August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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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...
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August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 18-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 30 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Myron of Cyzicus, presbyter...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 29 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...
Feasts
- AfterfeastAfterfeastAn Afterfeast is a period of celebration attached to one of the Great Feasts celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches ....
of the Dormition - Translation of the "Image not made by hands" of Jesus Christ from EdessaEdessa, MesopotamiaEdessa is the Greek name of an Aramaic town in northern Mesopotamia, as refounded by Seleucus I Nicator. For the modern history of the city, see Şanlıurfa.-Names:...
to ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(944944Year 944 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.- Africa :* The city of Algiers is founded by the Zirid king Buluggin ibn Ziri....
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Saints
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Diomedes of Tarsus in CiliciaCiliciaIn antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
, physicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
(298298Year 298 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Faustus and Gallus...
) - Saint Cherimon (Chaeremon) of Egypt (4th century)
- Saint Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
(6th century) - 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...
Joachim of OsogovOsogovo MonasteryOsogovo Monastery is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery located near Kriva Palanka, Republic of Macedonia, from the Bulgarian border on Osogovo Mountain...
, BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n 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...
(12th century) - Saint Eustathius II, archbishop of SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
(1309) - Saint Romanus the Sinaite, of Djunisa, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
(14th century) - Monk-martyr Christopher of GuriaGuriaGuria is a region in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 143,357 and Ozurgeti is a regional capital.-Geography:...
, GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, at Damascus (15th century) - Saint Gerasimus the New Ascetic of Cephalonia, on Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
(1579) - Martyr NicodemusNicodemusSaint Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John, showed favour to Jesus...
of MeteoraMeteoraThe Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in...
(1551) - Saint Raphael of Banat in SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
(ca. 1590) - 33 martyrs of PalestinePalestinePalestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
- Martyr Alcibiades
- Saint Nilus, brother of EmperorEmperorAn emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...
Theodore LaskarisTheodore LaskarisTheodore Laskaris or Lascaris may refer to:* Theodore I Laskaris, Byzantine Nicaean emperor from 1204 to 1221* Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine Nicaean emperor from 1254 to 1258... - Saint Timothy of Chalcedon, archbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
and founderof the monastery of Pendeli (1590) - New Martyr Stamatius of DemetriasDemetriasDemetrias was an ancient Greek city in Magnesia , near the modern city of Volos. It was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, one of the successors of Alexander the Great.-External links:*...
, near Volos, at Constantinople (1680) - Great martyr Apostolos of St. Laurence, killed in Constantinople (1686)
- New Martyrs King Constantin BrâncoveanuConstantin BrâncoveanuConstantin Brâncoveanu was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.-Ascension:A descendant of the Craioveşti boyar family and related to Matei Basarab, Brâncoveanu was born at the estate of Brâncoveni and raised in the house of his uncle, stolnic Constantin Cantacuzino...
of WallachiaWallachiaWallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
and his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, and Matthew, and his counsellor Ioannicius (1714) - RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n New Martyrs Vladimir, priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
, and his brother Boris (1931)
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 (1798) of the martyrs Seraphim, Dorotheus, James, Demetrius, Basil, and Sarantis, of MegarisMegarisThis is also the ancient Greek name of a small island off Naples, site of the Castel dell'Ovo.Megaris or the Megarid was a small but populous state of ancient Greece, west of Attica and north of Corinthia, whose inhabitants were adventurous seafarers, credited with deceitful propensities... - Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore ("Feodorovskaya")
- Repose of Blessed Matrona Popova, disciple 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....
(1851)