September 19, 2018. + Orthodox Calendar

Orthodox Calendar 2018

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Феодор Смоленский и чада его Давид и Константин

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September 19

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October 2

19th Week after Pentecost. Tone 1.

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Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon, of Synnada (276-282). St. Theodore, prince of Smolensk and Yaroslavl (1299), and his sons Sts. David (1321) and Constantine (ca. 1322). St. Alexis, hieroschemamonk of Zosima Hermitage (1928).

Martyr Zosimas, hermit, of Cilicia (4th c.). Blessed Igor-George, tonsured Gabriel, great prince of Chernigov and Kiev (1147).

New Hieromartyr Constantine Golubev, priest, of Bogorodsk, and two martyrs with him (1918).

Hieromartyrs Januarius, bishop of Benevento, and his companions: Festus, Proclus, and Sosius, deacons; Martyrs Desiderius, reader, and Gantiol, Eutychius, and Acutius, at Pozzuoli (305). St. Seguanus of Gaul (ca. 580). St. Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury (690).

Articles

Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslavl, and His Children

On March 5, 1463, the relics of holy Prince Theodore and his sons, David and Constantine were uncovered at Yaroslavl .

St. Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav

The holy right-believing Prince Theodore of Smolensk and Yaroslavl, nicknamed the “Black” [i.e. “dark” or “swarthy”], was born at a terrible time for Rus: the Mongol invasion of 1237-1239. At Baptism he was named for the holy Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates (February 8), who was particularly esteemed by the Russian warrior-princes.

Sts. David and Constantine of Smolensk and Yaroslavl

Saint David and his brother Saint Constantine were sons of the holy right-believing Prince Theodore of Smolensk and Yaroslavl. They were born at the Golden Horde.