Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of September 5
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on September 5 — on the Old Calendar, civil September 18.
Commemorated on September 5
- Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of the Forerunner
When it falls
- New Calendar: September 5 every year
- Old Calendar: civil September 18
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.