Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of September 23
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on September 23 — on the Old Calendar, civil October 6.
Commemorated on September 23
- Conception of St. John the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist
When it falls
- New Calendar: September 23 every year
- Old Calendar: civil October 6
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.