August 3
Events Pre-1600
* 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
* 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emper ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 17'' 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 ...
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For August 4, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''
July 22
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
Ephesus
Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...
'':August 4 / August 17 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
:* ''Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian (Constantine), and Antoninus'' (250 and ca. 446)
* Martyr Eleutherius of Byzantium (early 4th century) ''(see also:
December 15
Events Pre-1600
* 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
* 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodor ...
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* Martyr Thathuil, by hanging from an apple tree. Συναξαριστής. 4 Αυγούστου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).August 17 / August 4 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* ''Martyr Eudokia of Anatolia, in Persia, by beheading'' (362)
* Martyrs Ia and 9,000 with her in Persia (363) (''see also: August 11 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 ...
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Pre-Schism Western saints
* Saint Perpetua, a matron from Rome baptised by the Apostle Peter who converted her husband and her son, St Nazarius (c. 80)August 4 Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Saint Agabius, Bishop of Verona in Italy, and Confessor (c. 250)
* Saint Tertullinus, apriest, martyred in Rome under Valerian two days after his ordination (257)
* Saints Epiphanes and Isidore, two early martyrs, venerated at the Cathedral of Besançon in France until the French Revolution.
* Saint Protasius, a martyr honoured in Cologne in Germany.
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Saint Sithney
Saint Sithney (Latin: Sidinius; br, Sezni Saint; date unknownEuphronius of Tours, Bishop of Tours in France (573)
* Saints Peregrinus, Maceratus and Viventius (6th century)
* Saint Lugid of Killaloe (''Lua, Molua''), a disciple of St Comgall, founded many monasteries (c. 609)
Equal-to-the-Apostles
Equal-to-apostles or equal-to-the-apostles (; la, aequalis apostolis; ar, معادل الرسل, ''muʿādil ar-rusul''; ka, მოციქულთასწორი, tr; ro, întocmai cu Apostolii; russian: равноапостольный, ...
(1779)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. 57. (''see also:
August 24
Events Pre-1600
* 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.
* 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written. ...
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New martyrs and confessors
* New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Prozgrov) (1930)
* New Hieromartyr Michael (Zhuk), Hieromonk of Staroye Zubarevo in
Mordovia
The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...
, and Martyrs Simeon and Demetrius Vorobiev of Tver (1937)
April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
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Icon gallery
File:Seven Sleepers icon.jpeg, The Holy Seven Youths ("Seven Sleepers:) of Ephesus.
File:Martyr Eudoxia (Ia) - (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyr Eudoxia (Ia) of Persia (''Menologion of Basil II'').
File:St. Kosmas Aitolos - Bolton, Ontario - 2007.jpg, Saint
Kosmas Aitolos
Kosmas the Aetolian, sometimes Cosmas the Aetolian or Patrokosmas "Father Kosmas" ( el, Κοσμᾶς ὁ Αἰτωλός, ''Kosmas Etolos''; born between 1700 and 1714 – died 1779), was a monk in the Greek Orthodox Church. He is recognized as ...
, New Hieromartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles.
File:Molla Zeyrek Camii.jpg, The former Church of the Pantokrator (today Zeyrek Mosque).
Notes
References
Sources
August 4 / August 17 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 17 / August 4 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 4 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. 57.
* '' 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. 231-232.
* 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. 379-380.
; Greek Sources
* Great Synaxaristes: 4 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Συναξαριστής. 4 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).
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