5 September
22 commemorations of 5 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 September of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Forerunner (1st century)Ὁ Προφήτης Ζαχαρίαςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Sarbel and his sister Barbe (Thathuil, Thiphael; Bebaia, Thivea) of Edessa (98-138)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa (98-138)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org
- Virgin-martyr Rhais of Alexandria (Iraida, Raissa, Rose) (c. 308)Ἡ Ἁγία Ραΐς(ἢ Ἠραίς)synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus, soldiers, at Antioch (361-363)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and 77 Priests and Deacons, at Nicomedia, under Valens (370)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μέδιμνος, Οὐρβανός, Θεόδωρος καὶ 80 Ἱερεῖς καὶ Διάκονοιsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Abdas (Abdias, Obadiah), Bishop of Hormidz-Ardashir, Persia, and Martyrs Hormizd and Sunin (c. 420)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβδαῖος ὁ Ἐπίσκοποςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Martyrdom of the Holy passion-bearer Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism David (1015)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrdom of Venerable Athanasius of Brest, Abbot, of Brest, by the Latins (1648)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἡγούμενος τῆς Μονῆς Μπρέστ, (Ρῶσος † 1648)synaxarion.gr · saint.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexis (Belkovsky), Archbishop of Great Ustiug (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Euthymius Kochev (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyrs of the Czech-Slovak Church (1942)
- New Hieromartyrs Vladimír Petřek (cs) and Václav Čikl (cs), priests
- New Martyrs Ján Sonnevend (cs), Václav Ornest (cs), and Karel Louda, and their families
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 Herculanus, a martyr in Porto near Rome, probably under Marcus Aurelius (c. 180)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saints Quintius, Arcontius and Donatus, martyrs venerated in Capua and elsewhere in the south of ItalyRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Obdulia, a holy virgin venerated in Toledo in SpainRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Genebald of Laon, Bishop of Laon in France and a relative of St Remigius (c. 555)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Victorinus, Bishop of Como in Italy and an ardent opponent of Arianism (644)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bertin, Abbot of Sithin (afterwards called Abbey of Saint Bertin) (c. 709)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Appearance of Apostle Peter to Emperor Justinian at Athyra (Thrace), near Constantinople (6th century)Ἐγκαίνια Νοαῦ Ἁγίου Πέτρου ἐν τῷ Ἀθηρᾷsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Orsha icon of the Theotokos (1631)pravenc.ru · drevo-info.ru · calendar.rop.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (2001) of Archimandrite Alexander Urodov (1961)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · newmartyros.ru
- Repose of Priest Hilarion Felea of Romania (1961)pravoslavie.ru
The list is September 5 (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.