Orthodox Calendar for August 2023

August 2023
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Dormition Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Procession of the Lifegiving Cross; 7 Maccabean Martyrs Begin Dormition Fast St Nicholas, enlightener of Japan (1912)	2 Dormition Fast Trans. Rel. Protomartyr Stephen Bl. Vasily, Fool-for-Christ Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome (257), and those with him	3 Dormition Fast Ven. Isaac, Dalmatius, Faustus Ven. Anthony the Roman of Novgorod Holy Myrrh-bearer Salome	4 Dormition Fast Seven Sleepers of Ephesus	5 Dormition Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Eusignius of Antioch Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250) Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian
6 Dormition Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 9th Sunday after Pentecost Transfiguration of Our Lord	7 Dormition Fast Martyr Dometius of Persia Martyr Dometius of Persia (363) and two disciples Holy Martyrs Marinus the Soldier and Asterius the Senator (260) Our Holy Father Or (Horus) of the Thebaid (390) Our Holy Father Pimen the Much-Ailing (1110)	8 Dormition Fast St Emilian the Confessor St Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (820) St Myron the Wonderworker, Bishop of Crete (350) St Gregory of Sinai (Mt Athos) (1346)	9 Dormition Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America Apostle Matthias (1st c.) Holy Martyr Anthony (2nd c.)	10 Dormition Fast Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Lawrence of Rome	11 Dormition Fast Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin, and those with her (295-296) Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople (1508) Repose of Fr Georges Florovsky (1979) (July 29 OC)	12 Dormition Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyrs Anicletus and Photius of Nicomedia Hieromaryr Alexander, Bishop of Comana (3rd c.)
13 Dormition Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 10th Sunday after Pentecost St Tikhon of Zadonsk St Maximos the Confessor (662) St Tikhon of Zadonsk (1783) Holy Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and 18 Martyrs with him (258) Our Holy Mother the Empress Irene (Xenia in Monasticism) (12th c.)	14 Dormition Fast Prophet Micah Translation of the Relics of St Theodosius of the Kiev Caves Hieromartyr Marcellus, Bishop of Apamea (389)	15 Dormition of the Most-Holy Theotokos	16 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Image of Christ Not Made by Hands Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia (298)	17 Martyr Myron, Presbyter of Cyzicus Holy Martyr Patroclus (late 3rd c.)	18 Fast Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria Our Holy Father John, Abbot of Rila (946)	19 Martyr Andrew Stratelates and Companions Martyr Andrew Strateletes and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (ca. 289)
20 11th Sunday after Pentecost Prophet Samuel Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop of Heraklion, and those with him (2nd c.)	21 Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy Avram, Archimandrite of Smolensk Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44) Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.) Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob	22 Martyr Agathonicus and Companions Holy Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303)	23 Fast Martyr Lupus, Slave of St Demetrius Leavetaking of Dormition Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons (202) Hieromartyr Pothinos, Bishop of Lyons (177)	24 Hieromartyr Eutichius Trans. Rel. Peter, Metr. Kiev New Hieromartyr Kosmas of Aitolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779)	25 Fast Relics of Apostle Bartholomew Holy Apostle Titus of the Seventy	26 Martyrs Adrian and Natalia Vladimir Icon Our Holy Father Tithoës of the Thebaid (4th c.)
27 12nd Sunday after Pentecost Ven. Poemen the Great Great-martyr Phanurius the Newly Appeared of Rhodes	28 Ven. Job of Pochaev St Moses of Ethiopia (400) Righteous Anna the Prophetess (1st c.) Righteous Hezekiah, King of Judah (691 BC) New Hieromartyr Chrysostom, metropolitan of Smyrna (1922) Repose of Elder Joseph the Hesychast of Mt Athos (1959) (August 15 OC)	29 Fast—Strict Fast (Wine and Oil) Beheading of St John the Baptist Our Holy Mother Theodora of Salonica (879)	30 Fast Ss Alexander, John, Paul, Pats. Constantinople Trans. Rel. St Alexander Nevsky Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs	31 Sash of the Theotokos The Placing of the Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408? 886- 912?) Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (258) St Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471) Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (651)