Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of September 3
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on September 3 — on the Old Calendar, civil September 16.
Commemorated on September 3
- Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia
- St. Theoctistus
When it falls
- New Calendar: September 3 every year
- Old Calendar: civil September 16
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.