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August 3
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Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
-
August 5
All fixed commemorations below are observed on
August 17
by
Orthodox Churches
on the
Old Calendar
.
[note 1]
For August 4, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on
July 22
.
Saints
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- Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian (Constantine), and Antoninus
(250 and ca. 446)
Pre-Schism Western saints
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- Saint Perpetua, a matron from Rome baptised by the Apostle Peter who converted her husband and her son, St
Nazarius
(c. 80)
[5]
[11]
[note 5]
- Saint Agabius,
Bishop of Verona
in Italy, and Confessor (c. 250)
[5]
[11]
- Saint Tertullinus, apriest, martyred in Rome under Valerian two days after his ordination (257)
[11]
[note 6]
- Saints Epiphanes and Isidore, two early martyrs, venerated at the Cathedral of Besancon in France until the French Revolution.
[11]
- Saint Protasius, a martyr honoured in Cologne in Germany.
[5]
[11]
- Saint Sithney
(
Sezni
), patron saint of Sithney, Cornwall (c. 529)
[11]
[note 7]
- Saint
Euphronius of Tours
, Bishop of Tours in France (573)
[5]
[11]
- Saints Peregrinus, Maceratus and Viventius (6th century)
[11]
[note 8]
- Saint
Lugid of Killaloe
(
Lua, Molua
), a disciple of St Comgall, founded many monasteries (c. 609)
[11]
[note 9]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
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New martyrs and confessors
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- New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Prozgrov) (1930)
[8]
- New Hieromartyr Michael (Zhuk), Hieromonk of Staroye Zubarevo in
Mordovia
, and Martyrs Simeon and Demetrius Vorobiev of Tver (1937)
[1]
[8]
[12]
Other commemorations
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Icon gallery
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Notes
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- ^
The notation
Old Style
or (
OS
) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the
Julian Calendar
(which is used by churches on the
"Old Calendar"
).
The notation
New Style
or (
NS
), indicates a date in the
Revised Julian calendar
(which is used by churches on the
"New Calendar"
).
- ^
"At Constantinople, the holy martyr Eleutherius, of the senatorial rank, who was put to the sword for Christ, in the persecution of Maximian."
[5]
- ^
There is some confusion in the Synaxaria between this
Eudokia
(Eudok-
ia
) and the martyr
Ia
.
- ^
"In Persia, in the time of king Sapor, the holy martyr la and her companions, who, with nine thousand Christian captives, underwent martyrdom after having been subjected to various torments."
[5]
- ^
Her relics are enshrined in Milan and Cremona in Italy.
- ^
"At Rome, on the Latin road, the martyrdom of blessed Tertullinus, priest and martyr, in the time of emperor Valerian. After being cruelly beaten with rods, after having his sides burned, his mouth shattered; after being stretched on the rack and scourged with whips, he completed his martyrdom by being beheaded."
[5]
- ^
Born in Britain, he went to Guic-Sezni in Brittany, where he founded a monastery and where his relics were venerated. He is the patron saint of Sithney in Cornwall.
- ^
By tradition they were two Christian brothers who came from Spain and died in France, seeking to rescue their enslaved sister.
- ^
Originally from Limerick in Ireland, he became a disciple of St Comgall and founded many monasteries. A great ascetic, he was of great tenderness to both man and beast.
- ^
This was entered into the menologion with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch
Kirill I of Moscow
, on November 28, 2011. See also:
(in Russian)
:
Алексий Бортсурманский
(Russian Wikipedia).
References
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Sources
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- Greek Sources
- Russian Sources
- (in Russian)
17 августа (4 августа)
. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).