Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of September 16
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on September 16 — on the Old Calendar, civil September 29.
Commemorated on September 16
- Great Martyr Euphemia the All-praised
Great Martyr Euphemia
Martyred at Chalcedon (†303). At the Fourth Ecumenical Council (451), held at her tomb, the fathers laid both definitions of faith in her coffin — she held the Orthodox tomos in her hand.
When it falls
- New Calendar: September 16 every year
- Old Calendar: civil September 29
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.