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Saturday, 5 September 2026
🔹 Holy Prophet Zacharias and Righteous Elizabeth (1st c.), parents of St. John the Forerunner; Martyrs Thiphael and his sister, Thivea (98–138); Virgin-Martyr Rhais of Alexandria (308); Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus, and 77 companions at Nicomedia (370); Martyr Abdas (ca. 424); Martyrdom of the Holy Passion-Bearer Hlib of Rus, in holy baptism David (1051); Martyrdom of St. Athanasius, abbot of Brest (1648)
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Sunday, 6 September 2026
🔹 Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae (4th c.); Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno, Macarius, and their companions (311); Martyrs Romulus and others (2nd c.); Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna (3rd–4th c.); Venerable Archippus of Hierapolis (4th c.); Venerable David (6th c.); Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich (1914)
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Monday, 7 September 2026
☦️ Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
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Monday, 7 September 2026
🔹 Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (304); Apostles Evodus and Onesiphorus of the Seventy (66–67); Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (2nd c.); Martyrdom of St. Macarius, archimandrite of Ovruch, Pereiaslav (1678)
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Tuesday, 8 September 2026
☦️ Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos
The Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos commemorates the birth of the Virgin Mary to the righteous Joachim and Anna, who had been childless into old age, marking the beginning of the story of our salvation. -
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
🔹 Martyrs Rufus and Rufianus; Martyrs Severus and Artemidorus; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev
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Wednesday, 9 September 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
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Wednesday, 9 September 2026
🍇 Traditional Wednesday Fast
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Wednesday, 9 September 2026
🔹 Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna; Martyr Severian of Sebaste (320); St. Theophanes the Confessor and Faster of Mt. Diabenos (299); Martyrs Chariton and Straton; Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council (431); Uncovering of the Relics of St. Theodosius, archbishop of Chernihiv (1696)
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Thursday, 10 September 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
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Thursday, 10 September 2026
🔹 Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora (305); Synaxis of the Holy Apostles Apelles, Lucius, and Clement of the Seventy; Martyr Barypsabas in Dalmatia (2nd c.); Blessed Pulcheria, empress of Greece (453); Sts. Peter and Paul, bishops of Nicaea (826, 9th c.); Venerable Paul the Obedient of the Kyiv Caves (14th c.)
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Friday, 11 September 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
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Friday, 11 September 2026
🍇 Traditional Friday Fast
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Friday, 11 September 2026
🔹 Venerable Theodora of Alexandria (490); Martyrs Demetrius, his wife Euanthia, and their son Demetriant (1st c.); Martyrs Diodorus, Didymus, and Diomedes of Laodicea (4th c.); Venerable Euphrosynus (9th c.); St. Deiniol, bishop of Bangor (584)
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Saturday, 12 September 2026
☦️ Leave-taking of the Nativity of the Theotokos
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Saturday, 12 September 2026
🔹 Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop in Italy (313); Hieromartyr Theodore, archbishop of Alexandria (606); St. Coronatus, bishop of Iconium (3rd c.); Martyr Julian of Galatia, and 40 martyrs with him (4th c.)
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Sunday, 13 September 2026
☦️ Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
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Sunday, 13 September 2026
🔹Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection at Jerusalem (355); Hieromartyr Cornelius the centurion (1st c.); Martyrs Cronides, Leontius, and Serapion of Alexandria (237); Martyrs Seleucus and Straton (3rd c.); Great-martyr Ketevan, queen of Georgia (1624)
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Monday, 14 September 2026
☦️ Feast of the Elevation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
The Feast of the Elevation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross commemorates the finding of the True Cross by St. Helen in Jerusalem in 326 and its elevation before the faithful by Patriarch Macarius. 🍇 A strict fast is kept, whatever the day of the week. -
Monday, 14 September 2026
🔹Repose of St. John Chrysostom (407); Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305); New Martyr Macarius of Thessalonica (1527)
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Tuesday, 15 September 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
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Tuesday, 15 September 2026
🔹Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth (372); Uncovering of the relics of St. Acacius the confessor, bishop of Melitene (257); Martyrs Theodotus, Asclepiodotus, and Maximus of Adrianopolis (305-311); Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (415)
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Wednesday, 16 September 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
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Wednesday, 16 September 2026
🍇 Traditional Wednesday Fast
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Wednesday, 16 September 2026
🔹Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304); St. Sebastiana (86); Martyr Melitina (2nd c.); Martyrs Victor and Sosthenes at Chalcedon (304); St. Dorotheus, hermit of Egypt (4th c.); Martyr Ludmilla (927), grandmother of St. Wenceslaus, prince of the Czechs; Repose of St. Cyprian, metropolitan of Kyiv (1406)
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Thursday, 17 September 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
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Thursday, 17 September 2026
🔹Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters: Faith, Hope, and Love, at Rome (137); Martyr Theodota at Nicaea (230) and Agathoklea; 156 Martyrs of Palestine, including bishops Peleus and Nilus, the presbyter Zeno and others (310)
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Friday, 18 September 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
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Friday, 18 September 2026
🍇 Traditional Friday Fast
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Friday, 18 September 2026
🔹Venerable Eumenes, bishop of Gortyna (7th c.); Martyr Ariadne (2nd c.); Martyrs Sophia and Irene (3rd c.); Martyr Castor