1st of September

The 1st of the month, the Day of the INDICTION or beginning of the New Ecclesiastical Year; Memory of our God-bearing Father SYMEON STYLITES the ELDER; Memory of the falling asleep of the Righteous JOSHUA the son of NUN; Memory of the Venerable MELETIUS the YOUNGER, who led the ascetic life on MOUNT MYOUPOLIS near Thebes and died in peace

St. Symeon Stylites the Elder