01/09/2026
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The Beginning of the Church Year (“Indiction”). The First Ecumenical Council (325) decreed that the Church’s year should begin on September 1. The lunar month corresponding to September on the Jewish calendar was the beginning of the civil year (cf Exodus 12:2); it was at this time that our Lord Jesus went into the synagogue at Nazareth and read the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me…to proclaim ‘the acceptable year of the Lord. (Isaiah 61:1-2; Luke 4: 16-21).
Our venerable father Simeon the Stylite and his mother. Simeon lived near Antioch in Syria. He was a monk, who lived for many years standing atop a column, hence he received the nickname “Stylite.” His life and admirable conversation were remarkable.(459)
Day of Supplication for the Environment. Patriarch Demetrios I made September 1 a day of special prayer and supplication for the environment. An office for this day was composed by the late monk Gerasimos of the Skete of Little Saint Anna on the Holy Mountain; it is from this office that the Troparion given here was taken. The translation is by Archimandrite Ephrem Lash.
Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God of Miasena.
The holy martyr Aeithalas, who suffered in Persia. (380)
The forty holy women martyred with their instructor, Ammon the deacon, during the time of the emperor Licinius at Heraclea in Thrace (313).
The holy martyr Callista and her two brothers, Evodius and Hermogenes, who were martyred in Nicomedia. (309)
The just Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord. When the hand of Moses was placed on him, he was filled with the spirit of wisdom. He led the people of Israel after the death of Moses through the Jordan River to the promised land.