14th of September

The 14th of the month, Feast of the Universal EXALTATION of the Precious and Life-giving CROSS; the One Hundred and Seventy Holy Fathers assembled in the SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, held at Constantinople in 680 against the Monothelites; the Most Pious Empress PLACILLA, wife of the Emperor Theodosius the Great

13th of September

The 13th of the month, Vigil of the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-giving Cross, and Commemoration of the Dedication of the Basilica of the Resurrection; Memory of the Holy Great Martyr KETEVAN, Queen of GEORGIA; Saint ARISTIDES of ATHENS, the Philosopher; our Venerable Father CORNELIUS of OLONETS, and his companions DIONYSIUS and MISAËL

9th of September

The 9th of the month, Synaxis of the Righteous Ancestors of God JOACHIM and ANNA; Memory of the Great Martyr SEVERIAN of SEBASTE; THE TWO HUNDRED GOD-BEARING FATHERS, gathered at Ephesus in 431 for the THIRD HOLY ECUMENICAL COUNCIL that anathematized the impious Nestorius; our Holy Father JOSEPH of VOLOKOLAMSK

8th of September

The 8th of the month, Nativity of our SOVEREIGN LADY the most Holy MOTHER of GOD and ever Virgin MARY; our Venerable Father SERAPION of the Monastery of St SAVIOUR and St ELEAZAR, at PSKOV; our Venerable Father AMPHILOCHIUS the HESYCHAST, Abbot of the Monastery of PANGARATI in Moldavia

5th of September

The 5th of the month, Memory of the Holy and Glorious Prophet ZACHARIAS, Father of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner; Holy Martyrs ABDA the bishop, HORMIZD and SUNIN of PERSIA; Holy Hieromartyr ATHANASIAS, Abbot of the Monastery of St Symeon the Stylite at BREST-LITOVSK

St. Zachariah

4th of September

The 4th of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr BABYLOS, Bishop of Antioch and of the three children who were his disciples: URBAN, PRIDILIAN and EPOLONIUS; Memory of the Holy Prophet and Law-giver MOSES the God-seer; Memory of Saint HERMIONE, of of the Apostle Philip's daughters, who died in peace; Memory of the Venerable ANTHIMUS the BLIND, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia; Memory of the Holy New Hieromartyr GORAZD, Bishop of SLOVAKIA and the CZECH LANDS; Memory of the Holy Martyr JERUSALEM of Beroea, and of her three sons: Secundus, Secundicus and Segoras

Holy Prophet and Law-Giver Moses

3rd of September

The 3rd of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr ANTHIMUS, Bishop of NICOMEDIA; the Venerable Father THEOCTISTUS, Companion in ascesis of Saint Euthymius the Great; the Holy Martyr BASILISSA; the Hieromartyr ARISTION, Bishop of ALEXANDRIA, who was burnt to death; the Holy New Martyr POLYDORUS, who was hanged at NEW EPHESUS in 1794; our Holy Father JOANNICIUS, Archbishop and first Patriarch of SERBIA

St. Joannicius of Serbia

1st of September

The 1st of the month, the Day of the INDICTION or beginning of the New Ecclesiastical Year; Memory of our God-bearing Father SYMEON STYLITES the ELDER; Memory of the falling asleep of the Righteous JOSHUA the son of NUN; Memory of the Venerable MELETIUS the YOUNGER, who led the ascetic life on MOUNT MYOUPOLIS near Thebes and died in peace

St. Symeon Stylites the Elder

Introduction

Outline: Preface. Introduction: 1. Praise God in His Saints! 2. The Synaxarion in the Tradition of the Church; 3. The Present Edition

St. Nilus of Sora:

I pray that this may benefit those who read it or hear it and beg them, for the love of God, to pray that I may find grace in His sight because I have worked hard at this task, seeking in this way to fulfill the commandment to love God and my neighbor. May we, contemplating the lives of the holy Fathers, be filled with their zeal in all our works, and with them possess life everlasting. True love of neighbor is to stir him up to love God and to keep His commandments, obedient to the divine words and to the life and teachings of the holy Fathers, so that he may live in godliness and be saved. Although I am a sinner, wretched and unfit for any good work, I long for the salvation of a multitude of my brethren.

Russian Hesychasm. The Spirituality of Nilus Sorski

Assembly of All the Saints

30th of August

On the 30th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Fathers ALEXANDER, JOHN and PAUL the NEW, Patriarchs of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable CHRISTOPHER of PALESTINE; our Venerable Father FANTINUS the Wonderworker, who died in peace; our Venerable Father ALEXANDER of SVIR

28th of August

On the 28th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father MOSES the ETHIOPIAN; the Righteous King HEZEKIAH of JUDAH, who died in peace; the SYNAXIS of the Holy Fathers of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES, whose relics like in the further caves of Saint Theodosius; our Venerable Father SABAS of PSKOV and KRYPETS; the Holy Martyr SHUSHANIK (SUSANNA) of Georgia; the Holy Martyrs FERREOL of VIENNE and JULIAN of BRIOUDE

27th of August

On the 27th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable and God-Bearing Father POEMON; our Holy Father LIBERUS the Confessor, Pope of Rome; our Holy Father HOSIUS, Bishop of CORDOVA; the Holy Martyr PHANURIUS; our Holy Father CAESARIUS, Archbishop of ARLES