August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 26
August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 25-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Eutychius, disciple of St. John the Theologian...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 26
August 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 27-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 33 companions of Nicomedia...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 7 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
- Apostle TitusTitusTitus , was Roman Emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to come to the throne after his own father....
of the Seventy DisciplesSeventy DisciplesThe seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples were early followers of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke . According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text...
(1st century) - Saint Genesius of RomeGenesius of RomeSaint Genesius of Rome was an actor who worked in a series of plays that mocked Christianity. One day while performing in a work that made fun of baptism he received sudden wisdom from God, realized the truth of Christianity, and had a conversion experience on stage...
(c. 286 or c. 303) - Saints Barses (378378Year 378 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valens and Augustus...
) and Eulogius (386386Year 386 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Euodius...
), Bishops of EdessaEdessa, GreeceEdessa , is a city in northern Greece and the capital of the Pella regional unit, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. It was also the capital of the defunct province of the same name.-Name:...
, and St. ProtogenesProtogenesProtogenes was an ancient Greek painter, a contemporary rival of Apelles. As with the other famous ancient Greek painters, none of his work has survived, and it is known only from literary references and descriptions....
(387387Year 387 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Eutropius...
), Bishop of Carrhae, confessors - Saint Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Saint John the CappadocianJohn the CappadocianA different John the Cappadocian was Patriarch from 518-520. See John of Cappadocia.John the Cappadocian,also known as Iohannis Orientalis, was a praetorian prefect of the East in the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I...
(520520Year 520 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and Vitalianus...
), Saint EpiphaniusPatriarch Epiphanius of ConstantinopleEpiphanius was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from February 25, 520 to June 5, 535, succeeding John II Cappadocia.-Biography:...
(535535Year 535 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Belisarius without colleague...
) and Saint Menas (552552Year 552 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 552 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Battle of Asfeld: Longobards under king Audoin...
), patriarchs of Constantinople - St. ArediusArediusSaint Aredius , also known as Yrieix, was Abbot of Limoges and chancellor to Theudebert II, King of Austrasia in the 6th century. He founded the monastery of Attanum, and the various French communes called St. Yrieix are named after him....
of Limousin (Gaul) (591) - Repose of Abbess Magdalena of SevskSevskSevsk is a town in Sevsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sev River , away from Bryansk. Population: -History:...
Convent (1848) and Monk Benjamin of ValaamValaamValaam, also known historically by the Finnish name Valamo, is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km². The largest island is also called Valaam. It is best known as...
(1848) - Synaxis of Hierarchs of Crete: Andrew, archbishop [740]; Cyril [ca. 303] and Eumenius [7th century], bishops of Gortyna
Other commemorations
- Return of the relics (580580Year 580 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 580 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Ethelbert becomes king of Kent.* The Roman...
) of Apostle Bartholomew (1st century) from AnastasiopolisDara (Mesopotamia)Dara or Daras was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire. Because of its great strategic importance, it featured prominently in the Roman-Persian conflicts of the 6th century, with the famous Battle of Dara taking place before its walls...
to LipariLipariLipari is the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily, and the name of the island's main town. It has a permanent population of 11,231; during the May–September tourist season, its population may reach up to 20,000....