August 28 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way ...

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August 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. * 1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. * 1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''September 11'' by

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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 29, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...

''.

Saints

* ''The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John'' (ca. 28)August 29 / September 11
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
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'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Saints Candida (418) and Gelasia (422), of Constantinople.September 11 / August 29
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Theodora, nun, of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

, who was from

Aegina Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina (mythology), Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born ...

(892) (''see also: April 5'') * Saint Arcadius of Arsinoe,

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, Bishop and

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a "thaumaturge", "thauma ...

. * Saint

Basil I the Macedonian Basil I, called the Macedonian ( el, Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, ''Basíleios ō Makedṓn'', 811 – 29 August 886), was a Byzantine Emperor who reigned from 867 to 886. Born a lowly peasant in the theme of Macedonia, he rose in the ...

, Byzantine Emperor (886)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Sabina Sabina may refer to: Places and jurisdictions * Sabina (region), region and place in Italy, and hence: * the now Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina (-Poggio Mirteto), Italy * Magliano Sabina, city, Italy * Pozzaglia Sabina, city, Italy *Fara Sab ...

, matron and martyr from Rome (c. 126)August 29
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Sabina of Troyes, by tradition the sister of St

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in France where she was venerated together with him (c. 275) * Saint Candida, one of a group of martyrs who suffered on the Ostian Way outside the gates of Rome. * Saint Euthymius, a Roman who fled to Perugia in Italy with his wife and his child, St Crescentius, during the persecution of Diocletian (4th century) * Saint Adelphus, an early

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 Es ...

and Confessor (5th century) * Saint

Sæbbi of Essex Sæbbi (also known as Saint Sebbi or Sebba; before 626 – 695) was son of Sexred and was the joint King of Essex from 664 to about 683 along with his cousin, Sighere. After Sighere died, Sæbbi became sole ruler of Essex until 694. Life Sighe ...

(''Sebbi, Sebba''), King of Essex and monk (c. 694)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. 424-426. * Saint Medericus (''Merry''), a monk at St Martin's in Autun, where he eventually became abbot (c. 700) * Saint Velleicus (''Willeic''), born in England, he followed St Swithbert to Germany and became Abbot of Kaiserswerth (8th century) * Saint

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''), hermit at Cerne in Dorset in England (9th century) * Saint Alberic, a monk who lived at Bagno de Romagua in Italy (1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Voche, near Galich (16th century) * New Martyr Anastasius (Spaso) of

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, at

(1794)
St Anastasius of the Strumitza Eparchy
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Peter Reshetnikov, Priest of Perm (1918) * New Hieromartyr Peter, Metropolitan of Krutitsa (1936) * New Martyr Theodore Ivanov of Tobolsk (1937)

Other commemorations

* Commemoration of all Orthodox soldiers killed on the field of battle. * Translation of the relics (1699) of St. Joseph Samakus the Sanctified, 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 ...

(1511) * Repose of Hiero-Schemamonk Poemen of

Cernica Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poșta and Tânganu. The commune lent its name to the Ce ...

(1831) * Repose of Righteous Pachomius the Silent, of Valdai Monastery (1886)

Icon gallery

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. File:Solidus-Basil I.jpg, Gold solidus of Emperor

Notes

References

Sources

August 29 / September 11
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 11 / August 29
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 29
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. 64. *

'' 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. 262. * 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. 424-426. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
29 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
29 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 29 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar