For Prayer and Fasting

August 20
Prophet Samuel (6th c. B.C.).
Hieromartyr Philip, bishop of Heraclea, and with him Martyrs Severus, Memnon, and 37 soldiers at Plovdiv in Thrace (304).
Martyr Lucius the Senator of Cyprus (ca. 310).
Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa (Dausa) in Persia (380).
Martyr Photina, at the Church of Blachernae.
St. Philibert of Jumieges (685).
St. Oswin, king and martyr of Northumbria (651).

August 21
Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44).
Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons Theogonius, Agapius, and Pistus (4th c.).
Venerable Theocleta the Wonderworker of Asia Minor (840).
St. Avitus, bishop of Clermont (594).
Martyrs Donatus the deacon, Romul the priest, Silvan the deacon, and Venust.
Venerable Isaiah of Mt. Athos.
St. Sarmean, Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia (779).

August 22
Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia and his companions: Martyrs Zoticus, Theoprepius, Acindynus, Severian, Zeno, and others, who suffered under Maximian (4th c.).
Hieromartyr Athanasius (270-275), bishop of Tarsus in Cilicia, Venerable Anthusa of Syria (298) and Martyrs Charesimus and Neophytus (270-275).
Virgin-martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303).
St. Symphorian of Autun (2nd-3rd c.).
Venerable Sigfrid, abbot of Wearmouth (688).

August 23
Martyr Lupus (306), slave of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica.
Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons (202).
Venerables Eutychius (540) and Florentius (547) of Nursia.
St. Callinicus, patriarch of Constantinople (705).
Holy Martyr Ebba the Younger, abbess of Coldingham, Northumbria, and her companions (870) .
Hieromartyr Pothinus, bishop of Lyons (177).
Martyr Victor of Marseilles (3rd c.).
Martyr Tydfil of Merthyr Tydfil.

August 24
Hieromartyr Eutychius (1st c.), disciple of St. John the Theologian.
Martyr Tation at Claudiopolis (305).
Virgin-martyr Cyra of Persia (558).
Venerable George Limniotes the Confessor of Mt. Olympus (716).

August 25
Return of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew from Anastasiopolis to Lipari (6th c.).
Holy Apostle Titus of the Seventy (1st c.).
Sts. Barses and Eulogius (386), bishops of Edessa, and St. Protogenes, bishop of Carrhae (4th c.), confessors.
St. Menas, patriarch of Constantinople (6th c.).
St. John the Cappadocian (520) and St. Epiphanius (535), patriarchs of Constantinople.
St. Aredius of Limousin (591).
St. Gregory of Utrecht (775).
Translation of the relics of St. Hilda of Whitby (680).
St. Ebba the Elder, abbess of Coldingham, Northumbria, England (683) .

August 26
Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions of Nicomedia (4th c.).
Venerable Tithoes of the Thebaid (4th c.), disciple of St. Pachomius the Great (4th c.).
Venerable Ibestion the Confessor, Egyptian ascetic.
St. Zer-Jacob, missionary of Ethiopia.
Venerable Adrian of Uglich (1504), disciple of St. Paisius of Uglich.

August 27
Venerable Poemen the Great (450).
St. Hosius (Osia) the Confessor, bishop of Cordova (4th c.).
St. Liberius, pope of Rome (366).
Venerable Poemen of Palestine (605).
St. Caesarius, bishop of Aries (543).

August 28
Venerable Moses the Black of Scete (400).
Righteous Anna the Prophetess and Daughter of Phanuel, who met the Lord at the Temple in Jerusalem (1st c.).
Martyr Queen Shushaniki (Susanna) of Georgia (475).
Righteous Hezekiah, king of Judah (691 B.C.).
33 Martyrs of Nicomedia.
Martyrs Diomedes and Laurence.

Matthew 14:1-13 Matins Gospel

August 29
St. Sebbi, king of the East Saxons (694).
Venerable Theodora, nun, of Thessalonica (892).
Venerable Arcadius of Arsinoe, Cyprus, bishop and wonderworker.
Translation of the relics of Venerable Joseph the Sanctified of Samaka.
Sts. Candida (418) and Gelasia (422) of Constantinople.

Acts 13:25-32 Forerunner
Mark 6:14-30 Forerunner

August 30
Sts. Alexander (340), John (595), and Paul the New (784), patriarchs of Constantinople.
Venerable Christopher of Palestine (6th c.).
Venerable Fantinus of Calabria (9th c.).
Venerable Bryaene of Nisibis (318).
St. Eulalius, bishop of Caesarea (4th c.).
Sixteen Monk-martyrs of Thebes.
Six Martyrs of Melitene.
St. Sarmata of The Paradise.
Hieromartyr Felix and Martyrs Fortunatus, Septimius and Januarius.
St. Fiacrius of Brogillum (670).

August 31
The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408).
Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (258).
St. Gennadius, patriarch of Constantinople (471).
St. Paulinus, bishop of Trier (358).
St. Eanswythe, abbess, of Folkestone(640).
St. Cuthburga, abbess of Wimborne.
St. Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne (651).
Four Martyrs of Perge in Pamphylia.
Martyrs: Menas, Faustus, Andrew, Heraclius, Phileortus and Diadoch.
Martyr Phileortus.
Martyr Diadoch.
Eight Virgin-martyrs of Gaza.
366 Martyrs of Nicomedia.

September 1
Church New Year.
Venerable Symeon Stylites (the Elder) (459) and his mother St. Martha (428).
Martyr Aeithalas of Persia (380).
Holy Forty Virgin-martyrs: Laurencia the deaconess, Celsina, Theoclia, Theoctista, Dorothy, Eutychia, Thecla, Aristaineta, Philadelphia, Mary, Veronica, Euthymia, Lamprotatia, Euphymia, Theodora, Theodota, Teteia, Aquilina, Theodulia, Aplodora, Lampadia, Procopia, Paula, Junilla, Ampliana, Percissa, Polynicia, Maura, Gregoria, Cyria, Bassa, Callinica, Barbara, Cyriacia, Agathonica, Justa, Irene, Matrona, Timothea, Tatiana, and Anna, and Martyr Ammon the deacon, their teacher, at Heraclea in Thrace (321-3).
Martyrs Callista and her brothers Evodus and Hermogenes, at Nicomedia (309).
Venerable Dionysius the Lesser (before 556).
Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos in Miasena Monastery, in memory of the finding of Her Icon (864).
St. Verena of Zurzach (350).
St. Aegidius of Camargue (590).
Commemoration of the Great Fire at Constantinople about 470 A.D.

September 2
Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia (275), and his parents, Martyrs Theodotus and Rufina (3rd c.).
Venerable John the Faster, patriarch of Constantinople (595).
Venerables Anthony (1073) and Theodosius (1074) of the Kiev Caves.
Translation of the relics (1796) of Venerable Theodosius, abbot, of Totma.
3,618 Martyrs who suffered at Nicomedia (3rd-4th c.).
Hieu, abbess of Tadcaster (7th c.) .

September 3
Hieromartyr Anthimus, bishop of Nicomedia, and those with him: Martyrs Theophilus deacon, Dorotheos, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter, Indes, Gorgonius, Zeno, the Virgin Domna, and Euthymius (302).
Venerable Theoctistus (451), fellow-faster with St. Euthymius the Great.
St. Phoebe, deaconess at Cenchreae near Corinth (1st c.).
Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia (309).
Hieromartyr Aristion, bishop of Alexandria, in Syria (3rd c.).
The Pisidia Icon of the Mother of God (608).
St. Remaclus, bishop of Maastricht (677).
St. Aigulphus of Provence (676).
St. Edward, martyr and king of England (978).

September 4
Hieromartyr Babylas, bishop of Antioch, with Martyrs Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonius, and their mother Christodula (251).
Martyr Hermione, daughter of Apostle Philip the Deacon (117).
Martyr Babylas of Nicomedia, and with him 84 children (4th c.).
Martyrs Theodore, Mianus (Ammianus), Julian, Kion (Oceanus), and Centurionus of Nicomedia (305-311).
Venerable Petronius of Egypt (346), disciple of St. Pachomius the Great.
Martyrs Tathuil and Bebaia of Edessa (2nd c.).

September 5
Holy Prophet Zacharias and Righteous Elizabeth (1st c.), parents of St. John the Forerunner.
Martyrdom of the Holy Passion-bearer Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism David (1051).
Martyrs Thiphael and his sister, Thivea (or Vivea) (98-138).
Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa.
Virgin-martyr Rhais (Raisa) of Alexandria (308).
Martyrs Juventinus and Maximus at Antioch (4th c.).
Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus, and 77 Companions at Nicomedia (370).
Martyrs Abdas, Hormizd, and Sunin of Persia (ca. 424).

September 6
Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae (Chonae) (4th c.).
Martyr Eudoxius, and with him Martyrs Zeno, Macarius, and 1,104 soldiers in Melitene (311).
Venerable Archippus of Hierapolis (4th c.).
Martyrs Romulus and 11,000 others in Armenia (2nd c.).
Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna (3rd-4th c.).
Martyrs Cyriacus, Faustus, Abibus, and 11 others at Alexandria (250).
Venerable David of Hermopolis in Egypt (6th c.).
Martyrs Calodote, Macarius, Andrew, Cyriacus, Dionysius, Andrew the Soldier, Andropelagia, Thecla, Theoctistus, and Sarapabon the Senator, in Egypt (256).
St. Beya, virgin, first abbess of Copeland in Cumbria (7th c.) .
St. Magnus of Fussen, enlightener of the Allgau region(750-772).

September 7
Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (304).
Apostles Evodus (Euodias) (66) and Onesiphorus (67) of the Seventy.
Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (2nd c.).
Venerable Luke and St. Peter the Cappadocian, abbots of the monastery of the Deep Stream (10th c.).
St. Cassia (Cassiane) the Hymnographer (9th c.).
Venerable Cloud (Clodoald), abbot-founder of Nogent-sur-Seine near Paris (560).

Luke 1:39-49, 56 Matins Gospel

September 8
Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions of Nicomedia (4th c.).
Venerable Tithoes of the Thebaid (4th c.), disciple of St. Pachomius the Great (4th c.).
Venerable Ibestion the Confessor, Egyptian ascetic.
St. Zer-Jacob, missionary of Ethiopia.

Philippians 2:5-11 Theotokos
Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 Theotokos

September 9
Venerable Theophanes the Confessor and Faster of Mt. Diabenos (299).
Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council (431).
St. Kieran (Ciaran) of Clonmacnois(ca. 545).
St. Omer, bishop of Therouanne (670).

September 10
Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia (305).
Martyr Barypsabas in Dalmatia (2nd c.).
Blessed Pulcheria, the Empress of Greece (453).
Sts. Peter (826) and Paul (9th c.), bishops of Nicaea.
St. Salvius, bishop of Albi (584).
Venerable Finian of Ulster (Ireland), abbot (579).
St. Theodaard of Maastricht (668).

September 11
Venerable Theodora of Alexandria (490).
Martyrs Demetrius, his wife Euanthia, and their son Demetrian at Skepsis on the Hellespont (1st c.).
Martyrs Diodorus, Didymus, and Diomedes of Laodicea (4th c.).
Martyr Ia of Persia and 9,000 Martyrs with her (363).
Venerable Euphrosynus the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.).
Martyrs Serapion, Cronides (Hieronides), and Leontius of Alexandria (237).
Venerable Paphnutius the Confessor, bishop in the Egyptian Thebaid (4th c.).
Holy Martyr Theodora of Vasta in the Peloponnesus.
Venerable Elias the Cave-dweller, of Calabria (960).
Venerable Deiniol, abbot of Bangor, bishop in Wales (584).

September 12
Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop in Italy (313).
Martyr Julian of Galatia, and forty martyrs with him (4th c.).
Hieromartyr Theodore, archbishop of Alexandria (606).
St. Coronatus, bishop of Iconium (3rd c.).
Martyr Macedonius in Phrygia, and with him Martyrs Tatian and Theodulus (4th c.).
St. Sacerdos, bishop of Lyons.
Venerable Daniel of Thassos, monk (843).
St. Andronicus of Atroa (9th c.).
St. Ailbhe (Elvis) of Emly (527).

September 13
Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (The Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem (335).
Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion (1st c.).
Martyrs Cronides, Leontius, and Serapion of Alexandria (237).
Martyr Seleucus in Scythia (320).
Martyr Straton of Nicomedia (3rd c.).
Martyrs Macrobius and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (320).
Hieromartyr Julian of Galatia (4th c.).
Martyrs Elias, Zoticus, Lucian, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (320).
Venerable Peter at Atroe (9th C).
Venerable Litorius, bishop of Tours (370).

John 12:28-36 Matins Gospel (The Universal Exaltation)

September 14
Repose of St. John Chrysostom (407).
Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305).
St. Placilla the Empress (400), wife of Theodosius the Great.
St. Maria of Tarsus (607).
Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Counci.
Martyr Theocles and Child-martyr Valerian.

1 Corinthians 1:18-24 The Universal Exaltation
John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35 The Universal Exaltation

Tone Seven.  
Luke24:12-35 (5th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Ε' (5) ΛΟΥΚΑ  24,12-35 (Αγρυπνία)
Луки24:12-35 (на утрене. Евангелие 5-e)

September 15
Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth (372).
Uncovering of the relics of St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melitene (257).
Martyrs Theodotus, Asclepiodotus, and Maximus of Adrianopolis (305-311).
Martyr Porphyrius the Mime of Caesaria (361).
Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (415).
Venerable Philotheus the Presbyter of Asia Minor (10th c.).
St. Joseph, abbot, of Alaverdi in Georgia (570).
"Novoniketas" Icon of the Mother of God (372).

September 16
Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304).
St. Sebastiana, disciple of St. Paul the Apostle, martyred at Heraclea (86).
Martyr Melitina of Marcianopolis (2nd c.).
Martyrs Victor and Sosthenes at Chalcedon (304).
Venerable Dorotheus, hermit of Egypt (4th c.).
Martyr Ludmilla (927), grandmother of St. Wenceslaus, prince of the Czechs.
Venerable Procopius, abbot, of Sazava in Bohemia (1053).
New Martyrs Isaac and Joseph, who suffered at Karnu, Georgia (808).
St. Ninian, bishop of Whithorn (Candida Casa) ( 432).
Venerable Edith, nun, of Wilton, England (984).
Venerable Cyprian of Serbia.

September 17
Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters: Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda), and Love (Lyubov), at Rome (137).
Martyr Theodota at Nicaea (230) and Agathoklea.
156 Martyrs of Palestine, including bishops Peleus and Nilus, the presbyter Zeno, and the noblemen Patermuthius and Elias (310).
Martyrs Lucy, and her son Geminian of Rome (303).
Hieromartyrs Heraclides and Myron, bishops of Cyprus (1st c.).
Martyrs Socrates and Stephen.
St. Lambert, hieromartyr of Maastricht (704).
100 Martyrs of Egypt.
Venerable Anastasius of Perioteron in Cyprus (12th c.).