September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For September 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 28.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.[1]

Saints

• Holy Apostles Apelles,[2] Lucius (of Laodicea in Syria, not the Evangelist),[3] and Clement,[4] of the Seventy (1st century)[5][6][7]
• Martyr Barypsabas in Dalmatia (2nd century)[5][7][8][note 2]
• Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia (305-311)[5][7][10][11][note 3]
• Martyr Ia and 9,000 with her in Persia (363)[7][13] (see also: August 4, August 11, and September 11)
• Saint Eudokia the Child.[7][14][note 4]
• Saint Pulcheria the Empress (453)[5][7][15][16] (see also: February 17)[note 5]
• Venerable Peter[7][17] and Paul, Bishops of Nicaea (9th century)[5][18][19]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Nemesian, Felix, Lucius, another Felix, Litteus, Polyanus, Victor, Jader, Dativus and Companions (257)[9][note 6][note 7]
• Saint Agapius (Agapitus), Bishop of Novara (447)[9][12]
• Saint Veranus of Vence, son of St Eucherius of Lyons, he became a monk at Lérins, then later Bishop of Vence in the south of France (c. 480)[9]
• Saint Finnian of Movilla (Findbarr, Winnin), Abbot, in Ulster (579)[5][9][20][note 8][note 9]
• Saint Salvius, Bishop of Albi in Gaul, Confessor (584)[5][9][12][20][note 10]
• Saint Candida the Younger, a married woman in Naples who hallowed herself as a wife and as a mother (586)[9]
• Saint Theodard of Maastricht (c. 670)[5][9][20][note 11][note 12]
• Saint Autbert, Bishop of Avranches, founder of the Monastery of Mont-St-Michel on the Normandy coast (c. 709)[9]
• Saint Frithestan, a disciple of St Grimbald, he was consecrated Bishop of Winchester in England by St Plegmund (933)[9][note 13][note 14]
• Saint Peter Martinez (Peter of Mozonzo), a monk at the monastery of St Mary of Mozonzo, later Abbot of St Martin in Compostella, and finally (c 986) Archbishop (c. 1000)[9][note 15][note 16]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Esaias, founder of the Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus (12th century)[22]
• Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th century)[5][18][20][23]
• Saint Iosaph, monk, of Kubensk in Vologda (1453)[5][20][24]
• Saint Cassian, Abbot of Spaso-Kamenny and White Lake Monasteries (1469)[5][20]
• Saint Theodoritus, Archbishop of Ryazan and Murom (1617)[5][note 17]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Meletius (Fedyunev), Hieromonk, of Kuzhba (Komi) (1937)[5][20][25]
• New Hieromartyr Gabriel (Yatsik), Archimandrite, of Donskoy Monastery, Moscow (1937)[5][20][25][26]
• New Hieromartyrs Ismael Kudryavtsev,[27] Eugene Popov,[28] John Popov,[29] Constantine Kolpetsky, Peter Grigoriev, Basil Maximov,[30] Gleb Apukhtin,[31] Basil Malinin,[32] John Sofronov,[33] Peter Yurkov, Nicholas Pavlinov, Palladius Popov, Priests (1937)[20][25]
• Martyr Symeon Turkin (1937)[20][25]
• Virgin-Martyr Tatiana Grimblit (1937)[20][25][note 18]
• New Hieromartyr Warus (Shmarin), Bishop of Lipetsk (1938)[5][20][25][note 19]

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of St. Egvin, Bishop of Worcester.[20]
• Translation of the relics of St. Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester.[20]
• Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Trikeriotissas" (1825)[34][35]
• Synaxis of the Theotokos "Orchomeniotissa" ("Panagia Skripou") (1943)[36]
• Synaxis of the Saints of Lipetsk.[25][note 20]
• Repose of Elder Tikhon (Golenkov) of Kapsala, Mount Athos, the spiritual father of St. Paisios the Athonite (1968)[5][note 21][note 22]

Icon gallery

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  Martyr Barypsabas in Dalmatia.
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  Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia.
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  Coin of Aelia Pulcheria.
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  St. Finnian of Movilla.
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  St. Theodard of Maastricht.
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  Virgin-Martyr Tatiana Grimblit.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. A hermit from the East, he was martyred in Dalmatia. A tradition relates that Barypsabas took to Rome a vessel containing some of the precious blood which flowed from the side of our Lord when He was on the cross.[9]
3. "In Bithynia, the holy virgins Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, sisters. Under the emperor Maximian and the governor Fronto, they were crowned with martyrdom, and went to eternal glory."[12]
4. The memory of this young girl is recorded in the Jerusalemitic Canonarion, page 107, and is absent from the Synaxaria. Note also, there is an entry on August 4 for "Martyr Eudokia of Anatolia, in Persia, by beheading", which notes that there is some confusion in the Synaxaria between this Eudokia (Eudok-ia) and the martyr Ia.
5. "At Constantinople, St. Pulcheria, empress and virgin, distinguished by her piety and zeal for religion."[12]
6. Nine bishops of Numidia in North Africa who with numerous other clergy and laypeople were condemned to slavery in the marble quarries of Sigum where they ended their lives. A letter of St Cyprian addressed to them still exists.
7. "In Africa, the birthday of the holy bishops Nemesian, Felix, Lucius, another Felix, Litteus, Polyan, Victor, Jader, Dativus, and others. As a violent persecution was breaking out under Valerian and Gallienus, they were at their first courageous confession of Christ beaten with rods, then put in irons, and being sent to dig in the metal mines, they terminated their combat and glorious confession."[12]
8. Born near Stangford Lough in Ireland, he became a monk in Scotland. He was the founder and first Abbot of Moville in Co. Down.
9. "ST. FlNIAN, or FlNDBAR, who is also called FlNAN, and by the Britons WlNNlN, was a native of Ireland, and of noble birth. He received his first education from Colman, a holy Bishop, and afterwards went over to Britain. Like St. Tigernake, he is called a disciple of Monennius, which probably means that he became a scholar of St. Ninian's great monastery at Whithern, in Strathclyde. On his return to Ireland he became Abbot of Maghbile, and is also called a Bishop. He was greatly famed for his sanctity and extraordinary miraculous gifts. Among other prodigies, he is said to have raised four persons to life. He was anciently honoured as the Patron of the Province of Ulster."[21]
10. A lawyer who became a monk and abbot, then a hermit and finally Bishop of Albi in France (574-584). He died while tending the sick during an epidemic.
11. A disciple of St Remaclus at Malmédy-Stavelot in Belgium and his successor as Abbot (653) and Bishop of Maastricht (663). He was murdered by robbers in the forest of Bienwald near Speyer in Germany on a journey undertaken in defence of his church.
12. "At Liege, in Belgium, St. Theodard, bishop and martyr, who laid down his life for his flock, and after his death was renowned for the gift of miracles."[12]
13. He was bishop for twenty-three years, loved the poor and prayed much for the departed.
14. "ST. FRITHESTANE is said to have been a disciple f St. Grimbald. His eminent virtues led to his appointment as Bishop of Winchester, and he was one of seven who were consecrated on the same day in the year 909, by Archbishop St. Plegmund, to fill the Sees which were then vacant. He ruled his diocese for the long period of twenty-three years, and is reported to have been a man of great sanctity of life, though no record of his acts has come down to our time. A year before his blessed death he consecrated St. Bristan as his successor, and retired to pass his last days in solitude and prayer."[21]
15. "At Compostella, St. Peter, bishop, who was celebrated for his many virtues and miracles."[12]
16. See: (in Spanish) Pedro de Mezonzo. Wikipedia. (Spanish Wikipedia).
17. See: (in Russian) Феодорит (архиепископ Рязанский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
18. See: (in Russian) Гримблит, Татьяна Николаевна. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
19. See: (in Russian) Уар (Шмарин). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
20. See: (in Russian) Собор Липецких святых. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
21. The question of the glorification of the Russian Athonite elder Tikhon (Golenkov), the spiritual father of St. Paisios the Athonite, was recently discussed (2017) at the Moscow Theological Academy at the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. The discussion occurred as part of the academy’s "Day of the Memory of Two Elders: St. Paisios the Athonite and Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)", in which the new book Athonite Elder Tikhon (Golenkov) (in Russian) was presented. The hope was expressed that the Church would support the glorification of this great twentieth-century elder, reports a correspondent of the site 'Russian Athos'...Elder Tikhon was born in 1884 in the Russian Empire, in the village of Novaya Mikhaylovka (in present-day Volgograd). At the age of 24 he arrived to Mount Athos where he spent the remaining sixty years of his life in unceasing prayer and repentance. He is an example to all of a true Christian and monk who already in his lifetime acquired the Holy Spirit, and his relics have been shown to be incorrupt.[37]
22. (in Russian) Старец Тихон Благословенный (Голенков).

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3. Apostle Lucius of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Apostle Clement of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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19. St Peter Bishop of Nicea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. September 23 / September 10. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
21. 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. 443–445.
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33. (in Russian) ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
34. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγίας της Τρικεριώτισσας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
35. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μνήμη Εὑρέσεως Σεπτῆς Εἰκόνος Θεοτόκου ὑπὸ τᾶς ρίζας ἐλαίας, ἐν τῇ ἐν τῷ Παγασητικῷ κόλπῳ Νήσῳ Μαλαιῶν Τρικκέρων (1825). 10 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
36. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγίας της Σκριπούς στον Ορχομενό. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
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