3 September
47 commemorations of 3 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 16 September of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Phoebe, Deaconess of Cenchreae near Corinth (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Φοίβη ἡ διακόνισσαorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Aristion of Alexandria (Kelladion), Bishop of Alexandria Scabiosa (modern Iskenderun) (c. 167)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀριστίων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop of Nicomedia (302)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἄνθιμος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Νικομήδειαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Theophilus the Deacon, and martyrs Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter, Indes, Gorgonius, Zeno, Virgin Domna, and Euthymius (302)antiochian.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia (309)Ἡ Ἁγία Βασίλισσαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Zenon, immersed in a cauldron of boiling leadὉ Ἅγιος Ζήνων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Chariton, thrown into a pit of boiling limeὉ Ἅγιος Χαρίτων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr ArchontiusὉ Ἅγιος Ἀρχοντίων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Theoctistus of Palestine, fellow ascetic with Venerable Euthymius the Great (451)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόκτιστος συνασκητὴς τοῦ Μεγάλου Εὐθυμίουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Constantine the New (Heraclius Constantine), Emperor of Byzantium, in the Church of the Holy Apostles (641)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Βασιλιὰς, ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν τοῖς Ἁγίοις Ἀποστόλοιςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Trivelius Theoktist (Khan Tervel of Bulgaria), who played an important role in defeating the Arabs during the Siege of Constantinople in 717–718 (721)bg-patriarshia.bg
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Ioannicius II, First Serbian Patriarch, Wonderworker (1354)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed John "the Hairy", Fool-for-Christ of Rostov (1580)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Ρώστωφsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Polydorus of Leucosia, Cyprus, at New Ephesus (1794)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύδωρος ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Saints Neophytes and Meletios of Stânișoara Monastery
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Pimen (Belolikov), Bishop of Vernensk and Semirechensk (1918)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Meletius (Golokolosv), Hieromonk of the Issyk-Kul Holy Trinity Monastery, Kyrgyzstan (1918)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Sergius Fenomenov, Basil Kolmikov, Philip Shatsky, and Vladimir Dmitrievsky, Priests (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Basil Krasivsky and Parthenius Krasivsky, Priests (1919)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Andrew Dalnikov and Theophan Sokolov, Priests (1920)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Vladimir Sadovsky and Michael Sushkov, Priests (1921)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Sushchevsky, Priest (1923)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Euthymius Krygovich, Priest, and 4 martyrs with him (1924)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Romanus Marchenko, Priest (1929)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Alexis Zinoviev, Priest (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Elias Bazhanov, Priest (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Peter Sorokin, Deacon of Alma-Ata (1953)holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Saints Euphemia, Dorothy, Thecla and Erasma, a group of virgin-martyrs in Aquileia in Italy, venerated in Venice and Ravenna (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mansuetus (Mansuy), Bishop of Toul in France, Confessor (c. 350)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Sens in France (c. 455)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Macanisius (Mac Nisse of Connor), the founder and first bishop-abbot of Connor (514)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Auxanus (Sant'Ansano), Bishop of Milan (568)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maurilius, Bishop of Cahors in France (580)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Natalis, a priest in Casale in Piedmont (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Remaclus, Bishop of Maastricht (c. 663)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Frugentius, a monk at Fleury Abbey, martyred with St Aigulphus, Abbot of Lérins in France (675)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aigulphus of Provence (Ayou, Ayoul), Abbot of Lérins (c. 676)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hereswith, a princess from Northumbria in England, and sister of St Hilda, she ended her life as a nun at Chelles Abbey in France (c. 690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Regulus (Reol), a monk at Rebais in France with St Philibert, later Archbishop of Rheims and founder of the monastery of Orbais (698)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hildebold, first Archbishop of Cologne (818)palomnik.org
- Saint Sandalus (Sandila, Sandolus, Sandulf), a martyr in Cordoba in Spain under the Moors (c. 855)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Edward the Martyr, Martyr and King of England (978)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Icon of the Theotokos of Pisidian Sozopolis (608)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org
- Repose of Priest Peter of Uglich, Fool-for-Christ (1866)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Οὔγγλις, Ἱερεὺς (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · saint.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1953) of St. Nektarios (Kephalas) of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker (1920)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νεκταρίου Πενταπόλεως τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Translation of the relics of Venerable Anthimos (Vagianos) of Chios (1960)saint.gr
The list is September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.