August 17 Events Pre-1600 *309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...

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 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 31'' 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 18, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 5 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. * 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...

''.

Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Dormition.August 18 / August 31
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* ''Martyrs

Florus and Laurus Saints Florus and Laurus are venerated as Christian martyrs of the 2nd century. According to a Greek tale, they were twin brothers who worked as stonemasons. They were originally from Constantinople, Byzantium but settled in Ulpiana, Dardania, ...

of Illyria, twin brothers who worked as stonemasons'' (2nd century)
Martyr Florus of Illyria
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. Συναξαριστής.
18 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * The Holy Host of Paupers (300 martyrs), brought together by Saints Florus and

Laurus ''Laurus'' () is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus contains three or more species, including the bay laurel or sweet bay, ''L. nobilis'', widely cultivated as an ornamental plant and a cul ...

, who smashed the statues of the pagan gods and were martyred by fire. * Martyrs Hermes, Serapion, Polyaenus of Rome (2nd century) * Hieromartyr Emilian, Bishop of Trebia in Umbria, and lay martyrs Hilarion, Dionysius, Hermippus, and about 1,000 others, in Italy (c. 300) * Venerable Barnabas and his nephew Sophronius, founders of Mount Mela Monastery (''Panagia Soumela''), near Trebizond (412)Great Synaxaristes:
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρνάβας, Σωφρόνιος καὶ Χριστόφορος
'' 18 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Venerable Christopher of Trebizond, Abbot of Mount Mela Monastery (''Panagia Soumela'') (668) * Saints

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

(674) and

George George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presid ...

(683),

Patriarchs of Constantinople This is a list of the Patriarchs of Constantinople. Bishops of Byzantium (until 330) *1. St. Andrew the Apostle (38), founder *2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38–54) *3. St. Onesimus (54–68) *4. Polycarpus I (69–89) *5. Plutarch (89–10 ...

. * Martyr Juliana near

Strobilos Strobilos ( el, Στρόβιλος), modern Aspat or Çıfıt Kalesi, is a Byzantine-era fortress on the south-western Anatolian coast, across from the island of Kos and near modern Bodrum in Turkey. It is first mentioned in 724, making it one o ...

Lycia Lycia ( Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; el, Λυκία, ; tr, Likya) was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is ...

. * Martyr Leo, drowned off the coast of Myra in

. * The 4 Venerable Ascetics, reposed in peace. * Saint Macarius, Abbot of the

Pelekete monastery The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian ( el, Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου του Θεολόγου), commonly known as the Pelekete monastery ( tr, Pelekete manastırı; el, Moνή Πελεκητής), is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery ...

near Prusa, Bithynia (840)August 31 / August 18
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1081 – Alexios I Ko ...

'') * ''

Venerable The Venerable (''venerabilis'' in Latin) is a style, a title, or an epithet which is used in some Western Christian churches, or it is a translation of similar terms for clerics in Eastern Orthodoxy and monastics in Buddhism. Christianity Cathol ...

John of Rila Saint John of Rila, a.k.a. Ivan of Rila ( Bulgarian: Свети преподобни Йоан Рилски Чудотворец, Svеti prеpodobni Yoan Rilski Chudotvorеts; English: Saint (monk) John of Rila the Wondermaker) (876 – c. 946) wa ...

, founder and

Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...

Rila Monastery The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery "Sveti Ivan Rilski" ( bg, Рилски манастир „Свети Иван Рилски“), is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situate ...

, Bulgaria'' (946) (''see also:

October 19 Events Pre-1600 * 202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage. * 439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in ...

'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Agapitus of Palestrina Agapitus ( it, Agapito) is venerated as a martyr saint, who died on August 18, perhaps in 274, a date that the latest editions of the Roman Martyrology say is uncertain. According to his legend, 16-year-old Agapitus, who may have been a member ...

, a fifteen-year-old who bravely confessed Christ and was martyred in

Palestrina Palestrina (ancient ''Praeneste''; grc, Πραίνεστος, ''Prainestos'') is a modern Italian city and ''comune'' (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Pre ...

near Rome (c. 274)August 18
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs John and Crispus, priests in Rome who devoted themselves to recovering and burying the bodies of the martyrs, for which they also suffered martyrdom. * Saint Firminus of Metz, Greek or Italian by origin, he was

Bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

in France for eight years, Confessor (496) * Saint Daig Maccairill (''Daig, Dagaeus, Daganus''), disciple of St Finian, he founded a monastery at Inis Cain Dega (

Inniskeen Inniskeen, officially Inishkeen (), is a small village, townland and parish in County Monaghan, Ireland, close to the County Louth and County Armagh borders. The village is located about from Dundalk, from Carrickmacross, and from Crossmaglen ...

), and was both abbot and bishop (586) * Saint Milo, a monk together with his father at Fontenelle Abbey in France, and later a hermit (c. 740) *

Saint Inan Saint Inan (Evan) was the patron saint of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he is said to have resided during the 9th century AD. He is reputed to have come from Iona, and to have died in Irvine, where his tomb was reputed to have been the ...

(''Evan''),a hermit in Ayrshire in Scotland, where churches are dedicated to him (9th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Christodoulus the Philosopher, called "the Ossetian," of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

(12th century) * Venerable Sophronius of St. Anne's

skete A skete ( ) is a monastic community in Eastern Christianity that allows relative isolation for monks, but also allows for communal services and the safety of shared resources and protection. It is one of four types of early monastic orders, a ...

on Mount Athos (18th century) * New Monk-martyr Demetrius the Vlach, of Samarina (Pindos), at Ioannina (1808) (''see also:

'')

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Archimandrite Augustine of Orans Monastery, and Archpriest Nicholas of

Nizhni-Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

, and 15 people with them (1918)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. 61. * New Hieromartyr Gregory Bronnikov, Priest, and Martyr Eugene Dmitriev and Michael Eregodsky (1937)

Other commemorations

* Uncovering of the

Relics In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

Arsenios the New of

Paros Paros (; el, Πάρος; Venetian: ''Paro'') is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. One of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about wide. It lies approximately south-east of ...

(1877) * Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas "the Turk," of Optina Skete (1893)

Icons

* Icon of the

Mother of God ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations ar ...

the "Directress" ("Hodegetria") of Trebizond, also known as ''"Panagia Soumeliotissa".''
Icon of the Mother of God, the “Directress”
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Florus and Laurus.jpg, A15th-century Novgorod icon of Sts. Florus and

. File:Florus and Laurus3 fragment.jpg, Sts. Florus and

. File:Św. bp Emilian Dacyjski (z Dacji lub Durostorum).png, Hieromartyr Emilian, Bishop of Trebia in Umbria. File:Sumela-010.jpg, Mount Mela Monastery (''Panagia Soumela''), founded by Barnabas and Sophronius, and later Christopher of Trebizond. File:Ivan Rilski - fresco from church in rila monastery-bulgaria.JPG, St.

, fresco from Rila monastery, Bulgaria.

Notes

References

Sources

August 18 / August 31
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 31 / August 18
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 18
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. 61. *

'' 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. 247-248. * 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. 397-399. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
18 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
18 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 18 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar