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August 13 Events Pre-1600 *29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Emp ...
All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 25'' by Orthodox Churches 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 12, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''
July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. * 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islan ...
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Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.August 12 / August 25
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).


Saints

* Hieromartyr
Alexander of Comana Saint Alexander of Comana (died c. 251), known as "the charcoal burner", was Bishop of Comana in Pontus. Whether he was the first to occupy that see is unknown. The saint's curious name comes from the fact that he had, out of humility, taken u ...
, Bishop of Comana (3rd century) * Martyrs Pamphilus and Capito, by the sword (3rd century) * ''Martyrs Anicetus and Photius, and others, of
Nicomedia Nicomedia (; el, Νικομήδεια, ''Nikomedeia''; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocleti ...
'' (288) Συναξαριστής.
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'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
* Holy 12 soldier-martyrs of
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
, by the sword.August 25 / August 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* ''Venerable Pallamon of Egypt'' (c. 323), instructor of St. Pachomius the Great. * Venerable Saints Sergius and Stephen, peacefully. * Venerable Castor, peacefully.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.


Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Hilaria, Digna, Euprepia, Eunomia, Quiriacus, Largio, Crescentian, Nimmia, Juliana and Companions (c. 304)
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Saint
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 ...
of Catania (304)) (''see also: August 11'') * Saint Gracilian and Felicissima (c. 304) * Saint Cassian of Benevento,
Bishop of Benevento The Italian Catholic metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento ( la, Archidioecesis Beneventana) has a long history; it now has five suffragan dioceses: the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita- ...
(c. 340) * Saint Eusebius of Milan, a Greek by birth, was Bishop of Milan in Italy for sixteen years, he opposed Eutychianism (465) * Saint
Herculanus of Brescia Saint Herculanus of Brescia (died ca. 550 AD) was a bishop of Brescia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia ( la, Dioecesis Brixiensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, i ...
, Bishop of Brescia in Italy (c. 550) * Saint Molaise of Devenish (''Laisrén mac Nad Froích'') (563) * Saint Muredach (''Murtagh, Muiredach''), first
Bishop of Killala The Bishop of Killala () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bis ...
and founder of Innismurray (6th century) * Saint Seigine (''Ségéne mac Fiachnaí''), Abbot of Iona (652) * Saint Porcarius, Abbot of Lérins, and 500 Companions, massacred by the Saracens (c. 732) * Saint Jambert (''Jænberht, Janbert''), fourteenth
Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
(792)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. pp. 389-391.
* Saint Merewenna (''Marwenne, Morwenna''), the local saint of
Marhamchurch Marhamchurch ( kw, Eglosvarwenn) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Marhamchurch village is situated south of Bude off the A39 road. The Civil Parish population at the 2011 census was 837. History The ...
near Bude in Cornwall. * Saint Ust (''Justus''). The town of St Just, a few miles from Penzance in Cornwall, is named after this hermit.


Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* ''New Hieromartyrs of
David Gareja Monastery David Gareja ( ka, დავითგარეჯის სამონასტრო კომპლექსი) is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert slopes o ...
, slain by the Dagestanis ( Lekians)'' (1851):
Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
:* Gerontius and Serapion (hieromonks); Otar (deacon); Monk-martyrs Germanus, Bessarion, and Michael, and New Martyr Symeon.


New martyrs and confessors

* ''New Hieromartyrs of the Belogorsk St. Nicholas Monastery (Perm)'' (1918-1919): :* Barlaam (Konoplev), Archimandrite, :* Anthony (Arapov), Abbot, :* Sergius (Vershinin), Elijah (Popov), Vyacheslav (Kosozhilin), Ioasaph (Sabintsev), and John (Novoselov), Hieromonks; :* Micah (Podkorytov), Bessarion (Okulov), Euthymius (Korotkov), and Matthew (Bannikov), Hierodeacons; :* New Monk-martyrs: Euthymius, Barnabas, Demetrius, Sabbas, Hermogenes, Arcadius, and Marcellus; :* Martyred novices: John, Jacob, Peter, Jacob, Alexander, Theodore, Peter, Sergius, and Alexis. * New Hieromartyr Basil Infantiev, Priest (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Leonidas Biryukovich, John Nikolsky, and Nicholas Dobroumov, Priests (1937) * New Martyr Eudocia Safronova (1938)


Other commemorations

*
Translation of relics In Christianity, the translation of relics is the removal of holy objects from one locality to another (usually a higher-status location); usually only the movement of the remains of the saint's body would be treated so formally, with secondary ...
of St.
Eadwold of Cerne Eadwold of Cerne, also known as Eadwold of East Anglia, was a 9th-century hermit, East Anglian prince and patron saint of Cerne, Dorset, who lived as a hermit on a hill about four miles from Cerne. His feast day is 29 August. Life St. Eadwold w ...
(''Edwold'') (c. 900), hermit of Cerne.


Icon gallery

File:Святой Фотий.jpg, Saint Photius the Martyr File:Case of Molaise's Gospels.png, Cover from the
Soiscél Molaisse The Soiscél Molaisse ( ;Stokes (1871), p. 14 'Gospel of St. Molaisse')Stevick (2008), p. 37 is an Irish (a type of ornamented metal reliquary box or carrying case for a holy book) that originated from an 8th-century wooden core embellished i ...
File:Kreuzerhoehungskirche.jpg, Belogorsk St. Nicholas Monastery (Perm), in 1917


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Sources


August 12 / August 25
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 25 / August 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
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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. 240-241. * 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. pp. 389-391. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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'' 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 12 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar