September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 20 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For September 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 25.

Feasts

• Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.^[1][2][3][4]

Saints

• Apostles Evodius (Euodias) (66)^[5] and Onesiphorus (67),^[6] of the Seventy Apostles.^[1][7][8]
• Martyr Eupsychios of Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 130)^{[1][8][9][10][note 2]}
• Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome, and Companions (257)^{[8][note 3]}
• Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (304)^{[1][8][12][13][note 4][note 5]}
• Venerable Kassiani the Hymnographer (Kassia), Byzantine Nun, confessor, hymnographer, patron saint of Kasos island (9th century)^{[1][8][14][note 6]}
• Venerable Peter the Cappadocian, second Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream, in Triglia, near Constantinople (10th century)^{[1][8][15][note 7]}
• Venerable Luke of Lycaonia, third Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream, in Triglia, near Constantinople (after 975)^{[1][8][16][17]}

Pre-Schism Western Saints

• Saint Regina (Reine), a virgin-martyr venerated in Autun in France (c. 286)^{[18][note 8]}
• Saint Anastasius the Fuller, martyred by drowning (304)^{[11][18][note 9]}
• Saint Evortius (Euvert), Bishop of Orleans in France (c. 340)^{[18][note 10][note 11]}
• Saint Pamphilus, a Greek by birth, Bishop of Capua in Italy (c. 400)^{[11][18][note 12]}
• Saint Grimonia (Germana), a holy virgin from Ireland, martyred in Picardy in defence of her virtue (4th century)^[18]
• Saint Augustalis (Autal), Bishop of Arles, Confessor (c. 450)^[11][18]
• Saint Memorius (Nemorius, Mesmin) and five Companions, beheahed by Attila the Hun (451)^{[18][note 13][note 14]}
• Saint Gratus of Aosta, Bishop of Aosta in Italy, of which he is patron-saint (c. 470)^[18]
• Saint Carissima, an anchoress in a forest near Albi in France, and then at the convent of Viants (Vious) (5th century)^[18]
• Saint Cloud (Clodoald), Abbot and founder of Nogent-sur-Seine Monastery, near Paris (560)^{[1][18][19][20][note 15][note 16]}
• Saint Balin (Balanus, Balloin) (7th century)^{[18][note 17]}
• Saint Madalberta, Abbess of Maubeuge Abbey (706)^{[18][note 18]}
• Saint Hilduard (Hilward, Garibald), founder of the monastery of St Peter in Dickelvenne on the Schelde in Belgium (c. 750)^[18]
• Saint Alchmund of Hexham, seventh Bishop of Hexham in England (781)^{[18][note 19]}
• Saint Tilbert (Gilbert), Bishop of Hexham in Northumbria in England (789)^[18]
• Saint Faciolus, a monk at the monastery of St Cyprian in Poitiers in France (c. 950)^[18]

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

• Saint John of Novgorod (Ilya), Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod (1186)^{[1][8][19][22][23][24]}
• Saints Alexander (Peresvet)^{[note 20]} and Andrew (Oslyabya),^{[note 21]} disciples of St. Sergius of Radonezh, who fought at the Battle of Kulikovo (1380)^[1][19][25]
• Martyr Sozon of Cyprus (14th century)^{[3][26][note 22]}
• Saints Symeon (1476) and Amphilochius (1570),^[27] of Pângărați Monastery, Romania.^{[1][note 23]}
• Venerable Serapion of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery in Pskov (1480)^[19][27][28] (See also: September 8)
• Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev, Archimandrite, of Obruch and Pinsk (1678)^{[1][19][24][27][28][29]}
• Saint Macarius of Optina, Elder of Optina Monastery (1860)^{[1][19][27][28][30][note 24]}

New Martyrs and Confessors

• New Hieromartyrs Peter Sneznitsky and Michael Tikhonitsky, Priests (1918)^[19][28]
• New Hieromartyr Alexander, Deacon (1918)^[19]
• New Hieromartyr John Maslovsky, Priest, of Verkhne-Poltavka, Amur (1921)^[1][19][27]
• New Hieromartyr Eugene (Zernov), Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) (1937)^{[1][19][24][28][31][note 25]}
• New Hieromartyr Leo (Yegorov), Archimandrite, of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (1937)^{[1][19][28][note 26]}
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Ashchepev), Abbot, of the Holy Trinity Selinginsk Monastery (1937)^{[1][19][24][28]}
• New Hieromartyr Eugene (Vyzhva), Abbot, of Zhitomir, Ukraine (1937)^{[1][19][24][28]}
• New Hieromartyr Pachomius (Ionov), Hieromonk of the Holy Trinity Skanov Monastery, Penza (1937)^{[1][19][24][28]}
• New Hieromartyr Stephen (Kreidich), Priest, of Robchik, Bryansk (1937)^{[1][19][24][28]}
• New Hieromartyr Gregory Averin, Priest of Ivanovo (1937)^{[19][27][28][32][note 27]}
• New Hieromartyr Basil Sungurov, Priest (1937)^[19][28][33]

Other Commemorations

• Repose of Metropolitan Isidore (Nikolsky) of St. Petersburg (1892)^{[1][note 28]}
• Repose of Archbishop Anatole (Kamensky) of Irkutsk (1925)^{[1][note 29]}

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Notes

References

Sources

• September 7/September 20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• September 20 / September 7. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• September 7. 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. 67.
• The Seventh Day of the Month of September. Orthodoxy in China.
• September 7. 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. 274–275.
• 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. 437–440.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 7 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 7 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (Greek) 07/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 20 сентября (7 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (Russian) 7 сентября по старому стилю / 20 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.

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