Orthodox Church of the Mother of God

Fixed feasts by Month - August

Fixed feasts by Month - August

• 1 - Procession of the Wood of the Cross - (hymn) - (icon)
• 1 - 7 Holy Maccabee Martyrs - (hymn) - (icon)
• 1 - Martyr Abim of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Eleazar of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Antoninus of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Gurias of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Eusebonus of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Alimus of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Marcellus of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Solomonia the mother of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Eleazar the Teacher of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs
• 1 - Martyr Leontius of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Attius of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Alexander of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Cindeus of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Mnesithius - Minesitheus - of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Cyriacus of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Mineon - Menaeus - of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Catanus of Perge in Pamphylia
• 1 - Martyr Eucleus of Perge in Pamphylia

• 2 - Basil the Blessed - (hymn)
• 2 - Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen - (hymn) - (icon)
• 2 - Finding of the relics of the Righteous St Nicodemus
• 2 - Finding of the relics of the Righteous St Gamaliel
• 2 - Finding of the relics of the Righteous St Abibas
• 2 - Blessed Basil of Kubensk
• 2 - Hieromartyr Stephen the Pope of Rome
• 2 - Martyrs with Stephen the Pope of Rome

• 3 - Venerable Isaac the Ascetic of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople - (hymn) - (icon)
• 3 - Venerable Dalmatus the Ascetic of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople - (hymn) - (icon)
• 3 - Venerable Faustus the Ascetic of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople
• 3 - Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod
• 3 - Martyr Razhden of Persia the Georgian - (icon)
• 3 - Venerable Cosmas the Eunuch and Hermit of Palestine
• 3 - 9 Kherkheulidze Brothers with their Mother and Sister of Marabda
• 3 - Nine Thousand Martyrs of Marabda

• 4 - 7 Holy Youths - (hymn)
• 4 - St Maximilian, one of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus
• 4 - St Iamblicus, one of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus
• 4 - St Martinian, one of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus
• 4 - St John, one of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus
• 4 - St Dionysius, one of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus
• 4 - St Exacustodian - Constantine -, one of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus
• 4 - St Antoninus, one of the Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus
• 4 - Martyr Eudokia of Persia
• 4 - Martyr Eleutherius of Constantinople

• 5 - Forefeast Transfiguration - (hymn) - (icon)
• 5 - Martyr Eusignius of Antioch - (hymn) - (icon)
• 5 - Venerable Job of Ushchelsk
• 5 - Hieromartyr Antherus (Antheros) Pope of Rome
• 5 - Hieromartyr Fabian the Pope of Rome
• 5 - Martyr Pontious at Cimella in France
• 5 - Martyrs Sibelius (Sobel), Cantidius, and Cantidian of Egypt
• 5 - Righteous Nonna the mother of St Gregory the Theologian - (icon)
• 5 - St Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov
• 5 - Martyr Pontius
• 5 - St Oswald, king and martyr
• 5 - St John Jacob the Chozebite - (icon)
• 5 - Martyr Christos of Preveza - (icon)

• 6 - Transfiguration - (hymn) - (icon)

• 7 - afterfeast Transfiguration - (hymn) - (icon)
• 7 - Martyr Dometius of Persia - (hymn)
• 7 - 2 Martyred Disciples of Dometius of Persia - (hymn)
• 7 - First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes - (icon)
• 7 - Venerable Pimen the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Near Caves
• 7 - St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves
• 7 - Martyr Marinus the Soldier at Caesarea in Palestine
• 7 - Martyr Asterius the Senator at Caesarea, in Palestine
• 7 - Venerable Horus of the Thebaid, Egypt
• 7 - Virginmartyr Potamia the Wonderworker
• 7 - Venerable Dometius of Philotheou of Mt Athos
• 7 - Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves
• 7 - Venerable Anthony of Optina
• 7 - St Theodora of Sihla - (icon)
• 7 - St Nicanor, Wonderworker of Mt. Calistratus
• 7 - St Theodosius the New, Healer of Peloponnesus - (icon)

• 8 - afterfeast Transfiguration
• 8 - St Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus
• 8 - Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves
• 8 - Translation of the relics of the Venerable Zosimas of Solovki
• 8 - Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sabbatius of Solovki
• 8 - St Myron the Wonderworker and Bishop of Crete
• 8 - Venerable Gregory of Sinai, Mt. Athos
• 8 - St Euthymius the Elder of the St John the Baptist Monastery
• 8 - New Martyr Triandaphyllus of Stara Zagora

• 9 - Glorification of St. Herman - (hymn)
• 9 - afterfeast Transfiguration
• 9 - Apostle Matthias of the Seventy
• 9 - Martyr Anthony of Alexandria
• 9 - Venerable Psoi of Egypt
• 9 - Martyr Julian of Constantinople
• 9 - Martyrs Marcian, John, James, Alexius, and Demetrius of Constantinople
• 9 - Martyrs Photius, Peter, and Leontius, of Constantinople
• 9 - Martyrs Maria the Patrician, Gregory ,and Others of Constantinople
• 9 - St Macarius of Oredezhsk
• 9 - Restoration of the Temple of the 40 Martyrs

• 10 - afterfeast Transfiguration
• 10 - Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence of Rome
• 10 - Hieromartyr Sixtus the Bishop of Rome
• 10 - Martyr Felicissimus the Deacon
• 10 - Martyr Agapitus the Deacon
• 10 - Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga

• 11 - afterfeast Transfiguration
• 11 - Martyr and Archdeacon Euplius of Catania
• 11 - Hieromartyrs Theodore and Basil of the Kiev Near Caves
• 11 - St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves
• 11 - Virginmartyr Susanna
• 11 - Martyr Gaius the Pope of Rome
• 11 - Martyr Gabinus the Presbyter
• 11 - Martyr Maximus the Brother of Gabinus and Father of Susanna
• 11 - St Passarion
• 11 - Martyr Claudius and his wife and children at Rome
• 11 - St Niphon the Patriarch of Constantinople of Mt Athos
• 11 - Martyr Praepedigna and her husband and children at Rome
• 11 - Martyr Alexander

• 12 - afterfeast Transfiguration - (hymn)
• 12 - Martyr Anicetus of Nicomedia
• 12 - Martyr Photius (Photinus) of Nicomedia
• 12 - Martyrs with Anicletus and Photius of Nicomedia
• 12 - Hieromartyr Alexander the Bishop of Comana
• 12 - Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia
• 12 - Martyr Pamphilus

• 13 - Repose of St. Tikhon of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia - (hymn) - (icon)
• 13 - Leavetaking / Afterfeast Transfiguration - (hymn)
• 13 - Translation of the relics of St Maximus the Confessor
• 13 - Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ
• 13 - Martyr Hippolytus of Rome
• 13 - Martyr Concordia of Rome
• 13 - Martyr Irenaeus of Rome
• 13 - Martyr Abundius of Rome

• 14 - Forefeast Dormition - (icon)
• 14 - Prophet Micah
• 14 - Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves
• 14 - Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk
• 14 - Hieromartyr Marcellus the Bishop of Apamea
• 14 - New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and companions of Georgia

• 15 - Dormition - (hymn) - (icon)
• 15 - St Macarius the Roman

• 16 - afterfeast Dormition - (hymn) - (icon)
• 16 - Translation of the Image Not-Made-By-Hands - (hymn)
• 16 - Martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia
• 16 - St Constantine Brancoveanu
• 16 - Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus, in Cilicia - (hymn) - (icon)
• 16 - Venerable Cherimon (Chaeremon) of Egypt
• 16 - Martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia
• 16 - St Joachim of Osogovo
• 16 - Hieromartyr Nicodemus of Meteora
• 16 - New Martyr Stamatius of Volos
• 16 - Venerable Gerasimus the New Ascetic of Cephalonia - (icon)
• 16 - St Constantine Brancoveanu
• 16 - St Constantine the Younger
• 16 - St Stephen Brancoveanu
• 16 - St Radu Brancoveanu
• 16 - St Matthew Brancoveanu
• 16 - St Ianache Vacarescu
• 16 - St Anthony of Martkofeli - (icon)

• 17 - afterfeast Dormition - (hymn)
• 17 - Martyr Myron the Presbyter of Cyzicus - (hymn)
• 17 - Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves - (icon)
• 17 - Martyr Paul and his sister Juliana of Syria
• 17 - Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, Coronatus, in Bithynia
• 17 - Martyr Patroclus of Troyes
• 17 - Martyr Straton of Nicomedia
• 17 - Martyrs Philip, Straton, Eutychian and Cyprian, of Nicomedia
• 17 - Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki
• 17 - St Leucius of Volokolamsk
• 17 - St Philip of Sukhona
• 17 - St Tbeli Abuseridze - (icon)
• 17 - New Martyr Demetrius of Samarina in Epirus - (icon)

• 18 - afterfeast Dormition - (hymn)
• 18 - Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria - (hymn) - (icon)
• 18 - Martyrs Hermes, Serapion, and Polyaenus of Rome
• 18 - Hieromartyr Emilian
• 18 - Martyr Hilarion
• 18 - Martyr Dionysius
• 18 - Martyr Hermippus
• 18 - St John the Patriarch of Constantinople
• 18 - St George the Patriarch of Constantinople
• 18 - Venerable Macarius the Monk of Pelekete
• 18 - Repose of the Venerable John the Abbot of Rila - (hymn)
• 18 - Venerable Sophronius of St Anne Skete, Mt. Athos
• 18 - Venerable Arsenius of Paros
• 18 - Ss Barnabas and his nephew Sophronius of Asia Minor
• 18 - St Christopher of Gazara
• 18 - 4 Ascetics
• 18 - Venerable Christodoulos the Philosopher - (icon)

• 19 - afterfeast Dormition - (hymn)
• 19 - Martyr Andrew Stratelates in Cilicia - (hymn)
• 19 - 2,593 Martyred Soldiers in Cilicia
• 19 - St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm
• 19 - Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thekla of Palestine
• 19 - Venerable Theophanes of Dochiariou of Mt Athos - (icon)

• 20 - afterfeast Dormition - (hymn)
• 20 - Prophet Samuel - (hymn) - (icon)
• 20 - Hieromartyr Philip the Bishop of Heraclea
• 20 - Martyr Severus and 38 Soldiers in Thrace
• 20 - Martyr Memnon and 38 Soldiers in Thrace
• 20 - 38 Martyred Soldiers in Thrace with Severus and Memnon
• 20 - Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa of Persia
• 20 - Martyr Lucius

• 21 - afterfeast Dormition - (hymn)
• 21 - Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy - (hymn)
• 21 - Hieromartyr Raphael of Serbia
• 21 - St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets
• 21 - New Martyr Simeon of Samokov
• 21 - Abramius the lover-of-labor of the Kiev Near Caves - (icon)
• 21 - St Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia
• 21 - Ephraim the Disciple of Abramius
• 21 - Martyr Bassa with her sons Theognis, Agapius and Pistus
• 21 - Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk
• 21 - Hieromartyr Raphael of Sisatovac

• 22 - Martyr Gorazd of Prague, Bohemia and Moravo-Cilezsk - (icon)
• 22 - afterfeast Dormition - (hymn)
• 22 - Martyrs Agathonicus, Zoticus, Theoprepius, Acindynus, Severian, Zeno of Nicomedia - (hymn) - (icon)
• 22 - Venerable Isaac I of Optina
• 22 - Hieromartyr Athanasius the Bishop of Tarsus in Cilicia
• 22 - Venerable Anthusa the Nun
• 22 - Martyr Charesimus the servant of Anthusa the Nun
• 22 - Martyr Neophytus the Servant of Anthusa the Nun
• 22 - Virginmartyr Eulalia of Barcelona
• 22 - St Felix of Spain
• 22 - St Bogolep, disciple of St Paisius of Uglich
• 22 - Venerable Isaac I of Optina

• 23 - Leavetaking / Afterfeast Dormition - (hymn)
• 23 - Martyr Lupus the Slave of St Demetrius of Thessalonica - (hymn)
• 23 - St Florentius of Nursia
• 23 - St Callinicus the Patriarch of Constantinople
• 23 - Hieromartyr Irenaeus the Bishop of Lyons
• 23 - St Eutychius of Nursia

• 24 - Hieromartyr Eutyches the Disciple of St John the Theologian - (hymn)
• 24 - Venerable Serapion, Abbot and Wonderworker of the St. John the Baptist Monastery
• 24 - Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh
• 24 - Virginmartyr Syra of Persia
• 24 - Martyr Tation (Tatio) of Claudiopolis
• 24 - Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
• 24 - Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda
• 24 - St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod
• 24 - St George Limniotes the Confessor of Mt. Olympus
• 24 - St Cosmas of Berat, Evangelizer of Southern Albania
• 24 - Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia

• 25 - Return of the Relics of the Apostle Bartholomew - (hymn)
• 25 - Apostle Titus of the Seventy and Bishop of Crete - (hymn)
• 25 - St Epiphanius, Patriarch of Constantinople
• 25 - New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Moschanskii) of Tver
• 25 - St John the Cappadocian, Patriarch of Constantinople
• 25 - St Menas the Patriarch of Constantinople
• 25 - St Protogenes the Bishop of Carrhae and Confessor
• 25 - St Eulogius the Bishop of Edessa, and Confessor
• 25 - St Barses the Confessor

• 26 - Martyrs Adrian and Natalia - (hymn)
• 26 - St Adrian of Uglich
• 26 - Venerable Joasaph, son of St. Abenner the king
• 26 - Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam
• 26 - 33 Martyred Companions of Natalia and Adrian, of Nicomedia

• 27 - Venerable Pimen the Great - (hymn)
• 27 - St Phanourius - (hymn)
• 27 - St Caesarius the Bishop of Arles
• 27 - St Osii the Bishop of Korduvisk
• 27 - Martyr Anthusa
• 27 - Venerable Sava of Benephali
• 27 - Venerable Pimen of Palestine
• 27 - St Liberius the Pope of Rome
• 27 - Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves
• 27 - St Hosius the Confessor the Bishop of Cordova
• 27 - Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves

• 28 - Martyr Susanna the Queen of Georgia
• 28 - Venerable Moses the Black of Scete - (hymn) - (icon)
• 28 - Martyr Susanna the Queen of Georgia
• 28 - Righteous Hezekiah
• 28 - Synaxis of all Saints of Serbia
• 28 - St Sava of Pskov
• 28 - Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves, whose relics repose in the Far Caves - (icon)
• 28 - Righteous Anna the Prophetess and Daughter of Phanuel, who met the Lord
• 28 - Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev - (hymn)
• 28 - Venerable Theodore the Silent of the Kiev Caves

• 29 - Beheading of Baptist John - (hymn) - (icon)
• 29 - St Anastasius of the Strumitza Eparchy

• 30 - St Alexander the Patriarch of Constantinople - (hymn) - (icon)
• 30 - St Gregory the Bishop
• 30 - St Gabriel I the Patriarch
• 30 - St Macarius the Patriarch
• 30 - St Ephraim II the Patriarch
• 30 - St Spyridon the Patriarch
• 30 - St Joannicus II the Patriarch
• 30 - St Daniel, Archbishop of Serbia
• 30 - St Nicodemus, Archbishop of Serbia
• 30 - St James the Serbian Hierarch
• 30 - St Eustathius I, Archbishop of Serbia
• 30 - St Sava I, Archbishop of Serbia
• 30 - St Sava II, Archbishop of Serbia
• 30 - Synaxis of the Serbian Hierarchs
• 30 - St Fantinus of Calabria
• 30 - St Christopher of Palestine
• 30 - Uncovering of the relics of St Daniel the Prince of Moscow
• 30 - Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky
• 30 - Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir
• 30 - St John the Patriarch of Constantinople - (hymn)
• 30 - St Paul the New, Patriarch of Constantinople - (hymn)
• 30 - St Arsenius I, Archbishop of Serbia

• 31 - Placing of the Sash of the Most Holy Mother of God - (hymn)
• 31 - St Aidan the Bishop of Lindesfarne
• 31 - St Eanswythe the Abbess of Folkestone
• 31 - Hieromartyr Cyprian the Bishop of Carthage
• 31 - St Gennadius the Patriarch of Constantinople