17 September
34 commemorations of 17 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 30 September of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Crossocafs.oca.org
Saints
- Hieromartyrs Heraclides and Myron, Bishops of Tamassos in Cyprus (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἡρακλείδης καὶ Μύρων Ἐπίσκοποι Ταμάσου τῆς Κύπρουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda), and Love (Lyubov), at Rome (c. 137)Οἱ Ἁγίες Σοφία, Πίστη, Ἐλπίδα καὶ Ἀγάπηsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Agathocleia (230)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀγαθόκλειαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Theodota of Cappadocia, at Nicaea (230)Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδότη ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Lucy and her son Geminian of Rome (303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Λουκία καὶ Γεμινιανὸςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- 156 Martyrs of Palestine (310)
- Peleus and Nilus, Bishops of Egypt
- Zeno, Priest
- Patermuthius and Elias, noblemen, by fire
- Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus and Asclepiodotus, of Marcianopolis in ThraceΟἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος, Θεόδοτος καὶ Ἀσκληπιοδότη οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saints Charalampus and Pantelon, and companionsΟἱ Ἅγιοι Χαράλαμπος καὶ Παντολέων καὶ ἡ συνοδεία τουςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Auxibius, Bishop of Soloi in Cyprus (c. 102)Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξίβιος Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Euxiphius of Cyprus, monk (12th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐξίφιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Anastasius of Perioteron, in Cyprus, Wonderworker (12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν Κύπρῳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Joachim I, Patriarch of Alexandria (1567)saint.gr · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Innocent, Archimandrite, of Glinsk Hermitage (1888)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Dionisie Erhan of Ismail and Cetatea Alba (1934-1943), in the Metropolis of Bessarabiaorthochristian.com · basilica.ro · theorthodoxworld.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs of the St. Nicholas Koryazha Monastery, Arkhangelsk (1918)
- Paul (Moiseyev) and Theodosius (Sobolev), Archimandrites
- Nicodemus (Shchapkov) and Seraphim (Kulakov), Hieromonks
- Virgin-martyr Irene Frolov (1931)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs of the Katyn massacre (1940)
- Saint Szymon Fedorońko, Archpriest, Colonel, chief chaplain for the Orthodox in the Polish army
- Saint Wiktor Romanowski, Archpriest, Lieutenant Colonel, a military chaplain
- Saint Włodzimierz Ochab, Archpriest, Major, a military and prison chaplain
- Martyr John Korotkov (1941)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Alexandra Hvorostyannikova (1943)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 Flocellus, a youth martyred in Autun in France under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Justin the Confessor, a priest in Rome who devoted himself to burying the bodies of martyrs and was eventually martyred himself (259)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Narcissus and Crescendo, early martyrs in Rome (c. 260)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Socrates and Stephen, by tradition early martyrs venerated in Britain, now EnglandRoman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Theodora, a noble lady of Rome devoted to the service of the martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian (c. 305)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Satyrus of Milan, elder brother of St Ambrose of Milan in Italy (376)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rodingus (Rouin), a monk and priest from Ireland who preached in Germany and entered the monastery of Tholey near Trier (c. 690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Lambert of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht (704)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Columba, a nun at Tábanos, martyred in Cordoba in Spain for rejecting Islam (853)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Unni (Uni, Unno, Huno), a monk at New Corvey in Germany, who became Bishop of Bremen-Hamburg in 917 (936)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.
- Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople ("Tsaregrad") (1071)calendar.rop.ru · ocafs.oca.org
- Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev ("Directress") (1442)calendar.rop.ru · ocafs.oca.org
- Repose of Blessed Agapitus (1825), disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonskpravoslavie.ru
- Repose of lay recluse Matthew of St. Petersburg (1904)pravoslavie.ru
The list is September 17 (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.