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 ...

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 6 All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 18'' 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 5, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

July 23 Events Pre-1600 * 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury. *1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1 ...

''.

Feasts

Forefeast An Afterfeast is a period of celebration attached to one of the Great Feasts celebrated by the Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic Churches (somewhat analogous to what in the West would be called an Octave). The celebration of the Great Feast ...

of the

Transfiguration of Jesus In the New Testament, the Transfiguration of Jesus is an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels (, , ) describe it, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it (). In these ...

.August 5 / August 18
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* Hieromartyrs Antherus (236) and Fabian (''Fabianus'') (250), Popes of Rome. * Martyr Pontius, at Cimella in Gaul (257)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. * ''Martyr

Eusignius Eusignius was a martyred Roman soldier. He began his military career under the emperor Maximian. Under the reign of Constantine he served as general and was witness to emperor's vision of a cross in the sky symbolizing victory. Eusignius retired ...

of Antioch'' (362) * ''Righteous Nonna'' (374), wife of

Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder Gregory the Elder or Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder ( – 374) was the bishop of the see of Nazianzus in Roman province of Cappadocia. However, he is better remembered as the patriarch of an important family of ecclesiastics. Career A member of ...

and mother of St.

Gregory the Theologian Gregory of Nazianzus ( el, Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός, ''Grēgorios ho Nazianzēnos''; ''Liturgy of the Hours'' Volume I, Proper of Saints, 2 January. – 25 January 390,), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory N ...

. * Martyrs Cantidius and Cantidianus, brothers, of Egypt, by stoning (4th century) ** Martyr Sibelius (''Sobel'') of Egypt, shot by bow and arrow (4th century) * Saint Therissos (''Thyrsos''), Bishop of

Karpasia Karpasia may refer to: * Karpass Peninsula, the long, finger-like peninsula of northeastern Cyprus * Karpasia (town) Karpasia ( grc, Καρπάσεια and Καρπασία), Latinized as Carpasia, and also known as Karpasion (sometimes mistaken f ...

, Cyprus. Συναξαριστής.
5 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Saint Euthymius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (917)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Memmius Saint Memmius (french: Menge, Meinge, Memmie) is venerated as the first bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne (now ''Châlons-en-Champagne''), and founder of the diocese. According to tradition, Memmius was a Roman citizen who was consecrated by Saint Pet ...

(''Menge, Meinge''), Founder and first Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France, and Apostle of the region (c. 300) * Twenty-three (23) Martyrs of Rome, on the Salarian Way in Rome, under Diocletian (303) * Saint Emygdius (''Emidius''), a saint whose relics were venerated in Ascoli in Italy (c. 303) * Martyr Afra, in Augsburg in Germany, under Diocletian (c. 304) * Saint Paris,

Bishop of Teano The Diocese of Teano (Latin: ''Dioecesis Theanensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the city of Teano in the province of Caserta in Campania, Italy. In 1818, it was united the Diocese of Calvi Risorta to form the Diocese of C ...

near Naples in Italy (346) * Saint

Cassian of Autun Saint Cassian of Autun (french: Cassien) (died ca. 350 AD) was a 4th-century bishop of Autun. He may have been an Egyptian by birth.Benedictine Monks, ''Book of the Saints'' (Kessinger Publishing, 2003), p. 59. He traveled to Autun and was a foll ...

, Bishop of Autun in France, 314-350, he succeeded St Reticius and was famous for his miracles (c. 350) * Saint Venantius, the most famous of the ancient Bishops of Viviers in France (544) * ''Martyr Oswald of Northumbria, King of Northumbria'' (642)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. 380-382. * Saint

Abel of Reims Abel (''fl''. 744–747) served as the Bishop of Reims in Francia, now modern-day France.Costambeys, "Abel (''fl''. 744–747)" He has sometimes been venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, particularly by the Bollandists. Origins In the la ...

, Archbishop of Rheims in France (c. 751) * Saint Theodoric,

Bishop of Cambrai-Arras 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-Hel ...

in the north of France c 830-863 (863) * Saint Gormcal, Abbot of Ardoileán in Galway in Ireland (1016)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov (1123) * Venerable Monk-martyr Job the Gorge-dweller (''Job of Ushchelsk''), on the Mezen River (Solovki) (1628) * New Martyr Christos of

Preveza Preveza ( el, Πρέβεζα, ) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which is part of the region of Epiru ...

, at

Kos Kos or Cos (; el, Κως ) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 36,986 (2021 census), ...

(1668) * ''Venerable Eugenius of

Aetolia Aetolia ( el, Αἰτωλία, Aἰtōlía) is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania. Geography The Achelous River separates Aetolia ...

'' (1682) * Saint John Jacob the Chozebite, of Neamț (1960)August 18 / August 5
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

July 28 Events Pre-1600 *1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. *1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, Thom ...

- Greek'')

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Stephen Chitrov, Priest (1918) * New Martyrs Eudocia Shikova, and Novices Daria Timolina, Daria Siushinskaya, and Maria, of Diveyevo Convent (1919) * New Hieromartyr Simon (Shleyev), Bishop of Ufa (1921) * New Hieromartyr John Smirnov, Deacon (1938)

Other commemorations

* Uncovering of the relics (1967) of St. Arsenius the New of Paros (1877)

Icon gallery

File:Anterus.jpg, Hieromartyr

Pope Anterus Pope Anterus (, ,) was the bishop of Rome from 21 November 235 until his death on 3 January 236.Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Life Anterus was the son of Ro ...

. File:Saint Fabian1.jpg, Hieromartyr Fabian (''Fabianus''). File:Consecration of Patriarch Euthymius I of Constantinople.jpg, Consecration of

Euthymius Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Euthymius' ''vita'' was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several ...

as Patriarch of Constantinople. File:Heilige Afra.jpg,

Saint Afra Saint Afra (died 304) was martyred during the Diocletian persecution. Along with Saint Ulrich, she is a patron saint of Augsburg. Her feast day is August 7. Afra was dedicated to the service of the goddess, Venus, by her mother, Hilaria. Thro ...

. File:Stoswaldaskingnyplspencer1f89r.jpg, Martyr-King Oswald of Northumbria, King of Northumbria. File:Reims (51) Saint-Rémi Baie 204-2.jpg, Saint

. File:Palestine, Wadi Qelt, (The St. George's Monastery)(Relics of St. Ioan Iacob Hozevitul).jpg, Relics of St. John Jacob the Chozebite, of Neamț, ('' St. George's Monastery,

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

''). File:Bishop Simeon Shleev.jpg, New Hieromartyr Simon (Shleyev), Bishop of Ufa.

Notes

References

Sources

August 5 / August 18
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 18 / August 5
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 5
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. 232-233. * 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. 380-382. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
5 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
5 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 5 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar