God in His Saints! 2. The Synaxarion in the Tradition of the Church; 3. The Present Edition

St. Nilus of Sora:

I pray that this may benefit those who read it or hear it and beg them, for the love of God, to pray that I may find grace in His sight because I have worked hard at this task, seeking in this way to fulfill the commandment to love God and my neighbor. May we, contemplating the lives of the holy Fathers, be filled with their zeal in all our works, and with them possess life everlasting. True love of neighbor is to stir him up to love God and to keep His commandments, obedient to the divine words and to the life and teachings of the holy Fathers, so that he may live in godliness and be saved. Although I am a sinner, wretched and unfit for any good work, I long for the salvation of a multitude of my brethren.

Russian Hesychasm. The Spirituality of Nilus Sorski

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31st of August

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 31st of the month, we celebrate the DEPOSITION of the Precious GIRDLE of the Most Holy MOTHER of GOD in the of Chalkoprateia; our Venerable Father AIDAN, Founder and Bishop of LINDISFARNE

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30th of August

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 30th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Fathers ALEXANDER, JOHN and PAUL the NEW, Patriarchs of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable CHRISTOPHER of PALESTINE; our Venerable Father FANTINUS the Wonderworker, who died in peace; our Venerable Father ALEXANDER of SVIR

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29th of August

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 29th of the month, we celebrate the BEHEADING of the Holy and Glorious Prophet and Forerunner JOHN; our Holy Father ARCADIUS the WONDERWORKER. Bishop of ARSINOE on Cyprus

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28th of August

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 28th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father MOSES the ETHIOPIAN; the Righteous King HEZEKIAH of JUDAH, who died in peace; the SYNAXIS of the Holy Fathers of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES, whose relics like in the further caves of Saint Theodosius; our Venerable Father SABAS of PSKOV and KRYPETS; the Holy Martyr SHUSHANIK (SUSANNA) of Georgia; the Holy Martyrs FERREOL of VIENNE and JULIAN of BRIOUDE

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27th of August

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 27th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable and God-Bearing Father POEMON; our Holy Father LIBERUS the Confessor, Pope of Rome; our Holy Father HOSIUS, Bishop of CORDOVA; the Holy Martyr PHANURIUS; our Holy Father CAESARIUS, Archbishop of ARLES

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26th of August

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 26th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the holy Martyr ADRIAN, NATALIA his wife and their twenty-three companions; the Venerable JOASAPH, son of King Abenner, and of his spiritual father BARLAAM; our Venerable Father ADRIAN, Abbot of the ONDRUSSOV Monastery, and of the Venerable CYPRIAN of STOROZHEV

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25th of August

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 25th of the month, we celebrate the Translation of the Relics of the Holy and Glorious Apostle BARTHOLOMEW; the Holy Apostle TITUS, Bishop of GORTYNA on Crete; our Holy Father MENAS, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; our Venerable Father JOHN of CARPATHOS; our Holy Fathers EULOGIUS, Bishop of EDESSA and Saint PROTOGENES, Bisho of CARRHAE

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24th of August

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 24th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr EUTYCHUS, disciple of Saint John the Theologian; the Holy Hieromartyr and Equal to the Apostles, COSMAS of AITOLIA; our Holy Father ARSENIUS, Abbot of the Monastery of KOMEL; the Venerable ARISTOCLES of MOSCOW; our Holy Father OUEN (DADO), Bishop of ROUEN

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23rd of August

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500

On the 23rd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr LUPUS; the Holy Hieromartyr IRENAEUS, Bishop of LYONS; the Holy Hieromartyr IRENAEUS, Bishop of SIRMIUM, and of his companions OR and OROPSIS, slain by the sword; the Holy Martyrs SEVERUS and MEMNON the Centurion, and the THIRT-EIGHT Martyrs of THRACE; our Holy Father CALLINICUS. Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable Nicolas of SICILY, who practiced ascesis on Mount NEOTAX on the Island of EUBOEA

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