September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Sep. 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 3

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 15 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.{{#tag:ref|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").|group=note}}

For September 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 20.

Saints

  • Righteous Eleazar, son of Righteous Aaron, and Righteous Phineas (c. 1400 B.C.)[http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0902.html September 2/September 15]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/536/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐλεάζαρ καὶ Φινεὲς οἱ Δίκαιοι Ἱερεῖς]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.{{in lang|el}} Συναξαριστής. [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=9&id=2 2 Σεπτεμβρίου]. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  • Martyrs Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and his parents, Theodotus and Rufina (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/524/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάμας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102459 Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  • 3,628 Martyrs at Nicomedia (303-305)[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=15&month=9 September 15 / September 2]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102465 3,628 Martyrs who suffered at Nicomedia]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.{{in lang|ru}} [http://calendar.rop.ru/mes1/sep02.html 2 сентября по старому стилю / 15 сентября по новому стилю]. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на {{CURRENTYEAR}} год. (see also: September 4)
  • Martyr Diomedes, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/526/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Διομήδης ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.{{#tag:ref|"Also, the holy martyrs Diomedes, Julian, Philip, Euthychian, Hesychius, Leonides, Philadelphus, Menalippus, and Pantagapas. They consummated their martyrdom, some by fire, some by water, others by the sword or by the cross."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. 267–279.|group=note}}
  • Martyr Julian, beaten to death.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/527/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyr Philip, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/528/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος (ἢ Θεόδοτος ἢ Θεόδωρος) ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyr Eutychianos, roasted alive on a gridiron.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/529/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτυχιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyr Hesychius, by hanging.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/530/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyr Leonides, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/531/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεωνίδης ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyr Eutychios, by crucifixion.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/532/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyr Philadelphos, by tying a heavy stone around his neck.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/533/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλάδελφος ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.{{#tag:ref|{{in lang|el}} «λίθῳ τὸν τράχηλον βαρυνθεῖς τελειούται».|group=note}}
  • Martyr Melanippos, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/534/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελάνιππος ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyr Parthagape, by drowning.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/535/sxsaintinfo.aspx http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/535/sxsaintinfo.aspx]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Martyrs of Aeithalas and Ammon of Adrianople, Thrace, by severe whipping.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/537/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀειθαλᾶς καὶ Ἄμμων (ἢ Ἀμμοῦν) οἱ Μάρτυρες]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Saint John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople (595)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/525/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νηστευτὴς]. 2 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102462 St John the Faster the Patriarch of Constantinople]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  • Saint Kosmas the Hermit and Confessor, of Crete (658){{in lang|el}} [http://www.saint.gr/09/02/index.aspx 02/09/{{CURRENTYEAR}}]. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.[http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2015/09/saint-kosmas-hermit-and-confessor.html Saint Kosmas the Hermit and Confessor]. MYSTAGOGY. September 2, 2015.

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Antoninus of Pamiers, an early martyr at Pamiers in France.[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdsep.htm September 2]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.{{#tag:ref|"At Pamiers, in France, St. Antoninus, martyr, whose relics are kept with great veneration in the church of Palencia."|group=note}}
  • Saint Maxima, a Roman slave who was scourged to death in Rome, condemned to death together with St Ansanus (304){{#tag:ref|"At Rome, the holy martyr Maxima, who confessed Christ with St. Ansanus in the persecution of Diocletian, and yielded up her soul whilst she was beaten with rods."|group=note}}
  • Saint Justus of Lyon, Bishop of Lyon (390){{#tag:ref|A deacon in Vienne who became Bishop of Lyons in France in 350. In 381 he attended the Council of Aquileia and then went to Egypt and lived as a hermit.|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|"At Lyons, in France, St. Justus, bishop and confessor, who was endowed with extraordinary sanctity, and a prophetic spirit. He resigned his bishopric, and retired into a desert of Egypt, with his lector Viator. When he had for some years led an almost angelical life, and the end of his meritorious labors had come, he went to our Lord to receive the crown of justice, on the 14th day of October. His holy body, together with the relics of his blessed lector Viator, was afterwards taken to Lyons on this day."|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|fr}} Just de Lyon. Wikipédia. (French Wikipedia).|group=note}}
  • Saint Valentine, fourth Bishop of Strasbourg in France (4th century)
  • Saint Castor of Apt, Bishop of Apt (c. 420){{#tag:ref|Born in Nîmes in France, he married and settled in Marseilles. After a short time they separated by mutual consent and both entered monasteries. Castor founded the monastery of Manauque, and shortly afterwards became Bishop of Apt.|group=note}}
  • Saint Elpidius, Bishop of Lyon, Confessor (422){{#tag:ref|The successor of St Antiochus as Bishop of Lyons in France. His relics were enshrined in the church of St Justus.|group=note}}
  • Saint Nonnosus, a monk at the monastery of Mt Soracte in Italy; his wonderful deeds were recorded by St Gregory the Great (c. 575){{#tag:ref|"On Mount Soractes, the abbot St. Nonnosus, who, by his prayers removed a rock of huge dimensions, and was renowned for other miracles."|group=note}}
  • Saint Hieu, Abbess of Tadcaster, England (c. 657){{#tag:ref| She became a nun and then Abbess of Tadcaster in Yorkshire in England.|group=note}}
  • Saint Agricola of Avignon (Agricolus), Bishop of Avignon (c. 700){{#tag:ref|Son of St Magnus, Bishop of Avignon. At the age of sixteen he became a monk at Lérins where he stayed for sixteen years. His father called him to Avignon and in 660 he became bishop there and is considered to be the patron-saint of the town.|group=note}}
  • Saint Lolanus, a bishop in Scotland (c. 1034)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Saints Anthony (1073)[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102463 Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves]. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Theodosius (1074),[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102464 Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves]. OCA - Lives of the Saints. founders of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and monasticism in Rus'.

=New martyrs and confessors=

  • New Hieromartyr Barsanuphius (Lebedev), Bishop of Kyrillov (1918)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. 65.{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/154333.html ВАРСОНОФИЙ]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|ru}} Варсонофий (Лебедев, Василий Павлович). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
  • New Hieromartyr John Ivanov, Priest (1918){{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/469103.html ИОАНН]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • New Martyr Seraphima (Sulimova), Abbess of the Therapontov Convent (1918)
  • New Martyrs Anatoly Barashkov,{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/114978.html АНАТОЛИЙ]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Nicholas Burlakov, Michael Trubnikov, and Philip Marishev, at the St. Cyril of White Lake Monastery (1918)
  • New Hieromartyr Damascene (Tsedrik), Bishop of Starodub (1937){{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/168696.html ДАМАСКИН]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|ru}} Дамаскин (Цедрик). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
  • New Hieromartyrs Ephemius Goryachev,{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/187667.html ЕВФИМИЙ]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). John Melnichenko,{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/469133.html ИОАНН]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). John Smolichev,{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/469215.html ИОАНН]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Vladimir Morinsky,{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/158986.html ВЛАДИМИР]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|ru}} Моринский, Владимир Александрович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}} Victor Basov,{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/158486.html ВИКТОР]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Basil Zelensky, Theodotus Shatokhin, Peter Novoselsky, Stephen Yaroshevich, Priests (1937)
  • New Hieromartyr Herman (Ryashentsev), Bishop of Vyaznikov (1937){{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/164721.html ГЕРМАН]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|ru}} Герман (Ряшенцев). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
  • New Hieromartyr Stephen Ermolin, Priest (1937)
  • Martyr Paul Elkyn (1937)
  • Virgin-martyr Xenia (1937)

Other commemorations

Notes

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References

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Sources

  • [http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0902.html September 2/September 15]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • [http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=15&month=9 September 15 / September 2]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  • [http://oca.org/saints/lives/{{CURRENTYEAR}}/09/02 September 2]. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • 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. 65.
  • [http://www.orthodox.cn/saints/menologia/9-2_en.htm The Second Day of the Month of September]. Orthodoxy in China.
  • [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdsep.htm September 2]. 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. 267–279.
  • Rev. Richard Stanton. [https://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich 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. p. 434.

; Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/m/9/d/2/sxsaintlist.aspx 2 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ]. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • {{in lang|el}} Συναξαριστής. [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=9&id=2 2 Σεπτεμβρίου]. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  • {{in lang|el}} [http://www.saint.gr/09/02/index.aspx 02/09/{{CURRENTYEAR}}]. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

; Russian Sources

  • {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}/09/15.html 15 сентября (2 сентября)]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • {{in lang|ru}} [http://calendar.rop.ru/?idd=259 2 сентября по старому стилю / 15 сентября по новому стилю]. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на {{CURRENTYEAR}} год.

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