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September 4 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 6

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For September 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 23.

Saints

  • Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Forerunner (1st century) <small>(see also: June 24)</small>
  • Martyrs Sarbel and his sister Barbe (Thathuil, Thiphael; Bebaia, Thivea) of Edessa (98-138) <small>(see also: September 4; January 29)</small>
  • Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa (98-138)
  • Virgin-martyr Rhais of Alexandria (Iraida, Raissa, Rose) (c. 308) <small>(see also: September 23)</small>
  • Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus, soldiers, at Antioch (361-363) <small>(see also: October 9, October 12)</small>
  • Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and 77 Priests and Deacons, at Nicomedia, under Valens (370)
  • Hieromartyr Abdas (Abdias, Obadiah), Bishop of Hormidz-Ardashir, Persia, and Martyrs Hormizd and Sunin (c. 420) <small>(see also: March 31; May 16)</small>

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Herculanus, a martyr in Porto near Rome, probably under Marcus Aurelius (c. 180)
  • Saints Quintius, Arcontius and Donatus, martyrs venerated in Capua and elsewhere in the south of Italy.