The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 26

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John the Evangelist.

Apostle and Evangelist. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: May 8.

Synax.CP, Sept. 26, par. 1 (cols. 79-82).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 26.

BHG 899-932t; BiblSS VI 757-97; Holweck 548-9; LCI VII 108-30; ODB 1043; ODCC 742; ODS 228-9.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 197v. Apostle. Dictating to Prochorus. Prochorus, seated on the ground, writes in a book. John turns back toward the Hand of God emerging from an arc of Heaven. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 123, fig. 3E9; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," p. 20, fig. 19).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Apostle, holding book. (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. 11r. Preaching. Apostle, holding book, flanked by two groups of listeners. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 17).

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

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 68. Apostle. Death. John stands in an open grave dug by his disciples, who stand at left and right. In the foreground, spades, picks and baskets. (Menologio, I, p. 20, II, fig. p. 68).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 252v. Apostle, holding book. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 179, fig. 5E6).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Death. Burial. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 27, fig. T II 3; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 41, pls. 177, 192).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, south face. Translation. John the Evangelist, holding a book, is seated in an oval mandorla supported by two flying angels. Below, an empty sarcophagus. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 18; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 4; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 58c; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 13).

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Thecla, Mariamne, Martha, Maria and Enneim of Persia.
Five Virgin Martyrs of Persia

Five nuns martyred in Persia under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, Sept. 26, par. 2 (col. 82).

BHG 2417; BHO 1157; BiblSS XII 184; Holweck 954, 1025.

Gračanica. Southeast pier, south face. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 18; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 4; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 58c; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 13).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, pp. 261-2, fig. 10).

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