September 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
Sep. 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 22
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 4 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For September 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 8.
Feasts
- Apodosis of the Exaltation of the Cross.[1] [2] [3]
Saints
- Prophet Jonah (8th century BC)[2] [4] [5] (see also: September 22 )
- Apostle Quadratus of the Seventy, Apologist (c. 130)[1] [2] [6] [7]
- Martyr Eusebius of Phoenicia (2nd century)[1] [2] [8]
- Holy Six Martyrs, by the sword (298)[5] [9]
- Martyr Priscus of Phrygia.[1] [2] [10]
- Martyrs Eusebius, Nestabus, Zeno, brothers, with Nestor and Busiris, of Gaza (360-363)[1] [2] [11]
- Martyr Bassa of Tyre.[2] [5] [12]
- Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Ephesus, and his Presbyter Andrew (730)[1] [13] [14] (see also: September 20)
- Venerable Jonah the Sabbaite, the Presbiter (9th century), father of Sts. Theophanes the Hymnographer and Theodore Graptus[1] [2] [13] [15] [16] (see also: September 22 )
- Venerables Isaacius (Akakios)[17] and Meletius, Bishops of Sitis (Σίτης) in Cyprus.[1] [2] [13]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Alexander, a bishop in the neighbourhood of Rome (2nd century)[18]
- Saint Pamphilus, a martyr in Rome.[18]
- Saint Mabyn (Mabena), a Cornish saint (6th century)[18]
- Saint Gerulfus (Gerulph), a saint of Flanders (c. 746)[18]
- Saint Maura, a holy virgin in Troyes, she reposed at the age of twenty-three after a life of prayer and good works (850)[18]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Daniel, founder of Shuzhgorsk Monastery, Belozersk (16th century)[1] [13] [19]
- Saint Joseph, founder of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda (1612)[1] [13] [20]
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander Fedoseyev,[21] Alexis Stabnikov,[22] Constantine Shirokinsky, and John Flerov,[23] Priests (1918)[13] [24]
- New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Platon (Aivazidis), Protosyncellus of Metropolitan Germanos Karavangelis of Amasya (1921)[25]
- New Hieromartyr Theophan (Tuliakov), Metropolitan of Lipetsk and Belorussia (1937)[1] [13]
- New Hieromartyr Maurice (Poletaev), Archimandrite, of Yuriev-Polsky, and with him Martyr Basil Kondratiev[26] (1937)[1] [13] [24]
- New Hieromartyrs Valentine Nikolsky,[27] Alexander Belyakov,[28] John Lazarev,[29] Andrew Benedictov,[30] Peter Sakharovsky, and John Nikolsky,[31] Priests (1937)[13] [24]
- New Hieromartyr John Bystrov, Priest (1938)[13] [24] [32]
- New Hieromartyr Basil Krymkin, Priest (1942)[13] [24] [33]
Other commemorations
Sources
Greek Sources
Russian Sources
Notes and References
- http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20180921.html September 21/October 4
- Συναξαριστής. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- Leavetaking of the Elevation of the Cross. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Προφήτης Ἰωνὰς. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- 21/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοδρᾶτος ὁ Ἀπόστολος ὁ ἐν Μαγνησίᾳ. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Apostle Quadratus of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐσέβιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 6 Μάρτυρες. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πρίσκος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐσέβιος, Νέσταβος, Ζήνων, Νέστωρ καὶ Βούσιρις οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Βάσσα. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2016&today=4&month=10&trp=0&tzo=-4 October 4 / September 21
- Hieromartyr Hypatius the Bishop of Ephesus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνὰς ὁ Σαβαΐτης. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2534/5650/files/9_LC_2020_Sep_pdf.pdf?v=1596465376 "GC: St. Jonah the Presbyter (the Sabbaite), father of St. Theophanes Graptus the Hymnographer and St. Theodore GraptusSeptember" (2020 Liturgical Calendar, p. 22 "21/4" // The Saint John of Kronstadt Press & Bookservice
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσαάκιος (ἢ Ἀκάκιος) Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρου. 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdsep.htm September 21
- Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- АЛЕКСАНДР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия).
- АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия).
- ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия).
- 21 сентября по старому стилю / 4 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
- Άγιος Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
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- АЛЕКСАНДР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия).
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- ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия).
- ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия).
- ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия).
- Uncovering of the relics of St Demetrius (Dmitri) the Metropolitan of Rostov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος Μητροπολίτης Ροστοβίας (Ρῶσος). 21 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Holy Synod of Bishops Reviews Plans for Centennial of St. Tikhon Monastery, Establishes Canonization Commission. OCA News. October 23, 2004.