Menaion Services
Services at Holy Ascension are scheduled every Saturday evening and Sunday morning, and on major feasts and commemorations of the church. These services from the Menaion, translated into English by the late Monk Joseph (Isaac E. Lambertsen), are used throughout the year. Dates are according to the Church (Julian) calendar, which is currently 13 days behind the civil (Gregorian) calendar. Highlighted commemorations will be served in September 2022.
Month of September
September 1: Begining of the Indiction & Commemoration of our Venerable Father Simeon
September 2: Holy Martyr Mamas & St. John The Faster, Patriarch Of Constantinople
September 3: Holy Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia
September 3: Holy Passion-Bearer Edward, King of England
September 4: Holy Hieromartyr Babylas & Holy Prophet Moses
September 4: Holy Hierarch Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod
September 5: Holy Prophet Zacharias & the Holy Righteous Elizabeth
September 5: Martyred Monk Athanasius, Abbot of Brest
September 6: Commemoration of the Miracle performed by the Archangel Michael at Colossae
September 6: Righteous Prince Peter & Princess Febronia, Wonderworkers of Murom
Saturday and Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross
September 7: Holy Venerable Martyr Macarius, Wonderworker of Kanev
September 7: Venerable Mother Cassiana, the Hymnographer
September 8: Nativity of the All-holy Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary
September 9: Commemoration of the Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim & Anna
September 10: Holy Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora
September 11: Venerable Mother Theodora of Alexandria
September 11: Our Venerable Fathers Sergius and Herman, Wonderworkers of Valaam
September 12: Leave-taking of the Nativity of the All-holy Theotokos
September 14: Universal Exaltation of the Precious & Life-creating Cross
September 15: Holy Greatmartyr Nicetas
September 15: Appearance of the Wonder-Working Lesna Icon of the All-Holy Theotokos
September 16: Holy Greatmartyr Euphemia the Most Praised
September 17: Holy Martyrs Sophia & Her Three Daughters:
September 18: Venerable Father Eumenius, Bishop Of Gortyna, The Wonderworker
September 19: Holy Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius & Dorymedon
September 19: Holy Passion-bearer, the Pious Prince Igor of Chernigov
September 20: Holy Greatmartyr Eustathius
September 21: Leave-taking of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross
September 21: St. Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov, the Wonderworker
September 22: Holy Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
September 22: Service to the Twenty-Six Martyred Monks of Zographou
September 23: Conception of the Honorable and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John
September 24: Holy Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thecla
September 25: Venerable Mother Euphrosyne
September 25: Venerable Father Sergius The Wonder-Worker, Abbot Of Radonezh
September 26: Repose Of The Holy Apostle & Evangelist John The Theologian
September 27: Holy Martyr Callistratus & His Companions
September 28: Venerable Father Chariton the Confessor
September 28: Holy Passion-bearer, the Right-believing Prince Wenceslaus of Bohemia
September 29: Venerable Father Cyriacus the Anchorite
September 30: Holy Hieromartyr Gregory Of Greater Armenia
September 30: St. Michael, First Metropolitan of Kiev, Wonderworker of All Russia