Orthodox Community of
St. Constantine the Great, York
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
Calendar for September 2010
Fasting Guidelines:
f3 No animal products, oil or wine (sea foods such as squid, crab, roe and prawn are permitted)
f2 As f3 but wine and oil are permitted
f1 As f2 but fish also permitted
cf Cheesefare, all foods, except meat products permitted
Wednesday 1st September 2010 f2
START OF THE CHURCH YEAR (INDICTION)
Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos in Miasena Monastery, in memory of the finding of Her Icon (864). St Simeon Stylites the Elder (459) and his mother St. Martha (428). Righteous Martyr Aithalas the Persian (380). Holy Forty Virgin-martyrs and Martyr Ammon the deacon at Heraclea in Thrace (321). St. Meletius the Younger of Thebes (1124). New Martyr Angelis of Constantinople (1680). Holy Martyr Callista and her brothers Evodus and Hermogenes, at Nicomedia (309). Righteous Joshua the son of Nun (1400 BC).
British Isles:
St. Lythan. St. Silin (6th C).
1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 4:16-22
Thursday 2nd September 2010
Holy Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and his parents Martyrs Theodotus and Rufina (3rd C). St John the Faster, patriarch of Constantinople (595). Righteous Eleazar, son of Aaron, and Righteous Phineas. Holy Martyrs Aeithalas and Ammon of Thrace.
British Isles:
St Hieu, abbess of Tadcaster (657). St. Lolanus (c. 1034).
Galatians 3:23-4:5; Mark 6:30-45
Friday 3rd September 2010 f3
Hieromartyr Anthimus, bishop of Nicomedia, and those with him (302). St. Theoctistus, fellow Ascetic with St. Euthymius the Great (467). St Phoebe, deaconess at Cenchreae near Corinth (1st C). Translation of the relics of St. Nectarius of Pentapolis. Blessed John "the Hairy", Fool-for-Christ, at Rostov (1580). St. Joannicius, archbishop of Serbia (1354). New Martyr Polydorus of Cyprus (1794).
British Isles:
St. MacNis, abbot of Kells (c. 514). St. Hereswith, sister of St. Hilda (c. 690).
Galatians 4:8-21; Mark 6:45-53
Saturday 4th September 2010
Hieromartyr Babylas, bishop of Antioch and those with him (251). Holy Prophet and God-Seer Moses (1531 BC). Holy Martyr Hermione, daughter of St Philip the deacon (c. 117). Holy Martyrs Jerusalem, Sekendos, Sekendios and Kegouros in Aleppo. St. Anthimus the Blind, new ascetic of Cephalonia (1782). ). Uncovering (1911) of the relics of St Joasaph, bishop of Belgorod (1754). New Hieroromartyr Gorazd, bishop of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (1942).
British Isles:
St. Monessa, disciple of St. Patrick (456). St. Ultan of Ardbraccan (657). St. Rhuddlad of Llanrhyddlad (7th C).
1 Corinthians 4:17-5:5; Matthew 24:1-13
Sunday 5th September 2010
Tone 5 – 15th Sunday of Matthew and after Pentecost
Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist the Forerunner (1st C). Holy Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus, and 77 Companions at Nicomedia (370). Holy Martyrs Abdas (Abidas), Hormizd, and Sunin of Persia (c. 424). Holy Martyrs Juventinus and Maximus at Antioch (4th C). Martyrdom of the Holy Passionbearer Prince Gleb, in Holy Baptism, David (1015).
2 Corinthians 4:6-15; Matthew 22:35-46
Monday 6th September 2010
Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae (Chonae) (4th C). Holy Martyrs Calodote, Macarius, Andrew, Cyriacus, Dionysius, Andrew the Soldier, Andropelagia, Thecla, Theoctistus, and Sarapabon the Senator, in Egypt (256). Holy Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno and Macarius and 1,104 soldiers in Mitelene (312).
British Isles:
St Bega (Bee), 1st abbess of Copeland, Cumbria (7th C). St MacCallin, bishop of Lusk (497). SS. Felix and Augebert, the English slaves ransomed by St. Gregory (7th C). St. Magnus, disciple of St. Columbanus and Abbot of Füssen (c. 665).
Hebrews 2:2-10; Mark 6:54-7:8
Tuesday 7th September 2010
Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Holy Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (c. 304). Apostles Evodias and Onesiphorus of the Seventy (1st C). St. Kassiane the Hymnographer (9th C). St. John, archbishop of Novgorod (1186). St. Cloud (Clodoald), abbot-founder of Nogent-sur-Seine nr. Paris (6th C).
British Isles:
SS. Alcmund (781) and Tilbert (789), bishops of Hexham. St Balin, monk (7th C).
Galatians 5:11-21; Mark 7:5-16
Wednesday 8th September 2010 f1
THE NATIVITY OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
St. Sophronius of Achtalea in Georgia, bishop (1803). St. Arsenius, abbot of Konevits (1447). New Martyr Athanasius of Thessalonica (1774).
British Isles:
St Cynfarch, missionary (5th C). King Ina of Wessex and Queen Ethelburga (8th C). St Ethelburgh, abbess of Lyminge (647).
Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 10:38-42;11:27-28
Thursday 9th September 2010
Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.
Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Forbears of God, Joachim and Anna. Holy Martyr Severian of Sebaste (320). Righteous Theophanes the Confessor (c. 300). Commemoration of the Fathers of the Third Ecumenical Council (431). St Joseph the Wonderworker, abbot of Volokolamsk (or Volotsk 1515). Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius, archbishop of Chernigov (1896).
British Isles:
St Kieran (Ciaran) the Younger of Clonmacnois (c. 545). St Bettelin (Bertram) of Crowland, hermit (8th C). St. Wulfhild, abbess of Barking and Horton (c. 1000).
Galatians 4:22-27; Mark 7:24-30
Friday 10th September 2010 f3
Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.
Holy Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, at Nicomedia (c. 305). Blessed Empress Pulcheria (453).
British Isles:
St Finian of Ulster, abbot (579). St Frithestan, bishop of Winchester (932).
Ephesians 1:7-17; Mark 8:1-10
Saturday 11th September 2010
Saturday before the Exaltation of the Cross.
Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.
St Theodora of Alexandria (491). St. Euphrosynus the Cook, of Alexandria (9th C). Holy Martyrs Demetrius, his wife Euanthia, and their son Demetrian, at Skepsis on the Hellespont (1st C). Translation of the relics of SS. Sergius and Herman, Wonderworkers of Valaam (1353).
British Isles:
St Deiniol, abbot of Bangor, bishop in Clwyd (c.584).
I Corinthians 2:6-9; Matthew 10:37-42
Sunday 12th September 2010
Tone 7 – 16th Sunday of Matthew and after Pentecost
Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross.
Leavetaking (Apodosis) of the Nativity of the Theotokos.
Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop in Italy (313). St. Coronatus, bishop of Iconium (3rd C). Holy Martyr Julian of Galatia and Forty Martyrs with him (4th C). St. Daniel of Thassos, monk (843).
British Isles:
St Ailbe (Elvis), bishop of Emly (6th C). St. Eanswith of Folkestone (c. 640).
Galatians 6:11-18; John 3:13-17
Monday 13th September 2010
Commemoration of the Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem (335). Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion (1st C). Venerable Hierotheos the Younger of Iveron monastery on Athos (1745). Holy Martyr Aristeidos. Great Martyr Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (1624). Holy Martyrs Elias, Zoticus, Lucian, Valerian, Macrobius and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (320).
British Isles:
St. Wilfrida, abbess of Wilton (10th C).
Hebrews 3:1-4; Mark 10:46-52
Tuesday 14th September 2010 (f3)
THE UNIVERSAL EXALTATION OF THE PRECIOUS AND LIFEGIVING CROSS.
Repose of St. John Chrysostom (407). Holy Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305). St. Placilla the Empress (400), wife of Theodosius the Great. St. Maria of Tarsus (607). New Martyr Macarius of Thessalonica, disciple of St. Niphon, patriarch of Constantinople (1527). Venerable-martyr Joseph of Dionysiou monastery on Athos. Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680).
British Isles:
St. Cormac, 1st bishop of Cashel (908).
1 Corinthians 1:18-24; John 19:6-11,13-20,25-28,30-35
Wednesday 15th September 2010 f3
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Great Martyr Nicetas the Goth (c. 372). Righteous Philotheus of Asia Minor (10th C). Holy Martyr Porphyrius the Actor (361). SS. Bessarion I and Bessarion II (1540), metropolitans of Larissa. St. Philotheus the Wonderworker and St. Gerasimus, abbot, of Sourvia (1740). St. Joseph the New of Partos, metropolitan of Timisoara (1656). New Martyr John of Crete (1811).
British Isles:
St. Hernan, hermit (6th C). St. Merryn, bishop of Bangor (620).
Ephesians 3:8-21; Mark 11:23-26
Thursday 16th September 2010
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Great Martyr Euphemia the All-praised (304). St. Sebastiana, disciple of St Paul the Apostle, martyred at Heraclea (1st C). Holy Martyr Ludmilla, grandmother of St. Wenceslaus, Prince of the Czechs (927). St. Procopius, abbot, of Sazava in Bohemia (1053). St. Dorotheus, hermit, of Egypt (4th C). Holy Martyr Melitina of Marcianopolis (2nd C).
British Isles:
St. Ninian, bishop of Whithorn (Candida Casa) (c. 432). St. Edith of Wilton (984). Enshrinement of the Relics (1984) [3rd Sep O.C.] of St. Edward the Martyr, King of England (978).
Ephesians 4:14-19; Mark 11:27-33
Friday 17th September 2010 f3
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Holy Martyr Sophia, and her three daughters, Faith (Pistis, Vera), Hope (Elpis, Nadezhda), and Love (Agape, Lyubov), at Rome (c. 137). Hieromartyrs Heraclides and Myron of Cyprus. Holy Martyr Agathocleia. St. Anastasius and Euxiphios of Perioteron in Cyprus (12th C).
British Isles:
SS. Socrates and Stephen, martyred in Monmouthshire (304).
Ephesians 4:17-25; Mark 12:1-12
Saturday 18th September 2010
Saturday After the Exaltation of the Cross.
St. Eumenios, bishop of Gortyna (6th C). Holy Martyr Ariadne of Phrygia (2nd C). Holy Martyrs Sophia and Irene of Egypt (3rd C). Holy Martyr Castor of Alexandria.
1 Corinthians 1:26-2:5; John 8:21-30
Sunday 19th September 2010
Tone 8 – 17th Sunday of Matthew and after Pentecost
Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross.
Holy Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon of Synnada (276). St. Theodore, Prince of Smolensk (1299) and his children David and Constantine, wonder workers of Yaroslav.
British Isles:
St Theodore of Tarsus, 7th archbishop of Canterbury & Patron of the Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland (690).
Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1
Monday 20th September 2010
Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Great Martyr Eustathius, his wife, Martyr Theopiste, and their children, Martyrs Agapius and Theopistus, of Rome (c 118). St. Eustathius, archbishop of Thessalonica (1194). Venerable Martyr Hilarion of St. Anne Skete on Athos. Venerable John of Crete. Holy Martyr Michael and his Councillor Theodore of Chernigov (1245). St. Stephen (István), King and Enlightener of Hungary (1038).
Ephesians 4:25-32; Luke 3:19-22
Tuesday 21st September 2010
Leavetaking (Apodosis) of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Righteous Prophet Jonah. Apostle Quadratus the Apologist (c. 130). St. Jonah the presbyter (9th C), father of SS. Theophanes the Hymnographer and Theodore Graptus. SS. Isaacius and Meletius, bishops of Cyprus. St. Jonah the Sabbaite (9th C). Uncovering of the relics (1752) of St. Demetrius, metropolitan of Rostov (1709).
British Isles:
St Mabyn, virgin (5th C).
Ephesians 5:20-25; Luke 3:23-4:1
Wednesday 22nd September 2010 f3
Hieromartyr Phocas the Wonderworker, bishop of Sinope (117). Holy Martyr Phocas the Gardener of Sinope (c. 320). Holy Martyrs Isaac and Martin. The 26 Martyrs of Zographou Monastery martyred by the Latins (1276). St. Cosmas, desert-dweller of Zographou, Mt. Athos (1323).
Ephesians 5:25-33; Luke 4:1-15
Thursday 23rd September 2010
The Conception of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John. SS. Xanthippe and Polyxene, disciples of the Apostles, who died in Spain (109). Virgin-Martyr Irais (Rhais) of Alexandria (c. 308). New Martyr Nicholas Pantopolis at Constantinople (1672). New Martyr John of Epirus (1814).
British Isles:
St. Adomnan, abbot of Iona and biographer of St. Columba (704). St Cissa of Crowland, hermit (8th C).
Galatians 4:22-27; Luke 4:16-22
Friday 24th September 2010 f3
Holy Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thecla of Iconium (1st C). The Miracle of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of the "Myrtle Tree", of Kythera. St. Coprius of Palestine (530). St. Silouan of Mt Athos (1938). Glorification (1978) [11th Sep O.C.] of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg (18th C).
Ephesians 6:18-24; Luke 4:22-30
Saturday 25th September 2010
St Euphrosyne of Alexandria (5th C). Holy Martyr Paphnutius and 546 companions in Egypt (3rd C). Holy Martyrs Paul and Tatta and their children Sabinian, Maximus, Rufus, and Eugene of Damascus. Repose of St. Sergius the Wonderworker of Radonezh (1392). Translation of the relics of St. Herman, archbishop of Kazan (1595).
British Isles:
St. Finbar Barry, bishop of Cork (c. 633). St. Ceolfrid, abbot of Wearmouth (716). St. Caian of Anglesey (5th C). St. Egelred of Crowland, martyr (870). St. Fymbert, bishop in the west of Scotland (7th C).
I Corinthians 15:39-45; Luke 4:31-36
Sunday 26th September 2010
Tone 7 – 1st Sunday Of Luke
Sunday of St. John the Evangelist
Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (2nd C).
British Isles:
St. Mawgan, abbot-bishop of Bardsey. St. Colman Elo, abbot of Muckamore (611).
I John 4:12-19; John 19:25-27; 21:24-25
Monday 27th September 2010
Holy Martyr Callistratus and his company of 49 Martyrs (c. 304). Apostles Mark, Aristarchus, and Zenas, of the Seventy (1st C). Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel. New Martyr Aquilina at Thessalonica (1764). St. Epicharis of Rome (305). St. Igantius, abbot in Asia Minor (975). St. Sabbatius, Wonderworker of Solovki (1435).
British Isles:
St Barrog, Hermit of Barry (6th C). St. Sigebert, King of the East Angles and Martyr (635).
Philippians 1:1-7; Luke 4:38-44
Tuesday 28th September 2010
St. Chariton the Confessor, abbot of Palestine (c. 350). St. Alkison, bishop of Nicopolis in Epirus (561). St. Auxentius the Alaman, Wonderworker of Cyprus (12th C). St. Neophytus the Recluse of Cyprus (1214). Righteous Prophet Baruch (6thC BC). Martyrdom of St. Wenceslaus (Viacheslav), Prince of the Czechs (935). Holy Martyr and thos with him in Pisidia (4th C).
British Isles:
St Conval, disciple of St. Kentigern (630). St Tetta, abbess of Wimborne (8th C). St Lioba, abbess and missionary (782). St. Machan, monk.
II Corinthians 4:6-15; Luke 5:12-16
Wednesday 29th September 2010 f3
St. Cyriacus the Hermit, of Palestine (556). St. Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza. New Monk-Martyr Malachias of Rhodes and those with him (1500).
Philippians 1:12-20; Luke 5:33-39
Thursday 30th September 2010
Hieromartyr Gregory, the Enlightener of Armenia (c. 335). Blessed Jerome the Translator (420). Holy Martyrs Mardonius and Stratonicus. Holy Martyrs Rhipsime, Gaiana and 35 Holy Virgins with them, of Armenia (4th C). St. Gregory, abbot of Pelshme, Wonderworker of Vologda (1442). St. Michael, 1st metropolitan of Kiev (992).
British Isles:
St. Honorius, 5th archbishop of Canterbury (653). St. Midan of Anglesey (610). St. Enghenedl of Anglesey (7th C). SS. Tancred, Torthred and Tova, hermits and martyrs (870).
Philippians 1:20-27; Luke 6:12-19
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We wish to acknowledge the help given to us in compiling this monthly calendar from two sources:
Michael Purcell (of the Saint John (Maximovich) the Wonderworker Orthodox Church, Atlanta, GA.) for his very impressive software program Menologion.
and
Father Andrew Phillips whose web site Orthodox England, has, amongst its many jewels, a list of the Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
Thank you, both - and Many Years!