September 1, 2014 Beginning of the Indiction, that is, the New Year Commemoration of our holy Father Symeon the Stylite and his mother, Martha Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God of Miasenes
Published on: August 23, 2014

09-01-church-yearThe First Ecumenical Council [Nicaea, 325] decreed that the Church year should begin on September 1. The month of September was, for the Hebrews, the beginning of the civil year (Exodus 23:16), the month of gathering the harvest and of the offering of thanks to God. It was on this feast that the Lord Jesus…

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