Orthodox holiday September 16th. Church Orthodox holiday of September

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What church orthodox holiday is September 16

The Hieromartyrs Anthimus, Theophilos, Mardonius, Mygdonia, Peter and many others are remembered. This is also the day of remembrance of St. Theoctistus of Palestine and Blessed John the Hairy.

September 16 is a holiday in Ukraine, Russia, Dagestan and Chechnya, Yekaterinburg, Belarus

Today is the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, which was established in 1994 by representatives of the United Nations Assembly, as enshrined in resolution A/RES/49/114. They remember the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Destruct ozone layer, which happened in 1995.

Celebrate International Juice Day and Juliet's Birthday. The latter is celebrated in the city of Verona, where Juliet's club has been created, whose members give advice about love and relationships to those who send letters to herself famous heroine tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". Every year we have to respond to more than 5,000 letters, most of which are sent by email.

This is also the Day of Pharmaceutical Workers of Ukraine, which was established by presidential decree number 1128/99 of September 7, 1999. The main festive events are held on the 3rd Saturday of September.

Service Workers Day state protection celebrated in Kyrgyzstan. The celebrations are enshrined in government decree number 369 on June 11, 2009, and the date of the holiday corresponds to the creation of the first State Security Service in the republic.

Today is Mexico's Independence Day, on which folk festivals, concerts and various events are held for adults and youth. The date was not chosen by chance, since it was on this day in 1820 that the largest Mexican uprising and struggle for freedom began.

In Ukraine today is Inventor and Innovator Day, which takes place on the 3rd Saturday of September. The event was enshrined in presidential decree number 443/94 of August 16, 1994.

The day is no less interesting because the Festival of Sacred Music is held in Rome, which lasts one week. The event, held since 2002, gives the audience the opportunity to get acquainted with classical and church musical works different years.

In 2017, Oktoberfest took place on September 16, which is considered one of the world's largest beer festivals. Munich was chosen as the venue, and 16 days were allotted for the event itself.

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"The Burning Bush" is an image known since early centuries Christianity. It symbolically reflects the Old Testament event described in the book of Exodus, when not far from Sinai, near Mount Horeb, the prophet Moses, tending sheep, saw a burning bush, came up to see “why the bush was burning with fire, but was not consumed” (Ex. 3: 2), and God, calling to him from the flames, called to lead the people of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land. For Christians, this bush, which did not burn in fire, became a prototype Mother of God, which was not scorched by the fire of the Divine at the immaculate conception.

This icon came to Rus' back in 1390 - it was brought to Moscow by Palestinian monks - and was kept in the Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. And starting from the 16th century, numerous lists of it began to spread throughout the country, many of which were considered miraculous.

In the secret of such popularity among the people of this image, oversaturated with complex symbolism, perhaps lies the key to understanding the essence religious consciousness our ancestors, which we persistently try to squeeze into the Procrustean bed of our own ideas, greatly flattened by our secular world.

Saints John of Damascus, Theodore the Studite, Patriarch Nikephoros of Constantinople, fathers VII Ecumenical The cathedral described a number of main functions of the icon. And the most popular of their definitions was the explanation of the icon as a story about the events of Sacred history or the life of a saint in pictures (in the words of Basil the Great - “a book for the illiterate”). That is, practically - an illustration, a pious "comic"? But the fact of the matter is that the holy creators of the Orthodox iconographic canon seem to have had something else in mind.

Symbolically showing the spiritual, indescribable phenomena of the heavenly world, the icon elevates the mind and spirit of the person contemplating it into this world, unites it with it, and introduces them to the endless pleasure of spiritual beings surrounding the throne of God. It is a subject of long and in-depth contemplation, a stimulator of spiritual concentration, a path to spiritual ascent. The icon depicts the past, present and future Orthodox world. It is fundamentally timeless and spaceless, in it the unity of the earthly and heavenly is actually realized. The believer finds in it an eternal spiritual cosmos, communion with which is the goal of the life of an Orthodox person.

"The Burning Bush" is oversaturated with symbols and characters Holy Scripture: archangels, apocalyptic tetramorph (four winged apocalyptic creatures, also symbolizing the four evangelists), angels - patrons of the elements, visions of the Old Testament prophets surround the central image of the Mother of God holding the baby Christ in her arms: the heavenly and earthly worlds, uniting according to the plan of the Almighty in an inextricable story of the past , present and future, give birth to the Savior of humanity Jesus Christ from the grace-filled Ever-Virgin Mary.

The image of the Virgin Mary is enclosed in an eight-pointed star formed by two quadrangles - green and red (the natural color of the bush and the color of the flame that surrounded it). Moreover, the symbol of the eight-pointed star itself is also closely connected with the Mother of God and her secret. The eight-pointed star in tradition means eternity, complete stability, going beyond the bounds of the earthly world. This is a sign of paradise, the final transformation, the Heavenly Jerusalem. That is, the icon depicts the spiritual, “Mother of God” cosmos: the Mother of God gathered the whole world around the Eternal Child - the forces of earth and heaven. It is precisely this, collected together, that God intended the universe to be, and it is precisely by this that the chaotic, centrifugal forces of death and decay must be defeated.

Traces of popular veneration of this image remained even in city toponymy: the list of the “Burning Bush” from the Holy Entrance of the Faceted Chamber of the Kremlin was kept in the Moscow Church of the “Burning Bush” until the 20th century; The temple itself was demolished in 1930, but the name remained - Neopalimovsky Lane.

In 1904, with the blessing of John of Kronstadt, his spiritual daughter, Abbess Taisiya (Solopova), founded a monastery in honor of the “Burning Bush” - the Parfenevskaya Hermitage near Cherepovets.

Revered miraculous lists icons "The Burning Bush" are in Perm region, in Ulyanovsk, in Novgorod, in Ukraine - in the Trinity Church of Slavyansk.

The church-wide celebration of this icon on September 4 (September 17 according to the new style) was established in 1680.

Today is September 16 (September 3, old style),
Orthodox Church celebrates:

* Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and with him the martyrs Theophilos the deacon, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Mygdonia, Peter, Indis, Gorgonia, Zenon, Domna the Virgin and Euthymius (302). * Venerable Theoktistus (467), saint of Euthymius the Great. * Blessed John Vlasaty the Merciful, Rostov Wonderworker (1580).
Saint Thebes the Deaconess of Cenchrea (I). Martyrs of Basilissa of Nicomedia (309); Zinona; Khariton; Archontion; Vitaliana; Dasya. Hieromartyr Aristion, Bishop of Alexandria of Syria. Saint Constantine the New King (VII). Saint Joannikius, first Patriarch of Serbia (1349). New Martyr Polydorus (1794). Hieromartyrs Pimen (Belikov), Bishop of Vernensky, Sergius, Vasily, Philip, Vladimir presbyters, Venerable Martyr Miletius (1918); Hieromartyrs Basil, Parthenia Presbyters (1919); Andrew, Feofan presbyters (1920); Vladimir, Mikhail presbyterov (1921); Nicholas the Presbyter (1923); Euthymius the presbyter and with him the four martyrs (1924); Romana Presbytera (1929); Alexy (Zinoviev), Elijah presbyters (1937); Peter (Sorokin) deacon (1953). Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia (Pisian) (VI).

Hieromartyr Anthimus

Hieromartyr Anthimus came from Nicomedia, where he was a bishop. Even in his youth, when passions usually act especially strongly, he was humble, temperate, not angry, active and loving, which is why he was awarded the rank of priest, and then bishop. At that time, the persecution of Christians was especially strong in Nicomedia. St. Anthimus encouraged his flock not to be afraid of torment for the faith, and many of the nobles and royal servants, heeding the voice of the shepherd, openly declared themselves Christians. They were tortured. Among them were Theophilus, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Mygdonius, Peter, Indis, Gorgonius, Zenon, Domna the Virgin, Euthymius and many others. There was a fire in the royal chambers; Christians were suspected of arson, and they began to be exterminated in droves. St. Anthimus considered it necessary to hide in order to save his life for now and to exhort, strengthen and console the persecuted Christians with his messages. With one of the messages of St. Anthima was captured by Deacon Theophilus and presented to King Maximian. The king demanded that Theophilus tell him where Anthimus was hiding. “I cannot betray someone who does so much for the Church,” answered Theophilus and was killed for this. Finally, the time has come martyrdom Saint Anthimus. The place where he was hiding was discovered, and the king sent 20 horse soldiers after him. The saint, having met the soldiers, called them to him, promising to show whom they were looking for. Having treated the soldiers, he said that he was Anfim. The soldiers did not know what to do; they even wanted to leave the saint and say that they had not found him. The saint, not tolerating lies and wanting to suffer for Christ, did not agree to this. The soldiers were baptized. When Anthimus came to the king, the king ordered the instruments of execution to be brought and placed in front of him. “Are you really thinking, king, to frighten me with instruments of execution? - said the martyr to the king. - You cannot frighten someone who himself wants to die for Christ! Execution only frightens the faint-hearted, for whom temporary life is most precious. And more than anything else, I want to move on to God.” The king ordered the saint to be cruelly tortured and then his head to be cut off. St. died Anthimus in 302 under Diocletian.

Martyr Vasilissa

The martyr Vasilissa suffered in 309 in Nicomedia when she was nine years old. When they brought her to the ruler of the city, Alexander, she fearlessly confessed herself to be a Christian, so that everyone was surprised. The ruler at first gently persuaded her to renounce Christ, and then became angry and ordered her to be beaten and flogged with rods. The young martyr bravely endured suffering. The ruler ordered to hang her upside down, and light straw, sulfur, oil and tin under her so that the martyr would suffocate, but did not achieve his goal. Then Vasilisa was put into a fired oven, but she, having created sign of the cross, entered the oven and remained unharmed. Finally, they let hungry lions attack her, but they did not touch her. Then the tormentor fell at the feet of the martyr, asked her for forgiveness and prayers, and was baptized. Vasilisa died peacefully shortly after while praying.

Venerable Theoktist was a companion of St. Euthymius the Great (January 20) and the head of his monastery near Jerusalem. Lived in the 5th century.

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Troparion of the Hieromartyr Anthimus, tone 4: And a participant in character... (see Appendix 2) Kontakion of the Hieromartyr Anthimus, tone 4: Having lived piously in the priesthood/ and having ended the path of torment,/ you extinguished your services to the idols,/ you became a champion of your flock, God-wise./ And so he honors you now, secretly crying out:/ from troubles Bless us // with your prayers, ever-memorable Anfima. Troparion of St. Theoktistus, tone 8: With the streams of your tears you brought forth the barren land/ and from the depths of your sighs you bore fruit with a hundred labors/ and you were the lamp of the universe, shining with miracles, Theoktiste, our father,// Christ God may save our souls. Kontakion of St. Theoktistus, tone 4: In the fasts I joined the great Euthymius,/ in labors like an Angel appeared on earth,/ cleansing, like a saint, the hearts of the faithful/ with Divine signs always,// For this sake of love, Theokti Hey, we honor you.

Often the mighty of the world This, looking down on Christianity, they cannot understand at all what meekness and humility are, because these concepts are not in the experience of so many people involved in the elements of this world. And the Lord reveals to us great secret human happiness - to be with Him and remember that greatest power, transforming the human heart, calming in any sorrows, giving peace and tranquility, is humility and meekness. This is not weakness - we know how humble, meek people were able to give their lives for their loved ones, for the Fatherland and sacrifice a lot in life. Meekness and humility are not synonymous with weakness - they are synonymous with happiness.

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On September 16, 3 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.

Hieromartyrs Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and with him Theophilos, deacon, martyrs Dorotheus, Mardonius, Mygdonia, Peter, Indis, Gorgonia, Zenon, martyr Domna the Virgin and martyr Euthymius

Memorial Day for Bishop Anthimus and other martyrs who suffered for the faith during the persecution of Christians under the emperors Diocletian and Maximian.

Venerable Theoctistus of Palestine, saint of Euthymius the Great

It is the day of remembrance of Abbot Theoktistus (5th century). Author of many works and exploits.

Blessed John Vlasaty, Rostov Wonderworker

Dedicated to Saint John, who labored in Rostov during the reign of Ivan the Terrible (16th century). He received the nickname “Hairy” for the large mop of hair on his head, and “Merciful” for performing many healings.

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Martyr Andrew Stratilates and with him 2593 martyrs.
Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Great Perm.
Martyrs: Timothy, Agapius and Thekla.
Don Icon of the Mother of God.

Prophet Samuel.
Martyrs: Sevier and Memnon and with them 37 martyrs.
Martyr Lucius Senator, Cyprus.
Martyrs, Iliodor and Dosa, Persian.

Apostle of the 70, Thaddeus.
Martyrs Vassa and her children, martyrs Theognius, Agapius and Pista.
Venerable Abramius, miracle worker of Smolensk.
St. Avramius the hardworking, Pechersk, in the Near Caves.

Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Martyrs: Agathonika, Zotika, Theoprepia (Bogolepa), Akindinus, Severian and others.
Hieromartyr Gorazd, Bishop of Bohemia and Moravian-Silesian.
Hieromartyr Athanasius the Bishop, Venerable Anthusa and her servants, martyrs Kharisim and Neophytos.

Fast day.
Martyr Lupp.
Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons.
Venerables, Eutychius and Florence.

Hieromartyr Eutyches, disciple of the Apostle John the Theologian.
Transfer of the relics of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', wonderworker.
Venerable Arseny of Komel.
Martyr Tatio.

Fast day.
Return of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew.
Apostle of the 70, Titus, Bishop of Crete.
Saints: Barsis and Eulogius, bishops of Edessa, and Protogen, bishop of Carria, confessor and others with them.

Candlemas Vladimir icon Holy Mother of God.
Martyrs, Adrian and Natalia and with them the 23rd.
Reverend Adrian Ondrusovsky.
Blessed Cyprian of Storozhevsky.

Venerable Pimen the Great.
Reverend Hieromartyrs, Kuksha and Pimen the Faster, Pechersk, in the Near Caves.
Saint Hosea the Confessor, Bishop of Corduba.
Saint Liverius, Confessor, Pope of Rome.

Venerable Moses Murin.
Finding the relics of St. Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev.
The Cathedral of the Monk fathers of the Kiev Pechersky, in the distant caves (Rev. Theodosius) resting: Theodosia, Moses, the miracle worker, Lavrentia, the recluse, Ilarion Schimnik, Paphnutia, Martiria Deacon, Theodore, Prince Ostanasi, Athanasius of the Recluse, Dionysius of the Hieromonk, the Recluse, Feofille, the Archbishop Rodsky , Zenon the faster, Gregory the Wonderworker, Hypatia the healer, Hieromartyr Lucian, Joseph the Much-Sick, Paul the Obedient, Sisoes the schema-monk, Nestor the unlettered, Pamva the recluse, Theodore the silent, Sophronius the recluse, Pankratius the hieromonk, the recluse, Anatoly the recluse, Ammon the recluse, Mardarius the recluse, Piora the recluse, Martyria the recluse, Rufus the recluse, Benjamin the recluse, Cassian the recluse, Arseny the hardworking, Euthymius the schematic, Titus the warrior, Achila the deacon, Paisius, Mercury the faster, Macarius the deacon, Pimen the fasting, Leontius and Gerontius the canonarchs, Zechariah the fasting, Silouan the schematic, Agathon the wonderworker , Ignatius the Archimandrite and Longinus the Goalkeeper.
Venerable Savva of Krypetsky, Pskov.

Fast day.
The beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John. (Disease)
Venerable Alexander, abbot of Vochsky.

Fast day.
Saints: Alexander, John and Paul the New, Patriarchs of Constantinople.
Venerable Alexander of Svirsky (death).
Transfer of the relics of the blessed prince Alexander Nevsky.
Finding the relics of the blessed Prince Daniil of Moscow.

Position honest belt Holy Mother of God.
Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage.
Saint Gennady, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Saint John, Metropolitan of Kyiv.

Church New Year.
Fast day.
The beginning of the indictment is the church new year.
Venerable Simeon the Stylite and his mother Martha.
Martyr Aifal, deacon.

Martyr Mamant, his father Theodotus and mother Rufina.
Venerable John, faster, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Venerables, Anthony and Theodosius, Pechersk.
3628 martyrs in Nicomedia.

Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and with him the martyrs: Theophilos the deacon, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Mygdonia, Peter, Indisa, Gorgonia, Zeno, Domna the Virgin and Euthymius.
Venerable Theoktistus, follower of the fast of Euthymius the Great.
Blessed John Vlasaty, Rostov, wonderworker.
Saint Thebes, Deaconess of Cenchrea.

Hieromartyr Babyla, Bishop of Great Antioch, and with him three youths: Urvan, Prilydian, Eppolonius and their mother Christodoula.
Prophet Moses.
Discovery of the relics of St. Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod.
The second discovery of the relics of St. Mitrofan, Bishop of Voronezh.

Prophet Zechariah and righteous Elizabeth, parents of Saint John the Baptist.
Venerable Martyr Athanasius of Brest.
The murder of the noble prince Gleb, in the holy Baptism of David.
Martyrs, Thephael and his sister Thebea (Vivea).

Fast day.
Recollection of the miracle of the Archangel Michael, which happened in Khoneh (Colossae).
Martyrs: Eudoxius, Zenon and Macarius and with them 11 thousand in Atmenia.
Venerable Archippus.

Forefeast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Martyr Sozont.
Saint John, Archbishop of Novgorod.
Venerable Martyr Macarius of Kanevsky, Archimandrite of Ovruch, Pereyaslavl.

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Fast day.
Venerable Serapion, monk of the Spaso-Eleazarovsky Monastery.
Venerable Lucian, abbot of Alexandrovsky.

Saturday before the Exaltation.

Righteous Joachim and Anna.
Martyr Sevirian.
Venerable Joseph, abbot of Volotsk, wonderworker.

The week before the Exaltation.
After-feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Martyrs: Minodora, Mitrodora and Nymphodora.
St. Paul the Obedient, Pechersk, in the Far Caves.

After-feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Transfer of relics St. Sergius and Herman, Valaam miracle workers.
Venerable Silouan of Athos.
Venerable Theodora of Alexandria.

Commemoration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Hieromartyr Autonomus, Bishop of Italy.
Transfer of the relics of the righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye.
Venerable Vassian of Tiksna.

Fast day.
Pre-Celebration of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-giving Cross The Lord's.
Commemoration of the renovation (consecration) of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem (Resurrection).
Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion.

Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
Fast day.
The Repose of Saint John Chrysostom.
Martyr Pope, Lycaonian.

Fast day.

Great Martyr Nikita.
Finding the relics of St. Akaki the Confessor, Bishop of Meletino.

Saturday after the Exaltation.
Post-celebration of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Valued.
Saint Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus', wonderworker.

Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia
Week of the Exaltation.
Post-celebration of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Martyrs: Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia.
Martyrs, Theodotia and Agathoclia.

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