The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 25

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Paul, Tatta and Sabinianus of Damascus.
Tatiana of Damascus.

Parents and their son, martyred with others at Damascus under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Sept. 25, par. 1 (col. 77).

BiblSS X 309-10; Holweck 783.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 254r. Martyrs, holding crosses.

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Martyrs, holding crosses, one with double traverse. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 26, fig. T II 2; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 41, pl. 192).

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Theophilus of Ephesus.

Bishop of Ephesus, before 820. Confessor during Iconoclasm.

Synax.CP, Sept. 25, par. 2 (col. 77).

Fedalto 114; Holweck 972.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 254r. Bishop, holding book.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Theophilus?⁹⁵ Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 261, fig. 10; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 110.1).

⁹⁵ Mijović, Menolog, p. 261, suggests Theophanes of Monemvasia.

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Euphrosyna and Paphnutius of Alexandria.

SEE ALSO: February 15.

Synax.CP, Sept. 25, par. 3 (cols. 77-8).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 25.

Euphrosyna of Alexandria (Smaragdus). Virgin. Disguised monk, under the name Smaragdus. 5th cen.

BHG 625-626m; BiblSS V 175-6; DHGE XV 1417; Holweck 241; LCI VI 186-7.

Paphnutius of Alexandria. Monk. Father of Euphrosyna of Alexandria. 5th cen.

BHG 625-626m; BiblSS X 25; Holweck 769; LCI VIII 117.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 188r. Euphrosyna. Nun, holding cross. Wall; two towers. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 122, fig. 3E8; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," pp. 21-2, fig. 22).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Euphrosyna. Woman saint, holding cross. (Hutter, I, p. 50, fig. 172; Hutter, III, p. 331; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 18, fig. 1A3).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 10v. Woman saint, holding cross. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 16).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 253v. Paphnutius, monk, and Euphrosyna, nun, holding crosses.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 67. Death. Euphrosyna, wearing monk's habit, lies dying outside the walls of the monastery, within which a domed church with cross on gable is visible. Her father, Paphnutius, approaches, tearing his hair and beard. (Menologio, I, p. 20, II, fig. p. 67).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 242v. Euphrosyna. Woman saint, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 179, fig. 5E4).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Euphrosyna. Nun, holding cross with double traverse. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 26, fig. T II 2; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 41, pl. 192).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, west face. Euphrosyna. Nun, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 17; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 1; Petković, Peinture serbe, II, pl. LXXVII; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 16).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Euphrosyna, a nun, hands raised, and Paphnutius. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 261, fig. 10; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 110.1; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).

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Paphnutius of Dendera.

Hermit in the Thebaid in Egypt. Martyred with 546 companions under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Sept. 25, par. 4 (cols. 78-9).

BHG 1418z-1419a; BiblSS X 29-35; Holweck 769; LCI VIII 116.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 66. Monk. Martyrdom, crucifixion, tree. Paphnutius, wearing monk's habit, is crucified on a palm tree. (BiblSS X, fig. cols. 31-2; Menologio, I, p. 20, II, fig. p. 66).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, west face. Martyrdom, crucifixion, tree. Paphnutius, wearing loin cloth, is tied to a tree trunk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 17; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 1; Petković, Peinture serbe, II, pl. LXXVII; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 16).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, crucifixion, tree. Paphnutius, wearing loin cloth, is tied to a tree trunk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 261, fig. 10; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 110.1; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).

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Earthquake of 447 in Constantinople.

Synax.CP, Sept. 25, par. 5 (cols. 79-80).

LCI VI 158-9.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 65. Procession of penitence. Miracle of Levitation of a Youth. Introduction of Trisagion prayer. The youth, praying toward the Hand of God emerging from a starry arc of Heaven, levitates in mid-air, listening to the heavenly hosts sing the Trisagion prayer. Below, the procession stops to observe the miracle. On the right, Bishop Proclus, followed by emperor Theodosius II, wearing crown, and a group of dignitaries. At left, a group of clergy, including a tonsured deacon holding a cross with double traverse, and a priest? swinging a censer and holding a book. (Menologio, I, pp. 19-20, II, fig. p. 65).

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