Orthodox calendar: September 6 - commemoration of the transfer of the relics of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russiatranslated

14th Sunday after Pentecost.

Today, September 6, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the saint. Eutychius, student of St. John the Evangelist (I); martyr Tationa (305); mts. Sira, maiden of Persia (558); St. George Limniot (c. 716); transfer of the relics of St. Peter, Metropolitan Moscow, All Russia Wonderworker (1479); equal to Cosmas of Aitolia (1779); St. Arseny Komelsky (1550); sschmch. Maxim Gorlitsky presbyter (1914); St. Aristocleus, Elder of Moscow (1918); sschmch. Michael the Presbyter and with him the 28 Martyrs (1918); prmch. Seraphim (1946); Petrovskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

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Saint Peter was born in Volyn from pious parents. At the age of twelve he entered a monastery. Having achieved the priesthood, with the blessing of his mentor, he left the monastery and founded a monastery in a secluded place on the banks of the Rati River. Here he became so famous for his deeds of piety that he became known throughout Volyn. In 1308, Patriarch Athanasius of Constantinople elevated St. Peter to the Russian Metropolis.

The High Hierarch experienced many difficulties during the years of his administration. In the Russian Land, which suffered under the Tatar yoke, he affirmed the true faith, called on the warring princes to be peaceful and...