We provide here the Menaion for the month of September in English. These contain the principal commemorations of each day of the month, as kept in the Russian Orthodox Church (with some additions from other regions). For certain days, secondary commemorations are also provided.
Please click below to access a PDF file containing the Menaion texts for the indicated day.
September
- 1st September
- Indiction, Symeon the Stylite and his mother, Synaxis of the Theotokos in Miasena, Holy Forty Martyred Women and their Teacher, Martyr Callissta and her brethren, Jesus (Joshua) the son of Nun
- 2nd September
- Martyr Mamas, John the Faster of Constantinople
- 3rd September (First Commemoration)
- Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Venerable Theoctistus
- Secondary Commemoration – Passion-bearer St Edward King of England
- 4th September (First Commemoration)
- Hieromartyr Babylas, Prophet Moses the God-seer
- Secondary Commemoration – Hierarch Joasaph
- 5th September
- Prophet Zacharias and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist
- 6th September
- Miracle of Archangel Michael at Colossae, Martyr Eudoxius
- 7th September
- Forefeast of Nativity of the Theotokos, Martyr Sozon
- 8th September (First Commemoration)
- Nativity of the Theotokos
- Secondary Commemoration – Finding of the Kursk-Root Icon
- 9th September
- Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, Martyr Severian
- 10th September
- Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora
- 11th September
- Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Mother Theodora of Alexandria, Hieromartyr Autonomus
- 12th September (missing)
- 13th September
- Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Forefeast of the Elevation of the Cross, Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion
- 14th September
- Exaltation of the Precious and Life-creating Cross
- 15th September
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Greatmartyr Nicetas
- 16th September
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Euphemia the All-Praised
- 17th September
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Holy Martyrs Sophia and her daughters: Faith, Hope and Love
- 18th September
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Eumenius of Gortyna
- 19th September (First Commemoration)
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius and Dorymedon
- Secondary Commemoration – Passion-bearer Prince Igor of Chernigov
- 20th September
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Greatmartyr Eustathius
- 21st September
- Leavetaking of the Exaltation of the Cross, Demetrius of Rostov
- 22nd September (First Commemoration)
- Phocas of Sinope, Apostle Codratus
- Secondary Commemoration – 1st Saturday after the Apodosis of the Cross: the Venerable Fathers of the Near Caves in Kiev
- Tertiary Commemoration – Martyrs of Zographou
- 23rd September
- Conception of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John
- 24th September
- Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla
- 25th September (First Commemoration)
- Sergius of Radonezh
- Secondary Commemoration – Mother Euphrosyne
- 26th September – Repose of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
- 27th September
- Martyr Kallistratus and companions
- 28th September (First Commemoration)
- Chariton the Confessor
- Secondary Commemoration – Passion-bearer Prince Wenceslaus of Bohemia
- 29th September
- Kyriakos the Anchorite
- 30th September (First Commemoration)
- Hieromartyr George of Armenia
- Secondary Commemoration – Michael, First Metropolitan of Kiev
