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 ...

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 7 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Co ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 19'' 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 6, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

July 24 Events Pre-1600 *1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. * 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. *1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirl ...

''.

Feasts

* ''The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ'' (''Second "Feast of the Savior" in August'')August 6 / August 19
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints

Justus and Pastor Justus and Pastor ( la, Iustus et Pastor; died 304), venerated as Christian martyrs, were two schoolboy brothers (Justus was 13 years old, Pastor less than 9) who were killed for their faith during the Diocletian persecutions. The boys are to ...

, two brothers, aged respectively thirteen and nine, scourged and beheaded at Alcalá in Spain under Diocletian (c. 304)August 6
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Hormisdas, Pope of Rome and Confessor, author of the ''Formula of Hormisdas'' (523) * Saint Hardulf, a hermit at Breedon in

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in England where the church is dedicated to him (7th century) * Saint Gezelin (''Ghislain, Gisle, Joscelin''), a hermit honoured in Slebusrode ( Schlebuschrath) near Cologne in Germany. * Saint Stephen of Cardeña and Companions, Abbot of the Castilian monastery of Cardeña near Burgos in Spain, where there were over two hundred monks, martyred by the Saracens (872)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov (1123)August 19 / August 6
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

'') * New Martyr Abbacum of Thessalonica (1628)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich of Lemkovyna, priest,

protomartyr A protomartyr (Koine Greek, ''πρότος'' ''prótos'' "first" + ''μάρτυρας'' ''mártyras'' "martyr") is the first Christian martyr in a country or among a particular group, such as a religious order. Similarly, the phrase the Protom ...

of the

Lemko Lemkos ( rue, Лeмкы, translit= Lemkŷ; pl, Łemkowie; uk, Лемки, translit=Lemky) are an ethnic group inhabiting the Lemko Region ( rue, Лемковина, translit=Lemkovyna; uk, Лемківщина, translit=Lemkivshchyna) of C ...

people, by the Austro-Hungarians (1914) (''see also

- Old Calendar; and

September 6 Events Pre-1600 * 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish ''magister militum'' Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. *1492 – Christopher Colu ...

/August 24'') * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Prozorov, Priest (1930)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. 58. * New Hieromartyr Nikolai Zavarin, Priest (1937) * New Hieromartyr Peter Tokarev, Priest, of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1937) * New Hieromartyr Dimitry (Lyubimov), Archbishop of

Gdov Gdov (russian: Гдов) is a town and the administrative center of Gdovsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the river Gdovka, just from its outflow into Lake Peipus. Population: History It was first mentioned in the beginning of ...

(1938)Ivan Andreyev.
Archbishop Dimitry of Gdov
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Russia's Catacomb Saints
Retrieved 2011-07-06.

Other commemorations

* Repose of Hieroschemamonk Nikon the Cave-dweller, of

Valaam Monastery The Valaam Monastery (russian: Валаамский монастырь; Finnish version: ''Valamo Monastery'') is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Euro ...

(1822) * Repose of Priest Basil Shoustin, disciple of Optina Elders (1968) * Repose of Elder Tryphon of Kapsala, Mount Athos (1978)

Icon gallery

File:Transfiguration Christ Louvre ML145.jpg, Icon of the

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, Byzantine artwork, c. 1200, File:Transfiguration by Feofan Grek from Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky (15th c, Tretyakov gallery).jpeg, Icon of the

Theophanes the Greek Theophanes the Greek (sometimes "Feofan Grek" from the russian: Феофан Грек, Greek: Θεοφάνης; c. 1340 – c. 1410) was a Byzantine Greek artist and one of the greatest icon painters of Muscovite Russia, who influenced the 15t ...

, 15th century

Notes

References

Sources

August 6 / August 19
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 19 / August 6
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 6
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. 58. *

'' 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. p. 234. * 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. p. 382. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
6 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
6 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 6 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar