26 September
21 commemorations of 26 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 9 October of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. John the Theologian (the Evangelist)
Saints
- Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel (c. 1307 BC)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεδεῶν ὁ Δίκαιοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (2nd century)Μετάστασις Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyrs Thekla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha, five nuns beheaded in Persia under Shapur II (4th century)Οἱ Ἁγίες Θέκλα, Μαριάμνη, Μάρθα, Μαρία καὶ Ἐνναθὰ οἱ Παρθενομάρτυρες καὶ Μονάστριεςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Kyra (Cyra)Ἡ Ἁγία Χήρα ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Ephraim, founder of Perekop Monastery, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Neagoe Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (1521)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Platonida (Milica Despina of Wallachia, Lady Despina Milița), wife of Voivode St. Neagoe Basarab (1554)orthochristian.com
- Venerable John the Cave-Dweller, ascetic of Sia, Cyprus, WonderworkerὉ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Σπηλαιώτης ὁ εἰς τὰς ὄχθας τοῦ χειμάῤῥου Μερσίνη τῆς Σιᾶς ἀσκήσαςsynaxarion.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com · saint.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Athanasius Dokukin, Alexander Levitsky, and Demetrius Rozanov, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs John Zolotov, and Nicholas Gusev (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Viatsky, Priest (1939)pravenc.ru · 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 Senator, a saint honoured in Albano in Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Eusebius of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna, Confessor (c. 400)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vigilius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy in Italy (c. 506)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Meugan (Mawghan, Morgan), a disciple of St Illtyd who lived as a hermit and reposed on the Isle of Bardsey in Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amantius, a priest in Città di Castello near Perugia in Italy, who was personally known to St Gregory the Great who revered him (c. 600)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Colmán Elo, a nephew of St Columba, he founded monasteries in Lynally (Land-Elo, Lin-Alli) and in Muckamore, Ireland (c. 610)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Nilus the Younger, of Rossano, Calabria, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata (Crypta-Ferrata) (1004)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Translation (1964) of the Honorable Skull of the Apostle Andrew the First-called to PatrasἈνακομιδὴ Τιμίας Κάρας τοῦ Πρωτοκλήτου Ἀποστόλου Ἀνδρέουsynaxarion.gr · i-m-patron.gr · saint.gr
- Glorification (1989) of New Hiero-confessor Tikhon (Bellavin), Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1925)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia (1989)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is September 26 (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.