September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

Sep. 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 17

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 3.

Saints

• Saint Sebastiana, disciple of Apostle Paul, martyred at Heraclea (86)^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Martyr Melitina of Marcianopolis (c. 138-161)^{[1] [5] [6] [7]}
• Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304)^{[1] [5] [8] [9]}
• Martyrs Victor and Sosthenes at Chalcedon (c. 304)^{[1] [2] [4]}
• Venerable Dorotheus, hermit of Egypt (4th century)^{[1] [4] [10] [11]}
• New Martyrs Isaac and Joseph, at Karnu, Georgia (808)^{[1] [2] [4] [12] [13]}
• Martyr Ludmilla, grandmother of St. Wenceslaus, Prince of the Czechs (927)^{[1] [2] [4] [14] [15]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Cornelius, Pope of Rome (253)
• Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (258)^[1] (see also: August 31 - East)
• Martyrs Lucy and Geminian, a widow and a neophyte martyred together in Rome under Diocletian (c. 300) (see also: September 17 - East)
• Martyrs Abundius and Abundantius, and John and Marcianus, in Rome (c. 304)
• Saint Ninian, Bishop of Whithorn (Candida Casa), Apostle to the Southern Picts (c. 432)^{[1] [2] [16]} (see also: August 26)
• Saint Curcodomus, successor of St Humbert as Abbot of Maroilles Abbey near Cambrai in France (c. 680)^[17]
• Virgin-martyr Dulcissima, venerated from time immemorial in Sutri in Italy.
• Saint Eugenia, Abbess of Hohenburg Abbey (735)
• Saints Rogelius and Servus-Dei, a monk and his young disciple martyred in Cordoba in Spain for publicly denouncing Islam (852)
• Saint Edith of Wilton, Nun, of Wilton Abbey (984)^{[1] [2] [18]}
• Saint Stephen of Perugia, third Abbot of St Peter in Perugia in Italy (1026)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Kassianos of Glyfia near Alektora, in Cyprus, ascetic.^[19]
• Saint Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Wonderworker (1406)^{[1] [2] [4] [20] [21] [22]}
• Venerable Kuksha (Velichko) of Odessa, Hiero-Schemamonk of Odessa (1964)^{[2] [4] [20]} (see also: December 11 - translation of relics)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Gregory (Raevskii) of Tver, Priest (1937)^{[2] [4] [23] [24]}
• New Hieromartyr Sergius Losev, Priest (1942)^{[2] [4] [20]}

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Mother of God Support of Humble, near Pskov (1420)^{[2] [4] [20] [25]}
• Translation of the relics (2001) of St. Alexis Mechev of Moscow (1923)^{[2] [4] [20]}

Sources

• September 29 / September 16. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• September 16. 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. 69.
• The Sixteenth Day of the Month of September. Orthodoxy in China.
• September 16. 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. pp. 285–286.
• 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. p. 448-451.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 16 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• 16/09/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• 29 сентября (16 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 16 сентября по старому стилю / 29 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0916.html September 16/September 29
2. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=29&month=9 September 29 / September 16
3. St Sebastiana the Martyr and Disciple of St Paul the Apostle at Heraclea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. 16 сентября по старому стилю / 29 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.
5. Συναξαριστής. 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Μελιτίνη ἡ Μάρτυς. 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Martyr Melitina of Marcianopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφημία ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς. 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Greatmartyr Euphemia the All-praised. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δωρόθεος ὁ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὁ Ἐρημίτης († 4ος αἰ.). 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Venerable Dorotheus the Hermit of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. New Martyr Isaac of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. Zakaria Machitadze (Archpriest). Lives of the Georgian Saints. First English Edition. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2006. pp. 332-334.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Λουντμίλα. 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Martyr Ludmilla the grandmother of St Wenceslaus the Prince of the Czechs. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νινιάν (Βρετανός). 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2785 St. Curcodomus // Catholic Online
18. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Edithac (Ἀγγλίδα). 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Όσιος Κασσιανός ο εν τη Γλυφία, παρά της κώμης Αλέκτορα εσκήσας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
20. 29 сентября (16 сентября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
21. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κυπριανὸς Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου, Ρῶσος († 1406). 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
23. ГРИГОРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
24. New Hieromartyr Gregory (Raevskii) of Tver. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
25. Icon of the Mother of God Support of Humble. OCA - Lives of the Saints.