Sep. 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 4

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 16 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For September 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 21.

Saints

• Saint Phoebe, Deaconess of Cenchreae near Corinth (1st century)^{[1][2][3][4][note 2][note 3]}
• Hieromartyr Aristion of Alexandria (Kelladion), Bishop of Alexandria Scabiosa (modern Iskenderun) (c. 167)^{[1][3][6][7][note 4]}
• Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop of Nicomedia (302)^{[1][3][8][9][note 5]}
• Hieromartyr Theophilus the Deacon, and martyrs Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter, Indes, Gorgonius, Zeno, Virgin Domna,^[10] and Euthymius (302)^[1][9][11]
• Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia (309)^{[1][3][12][13][note 6]}
• Martyr Zenon, immersed in a cauldron of boiling lead.^{[3][11][14][note 7]}
• Martyr Chariton, thrown into a pit of boiling lime.^[3][11][15]
• Martyr Archontius.^[3][11][16]
• Venerable Theoctistus of Palestine, fellow ascetic with Venerable Euthymius the Great (451)^{[1][3][17][18]}
• Saint Constantine the New (Heraclius Constantine), Emperor of Byzantium, in the Church of the Holy Apostles (641)^{[1][3][19][20]}
• Saint Trivelius Theoktist (Khan Tervel of Bulgaria), who played an important role in defeating the Arabs during the Siege of Constantinople in 717–718 (721)^{[21][note 8]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Euphemia, Dorothy, Thecla and Erasma, a group of virgin-martyrs in Aquileia in Italy, venerated in Venice and Ravenna (1st century)^{[22][note 9]}
• Saint Mansuetus (Mansuy), Bishop of Toul in France, Confessor (c. 350)^[5][22]
• Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Sens in France (c. 455)^[22]
• Saint Macanisius (Mac Nisse of Connor), the founder and first bishop-abbot of Connor (514)^{[22][note 10]}
• Saint Auxanus (Sant'Ansano), Bishop of Milan (568)^[5][22]
• Saint Maurilius, Bishop of Cahors in France (580)^{[22][note 11]}
• Saint Natalis, a priest in Casale in Piedmont (6th century)^[22]
• Saint Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604)^{[22][note 12][note 13]} (see also: March 12)
• Saint Remaclus, Bishop of Maastricht (c. 663)^{[1][23][note 14]}
• Saint Frugentius, a monk at Fleury Abbey, martyred with St Aigulphus, Abbot of Lérins in France (675)^[22]
• Saint Aigulphus of Provence (Ayou, Ayoul), Abbot of Lérins (c. 676)^{[1][22][23][note 15][note 16][note 17]}
• Saint Hereswith, a princess from Northumbria in England, and sister of St Hilda, she ended her life as a nun at Chelles Abbey in France (c. 690)^{[22][note 18]}
• Saint Regulus (Reol), a monk at Rebais in France with St Philibert, later Archbishop of Rheims and founder of the monastery of Orbais (698)^[22]
• Saint Hildebold, first Archbishop of Cologne (818)^[25]
• Saint Sandalus (Sandila, Sandolus, Sandulf), a martyr in Cordoba in Spain under the Moors (c. 855)^[5][22]
• Saint Edward the Martyr, Martyr and King of England (978)^[1][23] (see also: March 18 and February 13 - translation of relics)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Ioannicius II, First Serbian Patriarch, Wonderworker (1354)^{[1][11][23][26][note 19]}
• Blessed John "the Hairy", Fool-for-Christ of Rostov (1580)^{[1][11][23][27][28]}
• New Martyr Polydorus of Leucosia, Cyprus, at New Ephesus (1794)^{[1][3][11][23][29][30][note 20]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Pimen (Belolikov), Bishop of Vernensk and Semirechensk (1918)^{[1][11][23][31][note 21]}
• New Hieromartyr Meletius (Golokolosv), Hieromonk of the Issyk-Kul Holy Trinity Monastery, Kyrgyzstan (1918)^[1][23][31]
• New Hieromartyrs Sergius Fenomenov, Basil Kolmikov, Philip Shatsky, and Vladimir Dmitrievsky,^[32] Priests (1918)^[23][31]
• New Hieromartyrs Basil Krasivsky^[33] and Parthenius Krasivsky, Priests (1919)^[23][31]
• New Hieromartyrs Andrew Dalnikov^[34] and Theophan Sokolov, Priests (1920)^[23][31]
• New Hieromartyrs Vladimir Sadovsky and Michael Sushkov, Priests (1921)^[23][31]
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Sushchevsky, Priest (1923)^[23][31]
• New Hieromartyr Euthymius Krygovich,^[35] Priest, and 4 martyrs with him (1924)^[23][31]
• New Hieromartyr Romanus Marchenko, Priest (1929)^[23][31]
• New Hieromartyr Alexis Zinoviev, Priest (1937)^{[11][23][31][36]}
• New Hieromartyr Elias Bazhanov, Priest (1937)^[23][31][37]
• New Hieromartyr Peter Sorokin, Deacon of Alma-Ata (1953)^[11][23]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Theotokos of Pisidian Sozopolis (608)^{[11][23][31][38]}
• Repose of Priest Peter of Uglich, Fool-for-Christ (1866)^[1][39][40]
• Translation of the relics (1953) of St. Nektarios (Kephalas) of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker (1920)^[11][40][41]
• Translation of the relics of Venerable Anthimos (Vagianos) of Chios (1960)^{[40][note 22]}

Icon gallery

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  Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop of Nicomedia and those with him.
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  Byzantine coin depicting Constantine the New with his father Heraclius and brother Heraklonas.
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  Saint Trivelius Theoktist, Khan of Bulgaria.
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  St. Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome, with St. Augustine of Canterbury.
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  Blessed John "the Hairy", Fool-for-Christ of Rostov.
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  St. Ioannicius II, First Serbian Patriarch.
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  New Hieromartyr Pimen (Belolikov), Bishop of Vernensk and Semirechensk.
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  St. Nektarios (Kephalas) of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis.