September 1/14 Church New Year. Holy Icon of the Mother of God “Chernihiv-Hefsemanska.”
September 2/15 Sts Anthony and Theodosius of the Kyiv Caves. New Hieromartyr Damascene (Tsedrik), Bishop of Starodub, Vicar of Chernihiv (1937).
September 3/16 Commemoration of Blessed Lazar (Baranovich) Archbishop of Chernihiv and Metropolitan of Kyiv (1693). A holy and scholarly Ukrainian hierarch, he defended the Ukrainian Church and nation against the pretensions of both Poland and Russia. He is highly venerated by the people of Chernihiv who believe his relics are incorrupt.
September 4/17 Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenius, Ihumen of Kiziltash Monastery in Crimea (1867). Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph, Bishop of Bilhorod (1754). Synaxis of All Saints of Voronezh.
September 5/18 Martyrdom of Holy Prince St Hlib Volodymyrovych. Martyrdom of St Athanasius, Ihumen of Brest-Litovsk (1648). St Athanasius opposed the union of Brest and went to the Polish Sejm or parliament where he publicly warned it of God’s wrath for forcibly imposing such a union of the churches. After the defeat of the Polish forces by the armies of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnitsky in 1648, St Athanasius was taken into custody by the Poles, tortured for several days and then he was taken to a wooded area where he was obliged to dig his own grave before being shot twice in the head and buried alive. Eastern Catholics, as well as Orthodox, revered his memory for standing up to the Poles. Martyr St Hlib, Prince of Murom (1015). Martyr St Hlib, Prince of Murom (1015).
September 6/19 St Lazar, Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Ihumen of the Kyiv Zverynetsky Caves (1117). St Michael, Bishop of Yuriev, Ihumen of the Kyiv Zverynetsky Caves (1073). Kyiv-Bratska Icon of the Mother of God.
September 7/20 St John, Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novhorod (1186). Holy Hieromartyr St Macarius of Kaniv, Archimandrite of Obruch (1678). New Hieromartyrs St Eugene, Metropolitan of Nizhni-Novhorod, the Priest St Stephen, and Monk-Martyrs Sts Eugene, Nicholas and Pachomius (1937).
September 8/21 Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. Miraculous icons of the Theotokos of Kholm, Syamska, Pochaiv, Hlinsk, Lisnianska and Saint Sophia of Kyiv. Patronal Festival of St Sophia Cathedral at Kyiv and anniversary of its consecration.
Hoshiv Icon of the Theotokos
September 9/22 Uncovering and translation of the relics in 1896) of St Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernihiv (1696).
All Saints of the Hlinsk Hermitage of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God: St Seraphim (Mazhuha) Schema-Metropolitan; St Andronik (Lukash) Sche-archimandrite; St Seraphim (Romaniv) Sche-archimandrite; St Filaret (Danilevsky) Ihumen; St Iliodor (Holovatsky) Sche-archimandrite; St Joanniky (Homolka) Sche-archimandrite; St Seraphim (Amelin) Sche-archimandrite; St Innokenty (Stepaniv) Archimandrite; St Basil (Kishin) Hieroschemamonk; St Makary (Sharol) Hieroschemamonk; St Luka (Shvets) Schemamonk; St Arkhip (Shostakiv) Schemamonk; St Evfimy (Lubimchenko) Schemamonk; St Theodot (Levchenko) Monk; St Martyrij (Kirichenko) Monk; St Docifey (Kolchenkiv) Monk. Hlinsk Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God.
September 10/23 St Paul the Obedient of the Kyiv Caves (13th c.). Venerable Martyr St Havriil (Jacyk - 1937).
September 11/24 All Saints of the Svyatohirsky Monastery: St John (Krukiv) Recluse; St Ilarion (Hryhorovich), Bishop; St Thaddey (Kokuylovych) Archimandrite; St Arsenij (Mitrofaniv) Archimandrite; St Herman (Klitsa) Archimandrite; St Sofronij (Smirniv) Archimandrite; St Lonhin (Hriftsiv) Hieroschemamonk; St Theodosiy, Hieromonk; St Cyprian (Manka) Hieromonk; St Joanniky (Averkiv) Hieromonk; St Isaakij (Holovyn) Hieromonk; Ven. Confessor St Joil (Ozeryansky) Archimandrite; Ven. Confessor St Trifon (Skripchenko) Archimandrite; Ven. Confessor, Michael (Halupko) Sche-archimandrite; Ven. Confessor St John (Striltsiv), Ihumen; St Theophil (Sharonin) Fool for Christ’s Sake.
Weeping icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaplunivka. (The Kaplunivska Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan became famous for its association with Hetman Ivan Mazepa and the Battle at Poltava in 1709. Peter I took this icon to keep with his army. The Lutheran soldiers of King Charles XII of Sweden went to burn down the Church in which the icon was enshrined, but to their great mystification, the Church would not catch fire despite their concerted efforts. Charles then asked Hetman Mazepa what shrine was housed in the Church that protected it from burning. When the Hetman told the king about the Kaplunivska icon, the king then asked where it was now. When the Hetman told the king that the tsar had it, King Charles became sullen and said that it was doubtful if they would ever defeat Peter as a result. )
Zimnenska Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. (The Zimnenska icon was given to the Zimnensky monastery by St Volodymyr the Great as he often retired to Zimnenske during the winter. The icon itself was a gift to St Volodymyr frm the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on the occasion of his wedding to Anna of Constantinople.) http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/node/4747
Sts Sergius and Herman of Valaam (10th c. – the founders of Valaam Monastery travelled there from Kyiv).
September 13/26 Dubovych Icon of the Mother of God
September 14/27 Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross.
September 15/28 Great-martyr St Nikita the Goth (372). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Novo-Nikitska” carried by St Nikita.
September 16/29 St Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kyiv (1406). St Kuksha (Velichko) of Odessa.
Commemoration of Amvrossy Zertys-Kaminsky, Archbishop of Moscow (1771).
September 17/30 Martyrs St Sophia and her daughters, Sts Vira, Nadia and Luba. St Innocent, archimandrite of Hlinsk Hermitage (1888).
Commemoration of Blessed Ahapit (1825 – disciple of St Tikhon of Zadonsk).
Venerable Confessor St Paraskeva of Turkovitz Monastery, native of Kamenetz-Podilsk (1942).
September 18/October 1 St Arkady, bishop of Novhorod (1162).
September 19/October 2 St Ihor-Yurij, Great Prince of Chernihiv (1147). Molchansk Icon of the Mother of God. St Theodore, Prince of Smolensk (1299) and his sons, Sts David (1321) and Constantine (1322). Hieromartyr St Mykola Iskrivsky, Protopresbyter (1919).
September 20/October 3 Holy Martyrs Prince St Michael and his Boyar St Theodore of Chernihiv (1245). St Roman Michailovich, Prince of Briansk and Murom (son of St Michael of Chernihiv). St Oleh, Prince of Briansk (grandson of St Michael of Chernihiv). Holy Martyr St John, Prince of Putyvl (grandson of St Michael of Chernihiv).
September 21/October 4 Uncovering of the relics of St Dmitry (Tuptalenko) Metropolitan of Rostov (1709). Hierarch St Arseny (Chahovtsov) of Kharkiv, Bishop of Winnipeg (1945 - OCA, Archdiocese of Canada).
September 22/October 5 Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “She who is quick to hear” or “Skoroposlushnitsa.”
September 23/October 6 Conception of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.
September 24/October 7 Mirozhka Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Venerable St Avramij Mirozhky (1158). Venerable Hieroconfessor St Leonty (Karpovich), Archimandrite of Vilno, representative of the Kyivan Metropolia at the Polish Seyjm and defender of Orthodoxy (praised by St Peter Mohyla, St Athanasiy of Brest and Zachary (Kopistensky), Archimandrite of the Kyiv Caves Lavra in the work "Palinodia" - 1620).
September 25/October 8 St Dosithea, Recluse of the Kyiv Caves (1776).
September 26/October 9 Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist St John the Theologian.
September 27/October 10 St Archippus, Schemamonk of Hlinsk Hermitage (1896). St Rachel Borodino of Kyiv and Kharkiv (19th c.). Hieromartyr St Anatoly (Zhurakovsky) of Kyiv (1939).
September 28/October 11 Synaxis of the Holy Fathers of Kyiv whose relics are in the Near Caves of St Anthony.
September 28/October 11 St Nicholas, Bishop of Tmutorokan (1088).
September 29/October 12 Uncovering of the relics in 1993 of St John (Maximovych, native of Poltava), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966). Hieromartyr John (Pommer), Archbishop of Riga and Latvia. St John’s influence in Galicia was especially felt through his involvement in the movement toward Orthodoxy among the Galician intelligentsia. He has been formally placed in the list of All Saints of Galicia as a result. Synaxis of All Saints of Poltava. Horbanivska Icon of the Mother of God.
September 30/October 13 St Michael, first Metropolitan of Kyiv (992). St Michael, Prince of Tver (1318). New Hiero-Confessor St Seraphim (Zahorivsky) of Kharkiv (1943). St Meletiy (Pigas), Patriarch of Alexandria (1601). St Meletiy has been formally included in the list of All Saints of Galicia for his activity on behalf of Ukrainian Orthodox, especially for his support of the Orthodox at the time of the Union of Brest. He opposed Moscow’s plans to have its patriarchate declared the third one after those of Constantinople and Alexandria.
