9 September
31 commemorations of 9 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 22 September of the civil calendar.
In the map: Ss. Joachim and Anna, the Ancestors of God
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokosorthochristian.com · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna (parents of the Theotokos)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννα οἱ Θεοπάτορεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theophanes, Confessor and Faster, of Mount Diabenos (299)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Chariton, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Χαρίτων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org
- Martyr Severian of Sebaste (320)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεβηριανὸς ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Rufus, Bishop of Thessaloniki from 407 (434)saint.gr
- Saint Agathocles of Koroni, Bishop of Koroni and a father of the Third Ecumenical Council (5th century)saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Joseph, founder of Volokolamsk (Volotsk) Monastery, Wonderworker (1515)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν Βελόνῃ (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Joachim, founder of Opochka Monastery, Pskov (c. 1550)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Joachim, monk of the St. Nicholas-Shartomsk Monastery in Suzdal (1625)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cyriacus of Tazlau Monastery, Moldavia (1660)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Onuphrius of Vorona, Moldavia (1789)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Gregory Garyev, Priest and Alexander Ipatov, Deacon (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Zachariah (Lobov), Archbishop of Voronezh (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Sergius Uklonsky, Joseph Arkharov, Alexis Uspensky, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Dmitry Troitsky, Deacon (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru
- New Martyr Basil Shikalov (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Andronicus (Surikov), Hieromonk, of Moscow (1938)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Vinogradov, Priest (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.
- Martyrs Hyacinth, Alexander and Tiburtius, martyrs in the Sabine country in Italy, about thirty miles from Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Kieran of Clonmacnoise (Ciaran, Kyran), one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and first Abbot of Clonmacnoise (c. 545)Ὁ Ἅγιος Kiaran (Ἰρλανδός)synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Osmanna (Argariarga), a holy virgin who left Ireland for Brittany and became an anchoress in a hermitage near Saint-Brieuc (c. 650)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Omer (Audomarus), Bishop of Therouanne (670)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Bettelin (Beccel), Hermit of Crowland (8th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Wulfhilda of Barking, Abbess of Barking, Abbess of Horton, both in England (c. 1000)holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council (431)Μνήμη τῆς Γ’ Ἁγίας Οἰκουμενικῆς Συνόδουsynaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering and Translation of the Relics (1896) of St. Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov (1696)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Elders of the Glinsk Monastery
- Venerable Vasily (Kishkin)
- Venerable Philaret (Danilovsky)
- Venerable Theodoty (Levchenko)
- Venerable Makary (Sharov)
- Venerable Martiry (Kirichenko)
- Venerable Evfimy (Lyubimchenko)
- Venerable Dosithy (Kolchenkov)
- Venerable Iliadore (Golovantsky)
- Venerable Innokenty (Stepanov)
- Venerable Luke (Shvets)
- Venerable Archipy (Shestakov)
- Venerable Ioanniky (Gomolko)
- Venerable Seraphim (Amelin)
- Venerable Adronik (Lukash)
- Venerable Sraphim (Romantsov)
- Venerable Zinovy (Mazhugi), Metropolitan of Tetritsqaro (Seraphim in the schema)
- Repose of Elder Joachim of St. Anne’s Skete, Mount Athos (1950)pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the Relics (1992) of St. Gabriel of Białystokold.orthodox.bialystok.pl
The list is September 9 (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.