24th of August

On the 24th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr EUTYCHUS, disciple of Saint John the Theologian; the Holy Hieromartyr and Equal to the Apostles, COSMAS of AITOLIA; our Holy Father ARSENIUS, Abbot of the Monastery of KOMEL; the Venerable ARISTOCLES of MOSCOW; our Holy Father OUEN (DADO), Bishop of ROUEN

23rd of August

On the 23rd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr LUPUS; the Holy Hieromartyr IRENAEUS, Bishop of LYONS; the Holy Hieromartyr IRENAEUS, Bishop of SIRMIUM, and of his companions OR and OROPSIS, slain by the sword; the Holy Martyrs SEVERUS and MEMNON the Centurion, and the THIRT-EIGHT Martyrs of THRACE; our Holy Father CALLINICUS. Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable Nicolas of SICILY, who practiced ascesis on Mount NEOTAX on the Island of EUBOEA

22nd of August

On the 22nd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr AGATHONICUS and his companions: ZOTICUS, ZENO, THEOPREPIUS, ACINDYNUS and SEVERIAN; the Holy Martyr ANTHUSA of SELEUCIA, of her servants CHARISSIMUS and NEOPHYTUS, and of Bishop ATHANASIUS of TARSUS, who baptized them; the Holy Martyr JULIAN of HELIOPOLIS in Syria; the Holy Archpriest ALEXIS (Medvedkov) of UGINE; the Holy and Glorious Martyr EULALIA of BARCELONA; the Holy Martyr SYMPHORIAN of AUTUN

21st of August

On the 21st of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Apostle THADDEUS; the Holy Martyr BASSA and her three sons: THEOGNIUS, AGAPIUS, and PISTUS; the Holy New Hieromartyr ISAAC of HANAK in Syria; our Venerable Father ABRAHAM of SMOLENSK and of his disciple EPHREM; the Venerable CORNELIUS and ABRAHAM of the Island of PALEI; our Venerable Father ISAIAH the ATHONITE

20th of August

On the 20th of the month, we celebrate the Memory the Holy and Glorious Prophet SAMUEL; the holy Martyrs PHILIP, Bishop of Heracles, SEVERUS the priest and HERMES; the Holy New Martryr THEOCHARIS of NEAPOLIS in Asia Minor; Saint STEPHEN, First King of HUNGARY; our Venerable Father PHILIBERT of JUMIÈGES and NOIRMOUTIER

19th of August

On the 19th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy and Great Martyr ANDREW STRATELATES and his 2,593 companions; the Holy Martyrs TIMOTHY, AGAPIUS and THECLA; our Venerable Father THEOPHANES the New of NAOUSSA, the Wonderworker

St. Andrew Stratelates

18th of August

On the 18th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyrs FLORUS and LAURUS, and of their companions; our Venerable Fathers BARNABAS and SOPHRONIUS, founders of the Monastery of the Mother of God of SOUMELA, and of the Venerable CHRISTOPHER, who restored it; our Venerable Father ARSENIUS the NEW of PAROS

17th of August

On the 17th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr MYRON; the Venerable ELIAS the NEW of SICILY, Monk of Calabria; the Holy Monk and Martyr DEMETRIUS the NEW of SAMARINA in Epirus; our Venerable ALYPIUS the ICONOGRAPHER of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; our Venerable Father THEODORETUS of KOLA, Enlightener of the Lapps

16th of August

On the 16th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Translation from Edessa to Constantinople of the IMAGE NOT MADE WITH HANDS of our Lord and God and Savior JESUS CHRIST, the Image that is also called the Holy MANDYLION; the Holy Martyr DIOMEDES; the Venerable NILUS of ERIKOUSSA, restorer of the Monastery of GIROMERION; the Holy New Martyr STAMATIUS of VOLOS, slain by the sword in CONSTANTINOPLE; our Venerable Father TIMOTHY, Archbishop of EURIPOS, founder of the Monastery of PENTELI in Attica, who died in peace; the Finding of the Relics of the Holy Martyrs SERAPHIM, DOROTHEUS, JAMES, DEMETRIUS, BASIL and SARANTIS of MEGARA; our Venerable Father JOACHIM of OSOGOVO; the Holy Prince-Martyr CONSTANTINE BRANCOVEANU, of his sons CONSTANTINE, STEPHEN,. RADU and MATTHEW, and of his advisor IANACHE VACARESCU

15th of August

On the 15th of the month, we celebrate the DORMITION, or the TRANSLATION to HEAVEN, of our All-Glorious Sovereign Lady, the MOTHER of GOD and EVER-VIRGIN MARY; Memory of the great mercy that God showed, through the intercession of our Sovereign Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, in repulsing the impious Saracens who were besieging Constantinople; our Venerable Father MACARIUS the ROMAN, the Wonderworker of NOVGOROD

14th of August

On the 14th of the month, on the Forefeast of the Dormition of the All Holy Mother of God, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Prophet MICAH; the Holy Hieromartyr MARCELLUS, Bishop of APAMEA; the Holy Martyr URSICIUS; the Holy New Martyr SIMEON of TREBIZOND, who died by hanging in Constantinople; the Venerable ARCADIUS of the Monastery of NOVOTORZHOK

13th of August

On the 13th of the month, we celebrate the Translation of the Relics of our Venerable Father MAXIMUS the CONFESSOR; Memory of our Venerable Father SERIDUS, Abbot of the Monastery of GAZA, who died in peace; our Venerable Father DOROTHEUS of GAZA; the Venerable DOSITHEUS, disciple of Saint Dorotheus, who died in peace in the monastery of Abba Seridus; the Devout Empress EUDOCIA, who died in peace; the Blessed Empress IRENE, founders of the Monastery of the PANTOCRATOR, who received the Angelic Habit under the name of XENIA; our Holy Father TIKHON of ZADONSK the Wonderworker, Bishop of VORONEZH; Saint RADEGUNDA, Queen of the Franks

St. Dorotheus of Gaza

11th of August

On the 11th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Great Martyr EUPLUS the Deacon; our Holy Father NIPHON, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE, who practiced ascesis in the Monastery of Dionysiou on Mount Athos; the Commemoration of the Discovery of the ICON of our Lord, Jesus Christ ‘Not Made with Hands’; the Holy Monks and Martyrs BASIL and THEODORE of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES

Ss. Basil and Theodore of the Lava of the Kiev Caves

10th of August

On the 10th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyrs: LAURENCE the Archdeacon, SIXTUS, Pope of Rome, and HIPPOLYTUS; Saint HERON the Philosopher; the Holy Martyr LAURENCE of ANTIOCH and his companions; LAURENCE the Fool for Christ of KALUGA

9th of August

On the 9th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Apostle MATTHIAS; the TEN Holy Martyrs who suffered for the Icon of Christ in Constantinople: JULIAN, MARCIAN, JOHN, JAMES, ALEXIUS, DEMETRIUS, PHOTUS (Phocus), PETER, LEONTIUS, and MARIA the PATRICIAN; the Commemoration of the Discovery of the Icon ‘Not Made with Hands’ of CAMULIANA

7th of August

On the 7th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Monk and Martyr DOMETIUS of PERSIA and of his two disciples; our Venerable Father OR, who died in peace; Saint NARCISSUS, Archbishop of JERUSALEM; the Devout Empresses, Guardians of Orthodoxy, IRENE and PULCHERIA; our Venerable Father THEODOSIUS the NEW, the Wonderworker, who died in peace; our Holy Father NICANOR the Wonderworker, who shone in ascesis on Mount CALLISTRATUS; the Venerable JOSEPH of CRETE, nicknamed ‘OLD JOHN'; the Venerable PIMEN the MUCH-AILING of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; the Venerable THEODORA of SIHLA; Saint VICTRICUS, Bishop of ROUEN

5th of August

On the 5th of the month, the Forefeast of the TRANSFIGURATION, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr EUSIGNIUS of ANTIOCH; Saint NONNA, Mother of Saint Gregory the Theologian; the Holy Martyr FABIANUS, Pope of ROME, slain by the sword; Saint EUTHYMIUS, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; our Holy Father EUGENIUS of AITOLIA; the Venerable JOHN of CHOZEBA; Saint OSWALD, King of NORTHUMBRIA and Martyr