28 September
32 commemorations of 28 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 11 October of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Prophet Baruch (6th century BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Βαροὺχ ὁ Δίκαιοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Eustathios of Rome and Callinicus, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Καλλίνικος καὶ Εὐστάθιος ὁ Ρωμαῖος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot, of Palestine (350)Ὁ Ὅσιος Χαρίτων ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Alexander, Alphius and Zosimas, brothers, Mark the Shepherd, Nicon, Neon, Heliodorus, and 24 others, in Pisidia and Phrygia (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ 30 Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alkison, Bishop of Nicopolis (Preveza) in Epirus (561)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Wenceslas (Vyacheslav) I of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs (935)saint.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Auxentius the Alaman, ascetic and Wonderworker, leader of the "300 Allemagne Saints" of Cyprus (12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ Μοναχόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Cyril, Schemamonk, and Maria, Schemanun, parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh (c. 1337)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Chariton, Abbot of Syandema Monastery, Vologda (1509)oca.org · drevo-info.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Chariton, of Trinity Kudin Monastery (16th century)drevo-info.ru
- Venerable Herodion, founder of Iloezersk Monastery, Belozersk (1541)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Igumen Zosima (Kartsev) of Orenburg, an ascetic of piety of the 19th–20th centuries (1920)orthochristian.com
- Synaxis of the Holy Fathers of Kiev whose relics lie in the Near Caves of St. Anthonyoca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Anna Lykoshin, at Solovki Monastery (1925)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Gromov), Hieromonk, of Petushki, Vladimir (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyr Michaela (Ivanova), Schemanun, of Aksinyino, Moscow (1937)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyr Tatiana Chekmazovoy (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.
- Saint Paternus, Born in Bilbao in Spain, he was one of the earliest Bishops of Auch in France (2nd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Privatus, a citizen of Rome scourged to death under Alexander Severus (223)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Stacteus, in Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Martial, Laurence and Companions, A group of twenty-two martyrs in North Africaorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Exuperius (Exupère, Soupire), Bishop of Toulouse, Confessor (411)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eustochium, Abbess of a convent in Bethlehem, an early Desert Mother (419)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Silvinus, Bishop of Brescia in Italy (444)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Faustus of Riez, Bishop of Riez (495)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Machan, disciple of St. Cadocholytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Conwall (Conval), born in Ireland, he was a disciple of St Kentigern and preached in Scotland (c. 630)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Annemund (Chamond), Archbishop of Lyon in France, he was murdered in Châlon-sur-Saône by the tyrant Ebroin (657)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Willigod and Martin, monks at Moyenmoutier in France who founded the monastery of Romont (c. 690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tetta, Abbess of Wimborne in Dorset, who sent nuns from her 500-strong convent to St Boniface (c. 772)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lioba, Abbess of Tauberbischofsheim, English missionary to Germany (c. 781)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Uncovering of the relics of St. Neophytus the Recluse, of Cyprus (1214)Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Νεοφύτου τοῦ ἐν Κύπρῳ Ἐγκλείστουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
The list is September 28 (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.