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Aug. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 20-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Andrew Stratelates and those with him in Cilicia...

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August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 22-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Apostles...


Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 2 by Old Calendarists
Old 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

  • Prophet
    Prophet
    In 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...

     Samuel (11th century B.C.)
  • Hieromartyr
    Hieromartyr
    In 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....

     Philip of Heraclea, bishop
    Bishop
    A 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...

    , and martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

    s Severus and Memnon in Philippopolis
    Philippopolis
    The term Philippopolis , which translates as "Philip's Town," may refer to the following cities:*Plovdiv, Bulgaria *Shahba, Syria...

    , Thrace
    Thrace
    Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...

     (304
    304
    Year 304 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...

    )
  • Martyr Lucius of Cyprus, senator (ca 310
    310
    Year 310 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Andronicus and Probus...

    )
  • Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa (Dausa) in Persia (380
    380
    Year 380 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Augustus...

    )
  • Martyr Photina at the door of the Church of Blachernae
    Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul)
    Saint Mary of Blachernae is an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul...

  • Saint Hierotheus, first bishop and enlightener of Hungary (10th century)
  • Saint Stephen I of Hungary (1038)
  • New Martyr Theocharis of Neopolis
    Neópolis
    Neópolis is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 20,483 and its area is 259 km²....

     in Asia Minor (1740)

Other commemorations

  • Repose of Hieromonk
    Hieromonk
    Hieromonk , also called a Priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism....

     Seraphim Rose
    Seraphim Rose
    Seraphim Rose, born Eugene Dennis Rose , was an American hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who co-founded the St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California. He also translated Orthodox Christian texts and authored several polemical works...

     of Platina, California
    Platina, California
    Platina is a small unincorporated community of 200 people in Shasta County, California, approximately and equidistantly 40 miles west of Redding and Red Bluff. Its ZIP Code is 96076. Wired Telephone Numbers follow the pattern 530-352-xxxx.-History:...

     (1982)
  • Archimandrite Spyridon (Lukich) of Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

     (1991)
  • New Martyr Soldier Evgeny of Chechnya (1984-2002) (Canonized on August 20th the day of his martyrdom)

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