August 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 14-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 26 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and those with him: Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 15
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 16-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 28 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Macarius the Roman, abbot *Saint Chariton*Saint Christos of Ioannina...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 27 by Old calendaristsOld Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
MicahMicah (prophet)Micah, meaning “who is like Yahweh," was a prophet who prophesied from approximately 737-690 BC in Judah and is the author of the Book of Micah. He was a contemporary of the prophets Isaiah, Amos and Hosea and is considered one of the twelve minor prophets of the Tanakh . Micah was from...
(12th century BC12th century BC-Overview:The 12th century BC is the period from 1200 to 1101 BC. Although many human societies were literate in this period, most individual persons mentioned in this article ought to be considered legendary rather than historical...
) - HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Marcellus of Apamea, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
(389389Year 389 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Timasius and Promotus...
) - SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Arcadius of Novotorzhk, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
(11th century) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Ursicius at NicomediaNicomediaNicomedia was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony and was originally known as Astacus . After being destroyed by Lysimachus, it was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC under the name of Nicomedia, and has ever since been one of the most... - Martyr Simeon of Trebizond (1653)
- Martyr Luke the Soldier
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relicRelicIn religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
s of VenerableVenerableThe Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...
Theodosius of the Kiev Caves, abbot (1091) - Commemoration of the disciples of Saint Tikhon of ZadonskTikhon of ZadonskSaint Tikhon of Zadonsk was a Russian Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer who has been glorified a saint of the Orthodox Church....
: monks Theophanes, Aaron, Nicander, Cosmas, and Metrophanes