Orthodox saints and name days on September 1

Name days on September 1

Simeon, Symeon, Ammon, Adamantia, Adamantini, Diamanto, Athina, Athena, Akrivi, Antigoni, Antigone, Arivoia, Aspasia, Afroditi, Aphrodite, Dioni, Dodoni, Elpiniki, Erasmia, Erato, Ermioni, Hermione, Efterpi, Euterpe, Thalia, Thaleia, Theano, Theanoi, Theonymfi, Theofano, Kalliroi, Kallirroi, Kallisti, Kleio, Clio, Kleoniki, Kleopatra, Cleopatra, Koralia, Coralia, Lambro, Margarita, Marianthi, Melpomeni, Moscho, Ourania, Urania, Rania, Pandora, Pinelopi, Penelope, Polymnia, Polyniki, Sapfo, Sappho, Terpsichori, Troada, Chaido, Haido, Charikleia, Hariklia, Penelopi, Joshua, Martha, Evanthia, Evanthea, Evanthie, Evantheia, Meletios, Meletius, Meletis, Evodos, Hermogenes, Ermogenis, Callista, Callisti, Angelis

Saints and feasts of September 1

• Beginning of the Church Year

  Great Feast, Αρχή της Ινδίκτου

  September 1 marks the Indiction, the beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year. The custom derives from the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, in which the yearly cycle of taxation and public life began in September, and the Church took up this reckoning for her own cycle of feasts.

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  Simeon Stylites the Elder

  Venerable, Συμεών Στυλίτης

  St. Simeon Stylites the Elder was a Syrian ascetic of the fifth century who, seeking greater stillness, took up his dwelling on top of a pillar near Antioch. There he stood for many years in prayer and fasting, teaching the crowds who gathered below and reconciling enemies, until his repose in the year 459.

  Name days: Simeon, Symeon

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  40 Holy Virgin Martyrs of Thrace

  Martyr, Αγίες Σαράντα Παρθενομάρτυρες

  The 40 Holy Virgins were ascetic women of Thrace who, with their teacher Ammon the Deacon, confessed Christ during the persecution under Licinius in the early fourth century. Refusing to sacrifice to idols, they endured imprisonment and torture with their teacher, and received together the crown of martyrdom at Heraclea in Thrace.

  Name days: Ammon, Adamantia, Adamantini, Diamanto, Athina, Athena, Akrivi, Antigoni, Antigone, Arivoia, Aspasia, Afroditi, Aphrodite, Dioni, Dodoni, Elpiniki, Erasmia, Erato, Ermioni, Hermione, Efterpi, Euterpe, Thalia, Thaleia, Theano, Theanoi, Theonymfi, Theofano, Kalliroi, Kallirroi, Kallisti, Kleio, Clio, Kleoniki, Kleopatra, Cleopatra, Koralia, Coralia, Lambro, Margarita, Marianthi, Melpomeni, Moscho, Ourania, Urania, Rania, Pandora, Pinelopi, Penelope, Polymnia, Polyniki, Sapfo, Sappho, Terpsichori, Troada, Chaido, Haido, Charikleia, Hariklia, Penelopi

• Joshua the Son of Nun

  Saint, Ιησούς του Ναυή

  The righteous Joshua, son of Nun, was the servant and successor of the Prophet Moses. He was one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan and, with Caleb, alone trusted that God would give the land to His people. After the death of Moses he led Israel across the Jordan, took Jericho, and divided the land among the tribes.

  Name days: Joshua

• Martha the Mother of Simeon Stylites

  Holy Woman, Μάρθα

  St. Martha was the mother of St. Simeon the Stylite of the Wonderful Mountain, the younger stylite, and lived in the region of Antioch. A woman of great humility and constant prayer, she raised her son in piety and later lived near his pillar, serving the poor and the sick who came to him.

  Name days: Martha

• Evanthia the Righteous

  Holy Woman, Ευανθία

  The venerable Evanthia is listed in the Greek Synaxarion on September 1 among the righteous who reposed in peace. Little is recorded of her life beyond her name, which means a fair flowering, and the tradition that she lived in holiness and prayer.

  Name days: Evanthia, Evanthea, Evanthie, Evantheia

• Meletios the New of Myoupolis

  Venerable, Μελέτιος ο Νέος

  St. Meletios the New was born in Cappadocia in the eleventh century and came as a young man to Greece, where he embraced the monastic life. He settled on Mount Myoupolis near Thebes, in the region of Kithairon, and founded a monastery that drew many disciples.

  Name days: Meletios, Meletius, Meletis

• Evodos, Kallisti and Hermogenes

  Martyr, Εύοδος, Καλλίστη και Ερμογένης

  The holy martyrs Evodos, Kallisti and Hermogenes were siblings who confessed Christ at Nicomedia during the persecutions of the early fourth century. Refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, they were condemned and beheaded together.

  Name days: Evodos, Hermogenes, Ermogenis, Kallisti, Callista, Callisti

• Angelis the New Martyr of Constantinople

  Martyr, Αγγελής

  St. Angelis was a goldsmith of Constantinople in the seventeenth century. Tradition relates that, having once in a moment of weakness been counted among the Muslims, he repented and openly confessed himself a Christian before the Ottoman authorities.

  Name days: Angelis