# September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 8
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 20 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For September 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 25.

## Feasts

* Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.

## Saints

* Apostles Evodius (Euodias) (66) and Onesiphorus (67), of the Seventy Apostles.
* Martyr Eupsychios of Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 130)
* Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome, and Companions (257)
* Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (304)
* Martyr Sozon of Cyprus (7th century)
* Venerable Kassiani the Hymnographer (Kassia), Byzantine Nun, confessor, hymnographer, patron saint of Kasos island (9th century)
* Venerable Peter the Cappadocian, second Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream, in Triglia, near Constantinople (10th century)
* Venerable Luke of Lycaonia, third Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream, in Triglia, near Constantinople (after 975)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Regina (Reine), a virgin-martyr venerated in Autun in France (c. 286)
* Saint Anastasius the Fuller, martyred by drowning (304)
* Saint Evortius (Euvert), Bishop of Orleans in France (c. 340)
* Saint Pamphilus, a Greek by birth, Bishop of Capua in Italy (c. 400)
* Saint Grimonia (Germana), a holy virgin from Ireland, martyred in Picardy in defence of her virtue (4th century)
* Saint Augustalis (Autal), Bishop of Arles, Confessor (c. 450)
* Saint Memorius (Nemorius, Mesmin) and five Companions, beheaded by Attila the Hun (451)
* Saint Gratus of Aosta, Bishop of Aosta in Italy, of which he is patron-saint (c. 470)
* Saint Carissima, an anchoress in a forest near Albi in France, and then at the convent of Viants (Vious) (5th century)
* Saint Cloud (Clodoald), Abbot and founder of Nogent-sur-Seine Monastery, near Paris (560)
* Saint Balin (Balanus, Balloin) (7th century)
* Saint Madalberta, Abbess of Maubeuge Abbey (706)
* Saint Hilduard (Hilward, Garibald), founder of the monastery of St Peter in Dickelvenne on the Schelde in Belgium (c. 750)
* Saint Alchmund of Hexham, seventh Bishop of Hexham in England (781)
* Saint Tilbert (Gilbert), Bishop of Hexham in Northumbria in England (789)
* Saint Faciolus, a monk at the monastery of St Cyprian in Poitiers in France (c. 950)
* Saint Gosslin (Gauzelin, Goscelinus) of Toul, Bishop of Toul in France (962)
* Saint Theoderic of Metz, Bishop of Metz in Germany (984)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint John of Novgorod (Elias, Ilya), Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod (1186)
* Saints Alexander (Peresvet) and Andrew (Oslyabya), disciples of St. Sergius of Radonezh, who fought at the Battle of Kulikovo (1380)
* Saints Symeon (1476) and Amphilochius (1570), of Pângărați Monastery, Romania.
* Venerable Serapion of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery in Pskov (1480) (See also: September 8)
* Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev, Archimandrite, of Obruch and Pinsk (1678)
* Saint Macarius of Optina, Elder of Optina Monastery (1860)
* Venerable Elder Daniel of Katounakia (1929)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Peter Sneznitsky and Michael Tikhonitsky, Priests (1918)
* New Hieromartyr Alexander, Deacon (1918)
* New Hieromartyr John Maslovsky, Priest, of Verkhne-Poltavka, Amur (1921)
* New Hieromartyr Eugene (Zernov), Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Leo (Yegorov), Archimandrite, of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Ashchepev), Abbot, of the Holy Trinity Selinginsk Monastery (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Eugene (Vyzhva), Abbot, of Zhitomir, Ukraine (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Pachomius (Ionov), Hieromonk of the Holy Trinity Skanov Monastery, Penza (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Stephen (Kreidich), Priest, of Robchik, Bryansk (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Gregory Averin, Priest of Ivanovo (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Basil Sungurov, Priest (1937)

## Other commemorations

* Repose of Metropolitan Isidore (Nikolsky) of St. Petersburg (1892)
* Repose of New Hieromartyr Anatole (Kamensky), Archbishop of Irkutsk (1925)

## Icon gallery

* Nativity of the Theotokos.
* Martyr Eupsychios of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
* Martyr Sozon of Cilicia.
* Saint Euvert, Bishop of Orleans.
* Saint Cloud (Clodoald).
* St. Madalberta, Abbess of Maubeuge Abbey.
* Sts. Alexander (Peresvet) and Andrew (Oslyabya), disciples of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
* New Hieromartyr Eugene (Zernov), Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky).