September 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
September 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 18
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on September 30 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For September 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 4.
Saints
Hieromartyrs Heraclides and Myron, Bishops of Tamassos in Cyprus Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda), and Love (Lyubov), at Rome- Martyr Agathocleia
- Martyr Theodota of Cappadocia, at Nicaea
- Martyrs Lucy and her son Geminian of Rome
- 156 Martyrs of Palestine, including :
- Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus and Asclepiodotus, of Marcianopolis in Thrace.
- Saints Charalampus and Pantelon, and companions.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Flocellus, a youth martyred in Autun in France under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
- Saint Justin the Confessor, a priest in Rome who devoted himself to burying the bodies of martyrs and was eventually martyred himself
- Saints Narcissus and Crescendo, early martyrs in Rome
- Saints Socrates and Stephen, by tradition early martyrs venerated in Britain, now England.
- Saint Theodora, a noble lady of Rome devoted to the service of the martyrs during the persecution of Diocletian
- Saint Satyrus of Milan, elder brother of St Ambrose of Milan in Italy
- Saint Rodingus, a monk and priest from Ireland who preached in Germany and entered the monastery of Tholey near Trier
- Hieromartyr Lambert of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht
- Saint Columba, a nun at Tábanos, martyred in Cordoba in Spain for rejecting Islam
- Saint Unni, a monk at New Corvey in Germany, who became Bishop of Bremen-Hamburg in 917
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Euxiphius of Cyprus, monk
- Venerable Anastasius of Perioteron, in Cyprus, Wonderworker Saint Joachim I, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Saint Innocent, Archimandrite, of Glinsk Hermitage
- Saint Dionisie Erhan of Ismail and Cetatea Alba, in the Metropolis of Bessarabia
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs of the St. Nicholas Koryazha Monastery, Arkhangelsk :
- Virgin-martyr Irene Frolov
- Martyr John Korotkov
- Virgin-martyr Alexandra Hvorostyannikova
Other commemorations
- Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople
- Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev
- Repose of Blessed Agapitus, disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk.
- Repose of lay recluse Matthew of St. Petersburg