August 10 Events Pre-1600 * 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. * 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Gro� ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rul ...

August 12 Events Pre-1600 *1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. * 1121 – B ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 24'' by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...

es on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For August 11, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

July 29 Events Pre-1600 * 587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple. * 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12. * 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo ...

''.

Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.August 11 / August 24
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* Virgin-martyr Susanna and those with her (295): :* Hieromartyrs

Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hybrida *Gaius Asinius Gallus *Gaius Asinius Pol ...

, Pope of Rome; the priest Gabinus; Martyrs Maximus, Claudius and his wife Praepedigna; and their sons Alexander and Cuthias. * ''Holy Hieromartyr Archdeacon

Euplus Euplius (Euplus) ( it, Euplo, Euplio, el, Εὖπλος) (d. c. AD 304) is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. Biography His name in Greek means "good sailing" which is played upon in the text ...

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

'' (304) Συναξαριστής.
11 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyrs Neophytus, Zeno, Gaius, Mark, Macarius, and Gaianus, by fire. * Martyr Ia and 9,000 with her in Persia (363) (''see also:

August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during th ...

and

September 11 Events Pre-1600 * 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hu ...

'') * Venerable Passarion, Bishop in Palestine (428) (''see also: May 10'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Rufinus and Companions, an early bishop (''Episcopus Marsorum''), martyred with companions in Italy.August 11
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *

Saint Tiburtius Saint Tiburtius, according to Christian legend, was a Christian martyr. His feast day is 11 August which is the same as Saint Susanna. These saints were not related, but are sometimes associated because they are venerated on the same day. Hagiog ...

, a martyr in Rome, connected with the soldier-martyr St Sebastian and was entombed at the

Via Lavicana The Via Labicana was an ancient road of Italy, leading east-southeast from Rome. It seems possible that the road at first led to Tusculum, that it was then extended to Labici, and later still became a road for through traffic; it may even have su ...

(c. 288) * Saint Chromatius, the

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and father of St Tiburtius the martyr (3rd century) * Saint Digna, a holy virgin in Todi in Umbria in Italy, lived as an anchoress in the mountains nearby during the persecution of Diocletian (4th century) *

Saint Taurinus Taurinus of Évreux (died ca. 410), also known as Taurin, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was the first bishop of Évreux. He evangelized the region and died a martyr. Legend His largely legendary life ...

, first

Bishop of Evreux A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, Gaul (c. 412)August 24 / August 11
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint

Attracta Athracht (Modern Irish ''Naomh Adhracht''; in Latin sources ''Attracta'') is the patron saint of the parish of Locha Techet (Lough Gara) and Tourlestrane, Co. Sligo, Ireland. She was a sister of Bishop Conal of Drumconnell. Her feast day is ...

(''Athracht''), an anchoress, first in Killaraght on

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and then in Drum near Boyle (5th century) * Saint

Equitius Saint Equitius ( it, Sant'Equizio) was an abbot of the 6th century. He was born between 480 and 490 in the region of Valeria Suburbicaria (present-day L'Aquila- Rieti- Tivoli). Gregory the Great refers to Equitius in his ''Dialogues'' (I,4 in P ...

, founder of a number of monasteries in the province of Valeria in Italy (c. 540) * Saint Bláán (''Blane''), Bishop of Bute, Scotland (c. 590) (''see also:

'') * Saint

Gaugericus Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon, Djèri) ( 550 – August 11, 619) was a bishop of Cambrai, France. Biography He was born to Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at ''Eposium'' (present C ...

(''Gau, Géry''),

Bishop of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Help ...

and Arras in France,

Confessor Confessor is a title used within Christianity in several ways. Confessor of the Faith Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith but not to the point of death.Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

(1098) * Saint

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(in monasticism Theodosius) of the Kiev Caves, Prince of Ostrog in Volhynia (1483) * ''Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople'' (1508) * New Martyrs Anastasius Paneras of Asomaton, and Demetrius Begiazis of

Agiasos Agiasos ( el, Αγιάσος) is a small town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform, it became a municipality unit that is part of the municipality Mytilene. The municipal ...

on Lesbos, at Kasamba in Asia Minor (1816) * Saint John, recluse of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1867)

New martyrs and confessors

* Venerable Martyr St Rafaela (Tertatska), (''Rafaela of

Chyhyryn Chyhyryn ( uk, Чигирин, ) is a city and historic site located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. From 1648 to 1669 the city was a Hetman residence. After a forced relocation of the Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan see ...

''),

Igumenia Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen ( el, ἡγούμενος, Transliteration, trans. ), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, similar to the title of abbot. The head o ...

(1926)Dr. Alexander Roman.
August
.'' Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).

Other commemorations

* ''Commemoration of the

Miracle A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divin ...

(1716) of St. Spyridon (348) on

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

with the

Hagarenes Hagarenes ( grc, Ἀγαρηνοί , syc, ܗܓܪܝܐ or , arm, Հագարացի), is a term widely used by early Syriac, Greek, Coptic and Armenian sources to describe the early Arab conquerors of Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt. The name was us ...

''.Great Synaxaristes:
Ἀνάμνηση Θαύματος Ἁγίου Σπυρίδωνα
'' 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Repose of Elder Sampson (Sievers) (''Edward von Sievers''), Spiritual Director at Poltava's Monastery of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross (1979) * Repose of Archpriest Nicholas Guryanov of Talabsk Island, in Pskov (Chudskoye) lake (2002)

Icon gallery

File:Norblin - La Mort de sainte Suzanne.JPG, Martyrdom of St. Susanna. File:PCaius.jpg, Hieromartyr

, Pope of Rome. File:San.Rufino030.jpg, Main altar with tomb of St. Rufinus; Cathedral of San Rufino, Assisi, Italy. File:Ballymote Church of the Immaculate Conception Apsis Right Window Saint Athracht Detail 2010 09 23.jpg, Saint

(''Athracht''), anchoress. File:Stblanes1.jpg, Historic Scotland Signage at the entrance to St Blane's Church Sight. File:SPYRIDON.jpg, St. Spyridon.

Notes

References

Sources

August 11 / August 24
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 24 / August 11
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 11
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 59. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * '' The Roman Martyrology.'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 239-240. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 389. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
11 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
11 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). {{DEFAULTSORT:August 11 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar