September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 6 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. ^{[note 1]}

For September 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 10 .

Feasts

• The Conception of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John . ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Saints

• Saints Xanthippe and Polyxena, of Spain, disciples of the Apostles (109) ^{[1] [7] [2] [8] [9] [note 2]}
• Virgin-martyr Irais (Rhais, Raissa) of Alexandria (308) ^{[1] [2] [10] [11]}
• Martyrs Andrew ^[12] and John, and his sons Peter and Antoninus, of Syracuse, martyred in Africa (9th century) ^{[1] [2] [13] [14] [note 3]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Linus, the first Pope of Rome (c. 79) ^{[15] [note 4] [note 5]} (In the East: January 4 and November 5 )
• Saint Paternus ( Pair ), Bishop of Avranches (c. 563) ^{[15] [note 6] [note 7]}
• Saint Constantius, sacristan of the ancient church of St Stephen in Ancona in Italy (6th century) ^{[15] [note 8]}
• Saint Adomnán, Abbot of Iona, biographer of Saint Columba (704) ^{[1] [15] [3] [16]}
• Saint Cissa of Crowland, a disciple of St Guthlac at Crowland in England (early 8th century) ^[15]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• New Martyr Nicholas the Grocer ("O Pantopolis"), at Constantinople (1672) ^{[1] [2] [3] [17] [note 9]}
• New Martyr John of Konitsa, Epirus, by beheading (1814) ^{[1] [2] [3] [18]}
• New Hieromartyr Gregory (Kalamaras), Metropolitan of Argos and Nauplion, Ethnomartyr (1821) ^{[19] [20]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr John Pankratovich, Priest (1937) ^{[3] [4] [21]}
• New Hieromartyr Arsenius, Archimandrite (1937) ^{[3] [22]}

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka (Solvenskaya) (1635) ^{[3] [4] [22] [23]}
• Repose of Abbess Eupraxia of Old Ladoga Convent (1823) ^[1]
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk Jerome of Solovki (1847) ^[1]
• Glorification (1977) of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia (1879) ^{[1] [3] [4]}
• Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon of the Theotokos "Hawaiian" (2007) ^{[3] [24] [note 10]}

Icon gallery

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  Icon of the Conception of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John.
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  Annunciation to Zachariah.
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  Saints Xanthippe and Polyxena, of Spain.
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  St. Xanthippe of Spain.
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  Virgin-martyr Irais (Rhais, Raissa) of Alexandria.
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  St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Name days celebrated today include:
   • Xanthippi, Xanthipos (Ξανθίππη);
   • Polyxena, Polyxene, Polyxeni, Xene, Xeni (Πολυξένη).
3. These saints were deported from Syracuse to North Africa by the Saracens, at that time masters of Sicily. There they were subjected to savage tortures and put to death. ^[15]
4. A disciple of the Apostle Paul, he was one of the Seventy and is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4,21. He was Pope for twelve years (67-79) and is venerated as a martyr.
5. "AT Rome, St. Linus, pope and martyr, who governed the Roman church next after the blessed apostle Peter. He was crowned with martyrdom, and buried on the Vatican hill beside the same apostle." ^[9]
6. Born in Poitiers in France, he became a monk at Ansion and later a hermit near Coutances. Eventually he became Bishop of Avranches.
7. "In the diocese of Coutances, St. Paternus, bishop and martyr." ^[9]
8. "At Ancona, St. Constantius, sacristan of the Church, renowned for the gift of miracles." ^[9]
9. Certain Synaxaria list his feast day on December 23 as well.
10. The Miracle-working Hawaiian Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon of the Theotokos appeared inexplicably giving myrrh in the home of a pious Orthodox Christian couple on Sep. 23 / Oct 6, 2007, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Since its manifestation, it has been recognized by the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia as miraculous and genuine. This icon is well known to have cured many pious individuals of cancer, blindness, kidney and liver diseases, chronic pain, and demonic possession. It currently resides at the Russian Orthodox Church in Honolulu, but frequently travels throughout the world bringing forth healings and cures to all who have shown faith and love to Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most holy Mother.

References

1. September 23/October 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
3. October 6 / September 23. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
4. (in Russian) 23 сентября по старому стилю / 6 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύλληψις τοῦ Τιμίου Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννη. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Conception of the Honorable Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ὁσίες Ξανθίππη καὶ Πολυξένη. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. St Xanthippe Disciple of the Apostles, who died in Spain. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 294.
10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ραΐς ἡ παρθένος. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Virginmartyr Irais (Rhais) of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνδρέας ὁ Μάρτυρας. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης μὲ τὰ δυὸ παιδιὰ του Πέτρο καὶ Ἀντώνιο (ἢ Ἀντωνίνο). 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Martyr Andrew of Syracuse, martyred in Africa. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
15. September 23. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Adamnan (Σκωτσέζος). 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ παντοπώλης ἐκ Καρπενησιου. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ἐκ Μουσουλμάνων. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Ἐθνοϊερομάρτυρας, Μητροπολίτης Ἄργους. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. (in Greek) Άγιος Γρηγόριος Μητροπολίτης Άργους. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής
21. (in Russian) ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
22. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 71.
23. Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. Hawaii's Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon. Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church.

Sources

• September 23/October 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• October 6 / September 23. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• September 23. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 71.
• The Twenty-Third Day of the Month of September. Orthodoxy in China.
• September 23. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 294.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 455–456.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 23 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (in Greek) 23/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 6 октября (23 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 23 сентября по старому стилю / 6 октября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.