September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Sep. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 27

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 13.

## Saints

* Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel (c. 1307 BC)
* Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (2nd century)
* Virgin-martyrs Thekla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha, five nuns beheaded in Persia under Shapur II (4th century) (see also: June 9 )
* Martyr Kyra (Cyra).

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Senator, a saint honoured in Albano in Italy.
* Saint Eusebius of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna, Confessor (c. 400)
* Saint Vigilius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy in Italy (c. 506)
* Saint Meugan (Mawghan, Morgan), a disciple of St Illtyd who lived as a hermit and reposed on the Isle of Bardsey in Wales (6th century)
* Saint Amantius, a priest in Città di Castello near Perugia in Italy, who was personally known to St Gregory the Great who revered him (c. 600)
* Saint Colmán Elo, a nephew of St Columba, he founded monasteries in Lynally (Land-Elo, Lin-Alli) and in Muckamore, Ireland (c. 610)
* Saint Nilus the Younger, of Rossano, Calabria, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata (Crypta-Ferrata) (1004)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Ephraim, founder of Perekop Monastery, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)
* Saint Neagoe Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (1521)
* Venerable John the Cave-Dweller, ascetic of Sia, Cyprus, Wonderworker.

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Athanasius Dokukin, Alexander Levitsky, and Demetrius Rozanov, Priests (1937)
* Martyrs John Zolotov, and Nicholas Gusev (1937)
* New Hieromartyr Vladimir Viatsky, Priest (1939)

## Other commemorations

* Translation (1964) of the Honorable Skull of the Apostle Andrew the First-called to Patras.
* Glorification (1989) of New Hiero-confessor Tikhon (Bellavin), Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1925)
* Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia (1989)

## Icon gallery

* Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel.
* Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
* Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
* Saint Nilus the Younger.
* Venerable Ephraim, founder of Perekop Monastery.
* Neagoe Basarab, Milica Despina and his children pictured on the murals of the Curtea de Argeş Monastery.
* St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras, where St. Andrew's relics are kept.
* New Hiero-confessor Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow.
