4 September
43 commemorations of 4 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 September of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses, on Mount Nebo (c. 1450 B.C.)Ὁ Προφήτης Μωϋσῆςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Thathuil and Bebaia of Edessa (c. 116)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θαθουὴλ καὶ Βεβαίαsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Sarbellus (Sarvillos, Zarvilos), by stoningὉ Ἅγιος Σαρβῆλος (ἢ Ζάρβηλος) ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Hermione of Ephesus, daughter of Apostle Philip the Deacon (c. 117)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἑρμιόνηsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Theotimos and Theodoulos the Executioners, who believed in Christ through St. Hermione, died peacefully (c. 117)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεότιμος (ἢ Τιμόθεος) καὶ Θεόδουλοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Petronius, likely the disciple of St. John the Theologian, who met St. Hermione in Ephesus (2nd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πετρώνιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Christodoula and her sons Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonios (251)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Babylas of Antioch, Bishop of Antioch, and three students, Ammonius, Donatos and Faustus (c. 251 or c. 284)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαβύλας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- The 3608 (or 3628) Martyrs of Nicomedia (c. 290)Οἱ Ἅγιοι 3.608 (κατ' ἄλλους 3.628) Μάρτυρες ποὺ μαρτύρησαν στὴ Νικομήδειαsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Babylas of Nicomedia, and with him 84 children (3rd-4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαβύλας ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ διδάσκαλος στὴ καὶ οἱ 84 Μαθητές του οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Theodore, Ammianus, Julian, Oceanus, Centurionus, of Nicomedia (288)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κεντυρίων, Θεόδωρος, Ἀμμιανός, Ἰουλιανὸς καὶ Ὠκεανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Kegourus, Secundinus, Secundus and their mother Jerusalem, in VeriaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Κέγουρος, Σεκενδίνος, Σέκενδος καὶ ἡ μητέρα τους Ἱεροσαλήμ οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Βεροίᾳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Charitina of Amisus (c. 304)Ἡ Ἁγία Χαριτίνη ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Petronius of Egypt, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great (346)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Symeon, Abbot and Wonderworker of Gareji (1773)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Anthimus the Blind, the New Ascetic, of Cephalonia, patron saint of Astypalaia (1782)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἄνθιμος ὁ νέος ἀσκητὴςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Parthenius, abbot, of Kiziltash Monastery in the Crimea (1867)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Gregory (Lebedev), Bishop of Schlüsselburg (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Sergius (Druzhinin), Bishop of Narva (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Stephen (Kuskov), Hieromonk, of Nikolskoye, Tver (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Paul Vasilievsky, John Vasilevsky, Nicholas Lebedev, Nicholas Sretensky, John Romashkin, Nicholas Voshtev, Alexander Nikolsky, Peter... (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Basil Yezhov, Peter Lonskov, Stephen Mityushkin and Alexander Blokhin (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Peter (Zimonjić), Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosnia (1941)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-Martyr Elena Chernova (1942)calendar.rop.ru · 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.
- Saint Candida the Elder (c. 78)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Marcellus, a priest in Lyons, buried up to his waist on the banks of the Saône, where he survived for three days before he died (c. 178)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Marinus, hermit, founder of a chapel and monastery, from where the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, grew (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Trier in Germanyorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Salvinus, third Bishop of Verdun in the north of France (c. 420)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Boniface I, a priest who was elected Pope of Rome in 418 (422)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Monessa, a holy woman converted by St Patrick in Ireland (456)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Caletricus, Bishop of Chartres (c. 580)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ultan of Ardbraccan, Bishop of Ardbraccan in Ireland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rhuddlad, patron of Llanrhyddlad at the foot of Moel Rhyddlad in Anglesey in Wales (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ida of Herzfeld (c. 813)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sulpicius of Bayeux (Sulpice), Bishop of Bayeux in France from c 838 to 843, martyred by the Vikings in Livryorthodoxengland.org.uk
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 Most Holy Theotokos "The Unburnt Bush" (1680)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics of St. Birinus (649), Bishop of Dorchester-on-Thames and Enlightener of Wessexholytrinityorthodox.com
- Translation of the relics (995) of St. Cuthbert (687), Bishop of Lindisfarneholytrinityorthodox.com
- Uncovering of the relics (1911) of St. Ioasaph, Bishop of Belgorod (1754)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (1967) of St. Theodore Hatzis, the New Martyr of Mytilene (1784)saint.gr
- Second uncovering of the relics (1989) of St. Metrophanes (Macarius in schema), Bishop of Voronezh (1703)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Voronezhpravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is September 4 (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.