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Procession of the Precious Wood of
the Life-giving Cross of the Lord. Holy
Seven Maccabees: Martyrs Abimus, Antoninus, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusabonus,
Alimus, and Marcellus; their mother Solomonia; and their teacher Eleazar
[Heb 11:33-40; Matt 10:32-40]. (services combined) Nine Martyrs of Perge
in Pamphylia: Leontius, Attius, Alexander, Cindeus, Minsitheus (Mnesitheus),
Cyriacus, Mineon (Menaeus), Catanus, and Eucleus. (Greek Calendar: Martyr
Papas the New. Martyr Eleazar. Martyr Cyricus. Martyrs Theodore and Polyeuctus.
Martyrs Menas, Menais, and others of England. Martyr Elessa of Cythera.
St. Timothy the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Priconissus of Peloponnesus.)
Archbishop Nicholas (Kassatki), Enlightener of Japan
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Translation of the Relics of Protomartyr
and Archdeacon Stephen [Acts 6:8-7:5, 47-60;
Matt 21:33-42]. Translation of the Relics of Righteous Nicodemus, Gamaliel,
and Abibus. Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool-for-Christ. Blessed Basil
of Kubensk. Hieromartyr Stephen, pope of Rome.
St. Marco of Belavinsk (Vologda). St. Friardus of
Vindumitta (Gaul). (Greek Calendar: Martyr Phocas. Translation of
the Relics of Martyrs Maximus, Dada, and Quinctilian at Dorostulum in Bulgaria.)
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Saints Isaac, Dalmatus and Faustus,
ascetics of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople.
St. Anthony the Roman, abbot of Novgorod. St.
Cosmas, eunuch and hermit of Palestine. Holy Myrrhbearer
Salome. Martyr Razhden of Georgia. (Greek Calendar: St. John, confessor,
an abbot of the Monastery of Patalaria. St. Theoctistus the Wonderworker
of Optimaton.) Repose of Schemahieromonk Ignatius of Harbin (1958). |
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Holy Seven Youths (the "Seven
Sleepers") of Ephesus: Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius,
Exacustodian (Constantine), and Antoninus.
Martyr Eudocia of Persia. Martyr Eleutherius of Constantinople. New
Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (also entered
at August 24). (Greek Calendar: Martyr Thathuil. Martyr Ia and 9,000 with
her.)
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Forefeast of the Transfiguration.
Martyr Eusignius of Antioch. Martyrs Cantidius, Cantidian and Sibelius (Sobel)
of Egypt. Martyr Pontius at Cimella in France.
Hieromartyrs Fabian and Antherus (Antheros), popes
of Rome. Righteous Nonna, mother of St. Gregory
the Theologian. |
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THE HOLY TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD,
GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. St. Theoctistus,
Bishop of Chernigov. St. Job the Gorge-dweller on the Mezen River (Solovki).
New-Martyrs Dimitry, Archbishop of Gdov (1938) and Priest Nicholas (Prozorov)
(1930). Repose of Hieroschemamonk Nikon the Cave-dweller of Valaam (1822)
and Righteous Priest Basil (Shoustin), disciple of Optina (1968); Martyr
Priest Maxim Sandovich of Carpatho-Russia, by the Latins |
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration.
Martyr Dometius of Persia and two disciples
[Eph 6:10-17; Jn 15:17-16:2]. Martyrs Marinus the
soldier and Asterius the senator at Caesaria in Palestine. St. Poemen (Pimen)
the Much-ailing of the Kiev Caves. St. Hor (Horus) of the Thebaid.
St. Pimen, faster of the Kiev Caves. Translation of the Relics of St.
Metrophanes, first Bishop of Voronezh. Virgin Potamia. St. Dometius
of Philotheou Monastery on Mt. Athos. St. Mercurius, Bishop of Smolensk
(Kiev Caves). Elder Anthony of Optina (1865). (Greek Calendar: Holy Ten
Thousand Ascetics of Thebes. Hieromartyr Narcissus of Jerusalem. St. Hyperechius
of the Paradise. St. Sozon of Nicomedia. St. Theodosius the New, healer
of Peloponnesus. St. Nicanor, Wonderworker of Mt. Calistratus.) Repose
of Elder Adrian of South Dorotheus Monastery (1853), and Schemamonk
John the Blind of Valaam (1894). Repose of Elder Callinicus the Hesychast
of Mt. Athos (1930). |
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration.
St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus.
St. Myron, Bishop of Crete. Martyrs Eleutherius and
Leonides of Constantinople, and many infants martyred with them.
St. Gregory of Sinai (and Mt. Athos). St. Gregory, iconographer of the Kiev
Caves. St. Gregory, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. Translation of the
Relics of Saints Zosimas and Sabbatius of Solovki. New-Martyr Triandaphyllus
of Thessaly. (Greek Calendar: Twelve Ascetics of Egypt. Two Martyrs of Tyre.
Martyr Styracius.) "Tolga" Icon of the Most
Holy Theotokos. |
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration.
Apostle Matthias. Martyr Anthony of Alexandria.
Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James, Alexius, Demetrius, Photius (Phocas),
Peter, Leontius and Mary of Constantinople. St. Psoes of Egypt. St. Macarius,
abbot of Oredezh.
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration.
Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence of Rome Hieromartyr
Sixtus, Bishop of Rome, and Martyrs Felicissimus and Agapitus, deacons.
Martyr Romanus, soldier, of Rome. Blessed Laurence, fool-for-Christ
at Kaluga. (Greek Calendar: with St. Laurence, Martyr Hippolytus of Rome.
Six Martyrs of Bizin. St. Heron the Philosopher.)
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration.
Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania.
Virgin Martyr Susanna and those with her: Martyrs
Gaius, pope of Rome; presbyter Gabinus his brother and father of
Susanna; Maximus, Claudius, and his wife Praepedigna, with their sons Alexander
and Cutias. Martyrs Basil and Theodore of the Kiev Caves. St. Theodosius
(Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves. St. Passarion of Palestine.
St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople (Mt. Athos). (Greek Calendar: Martyrs
Neophytus, Zeno, Gaius, Mark, Macarius, and Gaianus. Commemoration of the
Miracle of St. Spyridon on Kerkyra (Corfu) with the Hagarenes.)
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration.
Martyrs Anicletus and Photius (Photinus) of Nicomedia. Martyrs Pamphilus
and Capito. Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Comana. St. Pallamon of Egypt,
instructor of St. Pachomius the Great. (Greek Calendar: Saints Sergius and
Stephen, monks. Soldier-martyrs of Crete.) (Service
to St. Maximus the Confessor is transferred to this day.)
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Apodosis of the Transfiguration.
St. Maximus the Confessor (his serice is sung on August 12). St.
Tikhon (Tychon), Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia.
Opening of the Relics of St. Maximus of Moscow, fool-for-Christ.
Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and those with him: Martyrs
Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius. Empress Irene, tonsured Xenia.
St. Eudocia the Empress, wife of St. Theodosius the Younger. St. Serid,
abbot of Gaza. New-Martyrs Benjamin, Metropolitan of Petrograd; Archimandrite
Sergius, and those with them (1921). (Greek Calendar: St. Abba Dorotheus
of Gaza. Martyr Coronatus.) Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos "Of the Passion". Repose of Valaam Schemamonk
Timothy of Mt. Athos (1848).
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Forefeast of the Dormition.
Prophet Micah. Translation of the Relics
of St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves. Hieromartyr Marcellus, Bishop of
Apamea. St. Arcadius, monk of Novotorzhk. Martyr Ursicius at Nicomedia.
New-Martyr Simeon of Trebizond. (Greek Calendar: Martyr Luke the Soldier.)
Commemoration of the disciples of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk:
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THE DORMITION OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY
THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
St. Macarius the Roman, abbot, and St. Chariton.
"Diasozousa" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Repose of Elder Anthony of Murom, friend of St. Seraphim of Sarov
(1851), of Archimandrite Hieron, founder of New Athos (1912), and
of Abbess Rufina of Harbin and Shanghai (1937).
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Afterfeast of the Dormition.
Translation of the Image Not-made-by-hands of our
Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople Martyr Diomedes the
Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia. St. Cherimon (Chaeremon) of Egypt. St. Joachim,
monk of Osogov. St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic of Cephalonia (Mt. Athos).
New-Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora. New-Martyr Stamatios of Thessaly. New-Martyrs
Priest Vladimir and his brother Boris (1931). St. Raphael of Banat (Serbia).
(Greek Calendar: 33 Martyrs of Palestine. Martyr Alcibiades. St. Nilus,
brother of Emperor Theodore Laskaris, who rebuilt the Monastery of the Mother
of God at Eiperus. Seraphim, Dorotheus, James, Demetrius, Basil and Sarantis
of Megaris.) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of St.
Theodore ("Feodorovskaya"). Repose of Blessed Matrona
Popova, disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk (1851).
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Afterfeast of the Dormition.
Martyr Myron of Cyzicus . Martyrs Straton, Philip, Eutychian and Cyprian
of Nicomedia. Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius and Coronatus, with others at Caesarea
in Bithynia. Martyrs Paul and his sister Juliana of Syria. Martyr Patroclus
of Troyes. St. Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Caves. St. Philip, monk
of Yankov (Vologda). New-Martyr Demetrius of Samarina in Epirus. Blessed
Theodoretus, Enlightener of the Laps (Solovki). Icon
of the Most Holy Theotokos of "Armatia". Repose of Schemamonk
Onuphrius of Valaam (1912).
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Afterfeast of the Dormition.
Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria [Eph 6:10-17;
Lk 12:2-12]. Martyrs Hermes, Serapion and Polyaenus
of Rome. Martyrs Hilarion, Dionysius and Hermippus;
Hieromartyr Emilian, and others (about 1,000) of Italy. Saints John
and George, Patriarch of Constantinople. St. Barnabas and his nephew St.
Sophronius, monks of Mt. Mela near Trebizond. St. Christopher, abbot of
Mt. Mela Monastery. Repose of St. John, abbot of Rila. St. Sophronius
of St. Anne's Skete on Mt. Athos. St. Arsenius the New of Paros. (Greek
Calendar: Martyr Juliana near Strobilus. Martyr Leo, drowned near Myra in
Lycia. Four Holy Ascetics.)
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Afterfeast of the Dormition.
Martyr Andrew Stratelates and 2,593 soldiers with
him in Cilicia [Eph 6:10-17; Lk 21:12-19]. Martyrs Timothy, Agapius
and Thecla of Palestine. St. Pitirim, Bishop of Perm.
Opening of the Relics of St. Gennadius, abbot of Kostroma. St. Theophanes,
new Wonderworker of Macedonia (Mt. Athos). Icon of
the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Don".
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Afterfeast of the Dormition.
Prophet Samuel. Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop
of Heraclea, and with him Martyrs Severus, Memnon and 37 soldiers in Thrace.
Martyr Lucius the senator of Cyprus. Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa (Dausa)
in Persia. (Greek Calendar: Martyr Photina at the door of the Church in
Blachernae.) Repose of Righteous Hieromonk Seraphim of Platina.
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Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy.
Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons Theogonius, Agapius and Pistus. St.
Abramius, archimadrite, Wonderworker of Smolensk, and his disciple St. Ephraim.
St. Abramius the Lover-of-labor of the Kiev Caves. St. Theocleta the Wonderworker
of Asia Minor. St. Cornelius, abbot of Paleostrov, and his disciple St.
Abramius. St. Isaiah of Mt. Athos. |
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Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia and
his companions: Martyrs Zoticus, Theoprepius, Acindynus, Severian, Zeno
and others who suffered under Maximian. Virgin
Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona. St. Anthusa. Hieromartyr Athanasius, Bishop
of Tarsus in Cilicia, and Martyrs Charesimus and Neophytus. St. Bogolep
of St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery. New-Martyrs Bishop Ephraim of Selenginsk
and Priest John Vostorgov (1918). (Greek Calendar: Martyrs Irenaeus, Deacon,
Or, and Oropsus.) |
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Apodosis of the Dormition
(Epistle & Gospel of the Feast). Martyr Lupus, slave of St. Demetrius
of Thessalonica. Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons.
St. Callinicus, Patriarch of Constantinople. Saints
Eutychius and Florentius of Nursia. (Greek Calendar: 38 Martyrs of
Thrace. St. Nicholas the Sicilian who struggled on Mt. Neotaka in Euboea.)
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Hieromartyr Eutychius, disciple of
St. John the Theologian . Translation of
the Relics of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev. St. Arsenius, abbot of
Komel (Vologda). St. George Limniotes the Confessor of Mt. Olympus. Martyr
Tation (Tatio) at Claudiopolis. Virgin Martyr Cyra of Persia. New
Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (also entered
at August 4). St. Dionysius, Archbishop of Aegina. Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos "Petrovskaya" ("Of St. Peter of Moscow"). |
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Return of the relics of Apostle
Bartholomew from Anastasiopolis to Lipari. Apostle Titus of the Seventy
[Tit 1:1-4; 2:15-3:3, 12j-13, 15; Matt 5:14-19]. Saints Barses and Eulogius,
Bishops of Edessa, and St. Protopgenes, Bishop of Carrhae, confessors. St.
Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople. St. John the Cappadocian
and St. Epiphanius, pats. Constantinople. Repose of Abbess Magdalena
of Sevsk Convent (1848) and Monk Benjamin of Valaam (1848).
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Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 33
companions of Nicomedia. Martyr Adrian at Nicomedia.
St. Tithoes of the Thebaid, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great. St. Adrian,
abbot of Ondrusov (Valaam). Blessed Cyprian of Storozhev, former outlaw.
St. Adrian, abbot of Poshekhonye (Vologda). St. Ibestion the Confessor,
Egyptian ascetic. St. Adrian of Uglich, disciple of St. Paisius of Uglich.
Finding of the relics of St. Bassian of Alatry Monastery (17th century).
(Greek Calendar: Martyrs Atticus and Sisinnius.) Commemoration
of the Meeting of the "Vladimir" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Repose of Schema-hieromonk Aristocleus of Mt. Athos and Moscow (1918). Miraculous
Renewal of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the hands of
Righteous Abbess Rufina in Harbin, Manchuria (1925).
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St. Poemen the Great
[Gal 5:22-6:2; Matt 4:25-5:12]. St. Poemen of Palestine. St. Sabbas of Benephali.
St. Liberius, pope of Rome. St. Hosius the Confessor,
Bishop of Cordova. Hieromartyr Kushka and St. Pimen (Poemen) of the
Kiev Caves. Martyr Anthusa. Translation of the Relics of Saints Theognostus,
Cyprian and Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow. Great-Martyr Phanurius
the newly-appeared of Rhodes.
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St. Moses the Black of Scete.
Uncovering or the relics of St. Job of Pochaev . St. Sabbas, abbot
of Krypetsk. Righteous Anna the Prophetess. Righteous Hezekiah, king of
Judah. Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves whose relics repose in the
Far Cave of St. Theodosius. St. Amphilochius, Bishop of Vladimir in Volhynia.
St. Theodore (Theodosius in monasticism), prince of Volhynia (same as August
11). Martyr Susanna (Shishanika) of Georgia. New-Martyrs Archimandrite Sergius
and other monks of Zilantiev Monastery (1918). (Greek Calendar: Martyrs
Diomedes and Laurence. 33 Martyrs of Nicomedia.) Repose of Elder Philaret
of Novo-Spassky Monastery (1842). |
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The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet,
Forerunner and Baptist John St. Alexander,
abbot of Voche. New-Martyr Anastasius of Bulgaria. New-Martyr Peter, Metropolitan
of Krutitsa (1936). (Greek Calendar: St. Theodora of Thessalonica. St. Arcadius
of Arsinoe on Cyprus, Bishop of and Wonderworker. Translation of the Relics
of St. Joseph the Sanctified of Samaka.) Repose of Righteous Pachomius
the Silent of Valdai Monastery (1886).
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Saints Alexander, John and Paul the
New, Patriarch of Constantinople. Repose
of St. Alexander, abbot of Svir. Translation of the Relics of St. Alexander
Nevsky. St. Christopher of Palestine. St. Fantinus of Calabria. Opening
of the Relics of St. Daniel, prince of Moscow. Synaxis
of the Serbian hierarchs: Saints Sabbas I, Sabbas II, Arsenius I, Eustathius
I, James, Nicodemus and Daniel, Archbishops.; Saints Ioannicius II, Ephraim
II, Spyridon, Macarius, Gabriel I, patriarchs; and St. Gregory, Bishop of
St. Bryaene of Nisibis. St. Eulalius, Bishop of Caesarea. (Greek
Calendar: Sixteen Monk-martyrs of Thebes. Six Martyrs of Melitene. St. Sarmata
of the Paradise. Hieromartyr Felix and Martyrs Fortunatus, Septiminus and
Januarius.)
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The Placing of the Cincture (Sash)
of the Most Holy Theotokos [Heb 9:1-7; Lk 10:38-42;
11:27-28] . Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage. St. Gennadius, Patriarch
of Constantinople. St. Gennadius Scholarius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
St. John, Metropolitan of Kiev.
(Greek Calendar: Four Martyrs of Perge in Pamphylia. Martyrs Menas, Fausus,
Andrew and Heraclius. Martyr Phileortus. Martyr Diadoch. Eight Virgin Martyr
of Gaza. 366 Martyrs of Nicomedia.) |
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