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27 September

30 commemorations of 27 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 10 October of the civil calendar.

Saints

  • Apostles Mark of Bibloupolis, Aristarchus, and Zenas the Lawyer, of the Seventy (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μᾶρκος, Ἀρίσταρχος καὶ Ζήνων οἱ Ἀπόστολοιoca.org · orthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Epicharis of Rome (c. 298)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐπίχαρις ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr GaianaἩ Ἁγία Γαϊανὴsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Hieromarytr Philemon the Bishop, and martyr FortunatusΟἱ Ἅγιοι Φουρτουνιανὸς καὶ Φιλήμων ὁ Ἐπίσκοποςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Holy 15 martyrs drowned at seaΟἱ Ἅγιοι 15 Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyrs Callistratus of Carthage and 49 martyrs with him (304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Καλλίστρατος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ 49 Μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Flavian I of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (404)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Ignatius, Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream in Asia Minor (963–975)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος τοῦ Βαθέος Ρύακοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Venerable Sabbatius, Wonderworker of Solovki (1435)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σαββάτιος ὁ ἐν Σολοβέτσκῃ (Ρῶσος)oca.org · synaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian, Metropolitan of Wallachia (1716)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Virgin-martyr Aquilina of Zagliveri, Thessalonica (1764)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀκυλίναsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Archippus, Schemamonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1896)pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Rachel, Schemanun of Borodino Convent (1928)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Demetrius Shishokin, Priest (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Herman (Kosolapov), Bishop of Volsk (1919)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieromartyr Michael Platonov, Priest (1919)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), Metropolitan of Krutitsy (1937)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hieromartyr Theodore Bogoyavlensky, Priest (1937)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 Caius of Milan (Gaius), by tradition the first Bishop of Milan in Italy (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Adheritus (Abderitus, Adhentus, Adery), a Greek by birth, he succeeded St Apollinaris as Bishop of Ravenna in Italy (2nd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Deodatus, a martyr in Sora in central Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Fidentius and Terence, martyrs venerated in Todi in central Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Florentinus and Hilary, two hermits martyred in France by barbariansorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Ceraunus (Ceran), Bishop of Paris in France (c. 614)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Martyr Sigeberht of East Anglia, King of the East Angles (635)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Barrog (Barrwg, Barnoch, Barry), a disciple of St Cadoc of Wales, hermit (7th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Hiltrude, a hermit near the monastery of Liessies in France (c. 790)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Adolphus and John, two brothers born in Seville in Spain of a Moorish father and a Christian mother, martyred in Cordoba under Abderrahman II (c. 850)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Marcellus, born in Ireland, he became a monk at St Gall in Switzerland (c. 869)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 vision and speechlessness of Zachariah

The list is September 27 (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.

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