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All fixed [[Synaxarium|commemorations]] below celebrated on '''September 28''' by [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Churches]] on the [[Julian Calendar|Old Calendar]].{{#tag:ref|The notation ''[[Old Style]]'' or (''OS'') is sometimes used to indicate a date in the ''[[Julian Calendar]]'' (which is used by churches on the ''"Old Calendar"''.<br />The notation ''[[New Style]]'' or (''NS''), indicates a date in the ''[[Revised Julian calendar]]'' (which is used by churches on the ''New Calendar"'').|group=note}}
 
For September 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''[[September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|September 2]]''.
 
==Feasts==
* Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE>[http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0915.html September 15/September 28]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).</ref><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102614 Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref><ref name=ROC-RU>{{in lang|ru}} [http://calendar.rop.ru/mes1/sep15.html 15 сентября по старому стилю / 28 сентября по новому стилю]. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на {{CURRENTYEAR}} год.</ref>
 
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 28 by [[Old Style|Old Calendarists]]
==Saints==
* Martyrs Maximus,<ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/654/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Μάρτυρας].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref name=ECCLESIA>{{in lang|el}} Συναξαριστής. ''[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=9&id=15 15 Σεπτεμβρίου].'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).</ref> Theodotus, and Asclepiodota, of [[Adrianopolis]] (305-311)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ROC-RU/><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102617 Martyr Theodotus of Adrianopolis].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref> <small>''(see also: [[September 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|September 17]])''</small>
*Great-[[martyr]] [[Nicetas the Goth]] ([[372]])
* Holy Two Virgin-Martyrs, by the sword.<ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/655/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἁγίες Δύο Κόρες].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>
*[[Saint]] [[Philoteus the Presbyter]] ([[10th century]])
* Martyr Porphyrius the Mime, of Caesarea (361)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/651/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Πορφύριος ὁ μίμος].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102620 Martyr Porphyrius the Actor].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>{{#tag:ref|"Also, St. Porphyrius, a comedian, who, in the presence of Julian the Apostate, being baptized in jest, and suddenly converted by the power of God, declared himself a Christian. Forthwith, by order of the emperor, he was struck with an axe, and thus crowned with martyrdom."<ref name=ROMAN>''[[:iarchive:romanmartyrology00cathuoft|The Roman Martyrology]].'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp.&nbsp;283–285.</ref>|group=note}} <small>(''see also: [[November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|November 4]]'')</small>
*Martyr [[Porphyrius the Actor]] ([[362]])
* ''Great-martyr [[Nicetas the Goth]] and those with him'' (372)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/649/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας ὁ Γότθος].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102615 Greatmartyr Nicetas the Goth].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>{{#tag:ref|"The same day, St. [[Nicetas the Goth|Nicetas]], a Goth, who was burned alive for the Catholic faith, by order of king Athanaric."<ref name=ROMAN/>|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|[[Name day]]s celebrated today include:
*Martyrs Theodotis, Asclepiodotus, and Maximus of [[Adrianopolis]] ([[305]]-[[311]])
* ''Nicetas, Nikita'' (Νικήτας).|group=note}}
*Saints [[Bessarion I]] and [[Bessarion II]], [[archbishops]] of [[Larissa]] ([[16th century]])
* Saint Joseph, Abbot of [[Alaverdi Monastery]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (570)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ROC-RU/><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102623 Venerable Joseph, Abbot of Alaverdi, Georgia].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref><ref name=MOSPAT>[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=28&month=9 September 28 / September 15]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref><ref>Zakaria Machitadze (Archpriest). ''Lives of the Georgian Saints.'' First English Edition. [[Platina, California#Monastery|St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood]], 2006. pp. 331-332.</ref>
*Saint [[Gerasimos of Mysia|Gerasimos]], [[abbot]], of [[Mysia]]
* ''Venerable Philotheos the Presbyter of Asia Minor, Wonderworker'' (10th century)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/652/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος καὶ θαυματουργὸς].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102622 St Philotheus the Presbyter in Asia Minor].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
*Saint [[Joseph of Alaver|Joseph]], abbot, of [[Alaverd]] in [[Georgia (Caucasus)|Georgia]] ([[570]])
* Venerable Sabinus, a bishop who became a monastic.<ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/894/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Σαβίνος].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>
*Martyr [[John of Crete]] ([[1811]])
 
*Saint [[Joseph the New]]
==Pre-Schism Western saints==
==Other Commemorations==
* [[Saint Nicomedes]], by tradition he was a priest martyred in Rome, perhaps under Domitian (c. 90)<ref name=LATIN>[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdsep.htm September 15]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.</ref>{{#tag:ref|"At Rome, on the Nomentan road, the birthday of blessed Nicomedes, priest and martyr. As he said to those who would compel him to sacrifice: ''"I sacrifice only to the Omnipotent God who reigns in heaven,"'' he was for a long time scourged with leaded whips, and thus went to our Lord."<ref name=ROMAN/>|group=note}}
*Uncovering of the [[relics]] of [[Saint Acacius]], [[Bishop]] of [[Melitene]]
* Saint Valerian, a companion of St [[Saint Pothinus|Photinus]] (''Pothinus'') of Lyons in France (178)<ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|He succeeded in escaping from prison and reappeared at Tournus near Autun, where he again preached to the people. He was captured a second time and beheaded.|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|"In the diocese of Chalons, St. Valerian, martyr, who was suspended on high by the governor Priscus, and tortured with iron hooks. Remaining immovable in the confession of Christ, and continuing joyfully to praise Him, he was struck with the sword by order of the same magistrate."<ref name=ROMAN/>|group=note}}
*Uncovering of the relics of the Holy [[Protomartyr]] and [[Archdeacon]] [[Stephen]] ([[relics]] uncovered in [[415]])
* Saint [[Alpinus of Lyon|Albinus]] (''Aubin, Alpin''), [[Bishop of Lyons]] (c. 390)<ref name=ROMAN/><ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|The successor of St Justus in Lyons in France between 381 and 390. He is said to have built the church of St Stephen and chosen it for his Cathedral.|group=note}}
[[Category:Eastern Orthodox liturgical days]]
* Saint [[Mamilian of Palermo]], [[Bishop of Palermo]] in Sicily (460)<ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|He was exiled to Tuscany by the Arian King Genseric. His relics were eventually returned to Palermo.|group=note}}
* Saint [[Aprus of Toul|Aprus]] (''Aper, Apre, Epvre, Evre''), [[Bishop of Toul]] (507)<ref name=ROMAN/><ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|Born near Trier in Germany, he became a very able and just lawyer. He gave up this profession to become a priest and in time became Bishop of Toul in France.|group=note}}
* Saint [[Leobinus]] (''Lubin''), Abbot of Brou, then [[Bishop of Chartres]] (c. 556)<ref name=ROMAN/><ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|Born near Poitiers in France, he was the son of a peasant. Early in life he became a hermit, then a priest, Abbot of Brou and finally Bishop of Chartres.|group=note}}
* Saint Hernin (''Hernan''), a hermit in Brittany at a place called Loc-Harn after him (6th century)<ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|"ST. HERNIN was one of the many Christians of Great Britain who took refuge in Brittany during the sixth century. He led a life of solitude entirely hidden from the world, but the miracles wrought at his tomb revealed his sanctity, and gained the veneration of the neighbouring population. A church was built over his sepulchre which still remains, and is known as Loc-Harn. Many relics of the Saint are preserved there and held in due reverence."<ref name=STANTON>Rev. Richard Stanton. ''[https://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries].'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p.&nbsp;448.</ref>|group=note}}
* Saint [[Saint Mirin|Merinus]] (''Merin, Merryn, Meadhran''), abbot of [[Paisley Abbey]] (c. 620)<ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|A disciple of St Comgall at [[Bangor Abbey]] in Ireland.|group=note}}
* [[Saint Aichardus]] (''Aicard, Achard''), Abbot of St Benedict's at Quinçay near Poitiers, then Abbot of [[Jumièges Abbey|Jumièges]] (c. 687)<ref name=ROMAN/><ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|Born in Poitiers in France, the son of an officer at the court of Clotaire II, early in life he became a monk at Ansion in Poitou. Here he spent thirty-nine years, later becoming Abbot of St Benedict's at Quinçay near Poitiers. Finally he succeeded St Philibert as Abbot of Jumièges, where there were nearly one thousand monks.|group=note}}
* Saint Ritbert, monk and abbot of a small monastery in Varennes in France (c. 690)<ref name=LATIN/>
* Saint Ribert, Monk and Abbot of [[Saint-Valery-sur-Somme|Saint-Valèry-sur-Somme]] in France (7th century)<ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|He may also have been a bishop in Normandy and Picardy. He is the patron of several churches near Rouen.|group=note}}
* Saints Emilas and Jeremiah, two young men, the former of whom was a deacon, [[Martyrs of Córdoba|imprisoned and beheaded in Cordoba]] in Spain under the Caliph [[Abd ar-Rahman II|Abderrahman]] (852)<ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|"At Cordova, the holy martyrs Emilas, deacon, and Jeremias, who ended their martyrdom in the persecution of the Arabs by being beheaded, after a long detention in prison."<ref name=ROMAN/>|group=note}}
 
==Post-Schism Orthodox saints==
* Venerable Meletios, founder of the Monastery of Sergius.<ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/657/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>{{#tag:ref|His memory is preserved in the Siniaitic Typikon (No. 1094, p. 35) as follows:
:* «Μηνὶ Σεπτεμβρίω ιε’, ἐκοιμήθη ὁ Ὅσιος πατὴρ ἡμῶν Μελέτιος καὶ κτήτωρ τῆς Μονῆς τοῦ Σεργίου».
See Dimitrievski, Typikon II, p. 30.|group=note}}
* Venerable Nicetas, Bishop of [[Chytri]], near [[Kythrea]], in Cyprus.<ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/662/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας Ἐπίσκοπος Χυτρῶν Κύπρου].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>{{#tag:ref|His memory is referenced in John Hackett's ''"[https://books.google.com/books?id=qCctAAAAYAAJ A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus]"'' (1901).|group=note}}
* ''Saint [[Symeon of Thessalonica|Symeon of Thessaloniki]], Archbishop of Thessaloniki'' (1429)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/658/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκης].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>
* Saint Nicetas, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh and founder of the Theophany Monastery in Kostroma (15th century)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/>
* Saints Bessarion I (1490-1499) and Bessarion II (1527-1540),<ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/659/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Βησσαρίων Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Λαρίσης].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref> Metropolitans of [[Larissa]].<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108951 St Bessarion, Archbishop of Larissa].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>{{#tag:ref|[[Name day]]s celebrated today include:
* ''Bessarion'' (Βησσαρίων).|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|el}} ''[[:el:Βησσαρίων Λαρίσης|Βησσαρίων Λαρίσης]]''. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).|group=note}}
* Saint Joseph the New of Partoёs, Metropolitan of [[Timișoara]], Romania (1656)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102624 St Joseph the New of Partos the Metropolitan of Timishoara (Romania)].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
* Saint Gerasimos the New, founder of the sacred monastery of the Holy Trinity in Sourvia, near [[Makrinitsa]] (c. 1740)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/660/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος κτήτορας τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίας Τριάδος Σουρβίας].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108952 St Gerasimus].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
* New Martyr John of Crete, at [[Kuşadası|New Ephesus]] (1811)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/661/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108953 New Martyr John of Crete].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
 
===New martyrs and confessors===
* New Hieromartyr John Ilinsky, Priest (1918)<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/469105.html ИОАНН].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref>
* Virgin-martyr Eudokia Tkachenko (1918)<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/187075.html ЕВДОКИЯ].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref>
* New Hieromartyrs Andrew Kovalev,<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/379393.html АНДРЕЙ].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref> Gregory Konokotin,<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/166565.html ГРИГОРИЙ].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref> Gregory Troitsky,<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/166583.html ГРИГОРИЙ].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref> and John Yakovlev,<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/469265.html ИОАНН].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref> Priests (1921)<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/>
* Venerable New Hiero-confessor Ignatius (Biryukov), Archimandrite, of the Aleksievo-Akatov Monastery in Voronezh (1932)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/293441.html ИГНАТИЙ].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref>
* New Hieromartyr Demetrius Ignatenko, Priest (1935)<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/178033.html ДИМИТРИЙ].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref>
* New Hieromartyrs John Borozdin,<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/469055.html ИОАНН].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref> Jacob Leonovich,<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ''[http://www.pravenc.ru/text/200203.html ИАКОВ].'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).</ref> Peter Petrikov, and Nicholas Skvortsov, Priests (1937)<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/>
* New Hieromartyr Nicholas Tsvetkov, Deacon (1937)<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/>
* Martyrs Mary Rykov and Ludmila Petrov (1937)<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/>
 
==Other commemorations==
* Uncovering of the [[relic]]s of St. [[Acathius of Melitene|Acacius the Confessor]], bishop of [[Melitene]] in Pisidia (251)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/653/sxsaintinfo.aspx Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἀκακίου ἐπισκόπου Μελιτινῆς].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102616 Uncovering of the relics St Acacius the Bishop of Melitene].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>{{#tag:ref|His feast day is on [[March 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|March 31]].|group=note}}
* Icon of the Mother of God of Novonikita, carried by St [[Nicetas the Goth]] (372).<ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108954 Icon of the Mother of God of Novonikita].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
* Uncovering of the relics of Protomartyr and [[Archdeacon]] [[Saint Stephen|Stephen]] (415)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ROC-RU/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/656/sxsaintinfo.aspx Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Πρωτομάρτυρα Στεφάνου].'' 15 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>
 
==Icon gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=180>
File:Maximus, Theodotus and Asklepiodote (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, and Asclepiodote, of [[Adrianopolis]].
File:Porphyrius the Actor (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|St. Porphyrius the Mime, of Caesarea.
File:Nikita Martyr (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|Great-martyr [[Nicetas the Goth]].
File:Nikita Martyr (16th c., Yaroslavl museum).jpg|Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth.
File:San Mamiliano.jpg|St. [[Mamilian of Palermo]], [[Bishop of Palermo]].
File:Symeon of Thessaloniki.jpg|St. [[Symeon of Thessalonica|Symeon of Thessaloniki]], Archbishop of Thessaloniki.
</gallery>
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
* [http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0915.html September 15/September 28]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
* [http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=28&month=9 September 28 / September 15]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* [http://oca.org/saints/lives/{{CURRENTYEAR}}/09/15 September 15]. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
* The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.&nbsp;69.
* ''[http://www.orthodox.cn/saints/menologia/9-15_en.htm The Fifteenth Day of the Month of September].'' Orthodoxy in China.
* [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdsep.htm September 15]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* ''[[:iarchive:romanmartyrology00cathuoft|The Roman Martyrology]].'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp.&nbsp;283–285.
* Rev. Richard Stanton. ''[https://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries].'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p.&nbsp;448.
 
; Greek Sources
* Great [[Synaxarium|Synaxaristes]]: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/m/9/d/15/sxsaintlist.aspx 15 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ]. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* {{in lang|el}} Συναξαριστής. ''[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=9&id=15 15 Σεπτεμβρίου].'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
* {{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.saint.gr/09/15/index.aspx 15/09/{{CURRENTYEAR}}].'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
 
; Russian Sources
* {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}/09/28.html 28 сентября (15 сентября)]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
* {{in lang|ru}} [http://calendar.rop.ru/mes1/sep15.html 15 сентября по старому стилю / 28 сентября по новому стилю]. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на {{CURRENTYEAR}} год.
 
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