Feasts and Saints

Confessor Saint Sofian of St Anthimos Monastery; Greatmartyr Euphemia the All-praised; Martyrs Melitina and Ludmilla

Orthodox Calendar September 16 Confessor Saint Sofian of St Anthimos Monastery “Bucharest’s Spiritual Guide” was born in Bessarabia and was a first-grade student during primary and secondary schhol. He took the monastic vows at Dobrușa Monastery near the city of Soroca, when he was only 14 years old. He crossed the Prut River to Romania…

Sep 16, 2025basilica.ro

†) Saint Joseph the New of Partos, metropolitan of Banat; †) Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth; †) Saint Bessarion, Archbishop of Larisa; Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross

Orthodox Calendar September 15 Saint Joseph the New of Partos, metropolitan of Banat Saint Joseph the New was born in 1568 at Raguza in Dalmatia, and was given the name Jacob at his Baptism. When he was very young, his father died, and he was raised by his mother. At the age of twelve, he…

Sep 15, 2025basilica.ro

The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross (Fast)

Orthodox Calendar September 14 (†) The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord: The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The Emperor Hadrian (117-138) gave…

Sep 14, 2025basilica.ro

Forefeast of Lifting of the Holy Cross; + Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection at Jerusalem; Hieromartyrs Cornelius the Centurion and Cyprian, bishop of Carthage; +) Ven. John of Prislop; Martyrs of Dobrogea: Macrobius, Gordian, Elias, Zoticus, Lucian and Valerian

Orthodox Calendar  September 13 1. The Dedication of the Temple of the Resurrection of Christ at Jerusalem celebrates the dedication of the Church of the Resurrection, built by Saint Constantine the Great and his mother, the empress Helen. After the voluntary Passion and Death on the Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the…

Sep 13, 2025basilica.ro

Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Holy Martyrs Autonomus, Macedonius, and Theodulus

Orthodox Calendar September 12 The Holy Hieromartyr Autonomus (+303) lived during the reign of the Roman Emperor Diocletian (284–305). He was a bishop in Italy, but because of the persecution against Christians begun by the Emperor, he departed from Italy and went into Bithynia, where he was received by a Christian named Cornelius. In Bithynia…

Sep 12, 2025basilica.ro

St. Theodora of Alexandria; St. Euphrosynus the Cook of Alexandria

Orthodox Calendar, September 11 Venerable Theodora of Alexandria She lived with her husband in Alexandria, Egypt. Love and harmony ruled in their family, and this was hateful to the Enemy of salvation. Goaded on by the devil, a certain rich man was captivated by the youthful beauty of Theodora and began with all his abilities…

Sep 11, 2025basilica.ro

Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora

Orthodox Calendar, September 10 Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora The Holy Virgins Menodora, Nymphodora, and Metrodora (305-311) were sisters from Bithynia (Asia Minor). Distinguished for their special piety, they wanted to preserve their virginity and avoid worldly associations. They chose a solitary place for themselves in the wilderness and spent their lives in deeds of…

Sep 10, 2025basilica.ro

Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; †) Ven. Kyriakos of Tazlău; †) Ven. Onuphrius of Vorona; Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Third Ecumenical Council

Orthodox Calendar, September 9 Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna Saint Joachim, the son of Barpathir, was of the tribe of Judah, and was a descendant of King David, to whom God had revealed that the Savior of the world would be born from his seed. Saint Anna was the daughter of…

Sep 9, 2025basilica.ro

(†) The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary

Orthodox Calendar, September 8 The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not permit the ruin of mankind. The Son of…

Sep 8, 2025basilica.ro

Forefeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God; Martyr Sozon; Ven. Simeon and Amphilochius of Pângăraţi; Saint Cassiani the Hymnographer; Sunday before the Elevation of the Holy Cross

Orthodox Calendar, September 7 Forefeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God The first lesson at Great Vespers (Genesis 28:10-17) describes Jacob’s dream of a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, and the angels ascending and descending upon it. The second lesson (Ezekiel 43:27-44:4) speaks of the gate of the sanctuary which faces east.…

Sep 7, 2025basilica.ro

Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae; Martyr Eudoxius

Orthodox Calendar, September 6 Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hieropolis, in a place called Cheretopos, there was a church named for the Archangel Michael, built over a miraculous spring. This church was built by a certain inhabitant of the city of Laodicia…

Sep 6, 2025basilica.ro