Orthodox saints and name days on September 28

Name days on September 28

Chariton, Hariton, Baruch, Varouch, Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Vaclav, Vyacheslav, Viacheslav

Saints and feasts of September 28

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  Chariton the Confessor

  Venerable, Χαρίτων

  St. Chariton was a Christian of Iconium who confessed Christ under torture during the persecutions of the third century, earning the title of Confessor. Released when the persecution abated, he withdrew to the desert of Judea, where he founded some of the earliest monastic communities of Palestine and guided many souls in the ascetic life.

  Name days: Chariton, Hariton

• Baruch the Prophet

  Prophet, Βαρούχ

  The holy Prophet Baruch, son of Neriah, was the faithful scribe and companion of the Prophet Jeremiah, writing down his prophecies and reading them before the people and the king. He shared the prophet's sufferings at the fall of Jerusalem and went with him into Egypt.

  Name days: Baruch, Varouch

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  Isaac the Syrian

  Venerable, Ισαάκ ο Σύρος

  St. Isaac the Syrian was born in the region of Qatar in the seventh century and became a monk, and for a short time bishop of Nineveh, before withdrawing to the mountains of Persia to live as a hermit. His ascetical homilies, translated into Greek at the Lavra of St. Sabbas, became one of the most cherished spiritual books of the Orthodox Church, teaching the love of God for all creation and the way of humility and prayer.

• Wenceslaus of Bohemia

  Martyr, Βιατσεσλάβος

  St. Wenceslaus was raised by his grandmother St. Ludmila and became prince of Bohemia while still young, ruling with justice, building churches, and caring for the poor with his own hands. His pagan-minded brother Boleslav, envying his rule and hating his faith, invited him to a feast and killed him at the church door in 935.

  Name days: Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Vaclav, Vyacheslav, Viacheslav

• Auxentios of Cyprus

  Venerable, Αυξέντιος ο Κύπριος

  St. Auxentios was one of the company of monks who, according to Cypriot tradition, came to the island from Palestine and lived as hermits in its mountains and caves. He is venerated in the region of Karpasia, where a church keeps his memory.

• Alexander and the 30 Martyrs

  Martyr, Αλέξανδρος και οι συν αυτώ

  In the persecution of Diocletian, Mark, a shepherd of Antioch in Pisidia, was seized for his faith; tradition relates that the brothers Alexander, Alphaeus and Zosimas, ordered to forge instruments of torture for him, were converted and suffered with him, together with Nikon, Neon, Heliodoros and many others.