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September 21 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 23

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 5 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 9.

Saints

  • Prophet Jonah (8th century B.C.) <small>(see also: September 21 )</small>
  • Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope, Wonderworker (117)
  • Martyr Phocas the Gardener, of Sinope (320)
  • Martyrs Isaac and Martin, by the sword.
  • Saint Peter of Constantinople, tax collector in Africa (6th century)
  • Venerable Jonah the Sabbaite, the Presbyter (9th century), father of Sts. Theophanes the Hymnographer and Theodore Graptus. <small>(see also: September 21 )</small>

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saints Digna and Emerita, Virgin-martyrs in Rome under Valerian (c. 259)
  • Martyrs Maurice and the Theban Legion, including the officers Candidus and Exuperius, at Agaunum, Gaul (c. 287)