August 26 Events Pre-1600 * 683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah. *1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most ...

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 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 ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''September 9'' 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 27, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on '' August 14''.

Saints

* ''Saint Hosius the Confessor (''Osius or Ossius''), Bishop of Cordova'' (359)August 27 / September 9
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Saint Liberius the Confessor, Pope of Rome (366) Συναξαριστής.
27 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Saint

Arcadius Arcadius ( grc-gre, Ἀρκάδιος ; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to 408. He was the eldest son of the ''Augustus'' Theodosius I () and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (). Arcadius ruled the ...

, Eastern Roman Emperor (395-408) * Saint Praulius, Archbishop of Jerusalem (422) * ''Venerable

Poemen the Great Abba Poemen the Great (Greek: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποιμήν; ποιμήν means "shepherd") (c. 340–450) was a Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the ''Apophthegmata Patrum'' (''Sayings of the Desert Fa ...

, of Egypt'' (450)'' 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. 259-260. * Saint Sabbas, monk, of Benephali.September 9 / August 27
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Poemen of Palestine (605) * ''Great-martyr Phanourios the Newly-Revealed, of

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the So ...

''. * Martyr Anthousa the New, by drowning in a well. * Venerable Theoklitos, a ''

Magistros The ''magister officiorum'' (Latin literally for "Master of Offices", in gr, μάγιστρος τῶν ὀφφικίων, magistros tōn offikiōn) was one of the most senior administrative officials in the Later Roman Empire and the early cent ...

'' from Constantinople who retired from the world and took the monastic habit, becoming an ascetic on Mt. Olympos.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Virgin-martyr

Euthalia ''Euthalia'' (from Ancient Greek: Euthalia Ευθαλια "flower", "bloom") is a genus of Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly called barons or (like some relatives in ''Bassarona'' and ''Dophla'') dukes. Species Listed alp ...

, in Leontini in Sicily (252)August 27
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also:

March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...

- East'') * Martyrs

Rufus and Carpophorus Saints Rufus and Carpophorus (Carpone, Carponius) (died c. 295) were Christians who were martyred at Capua during the reign of Diocletian. Their ''Acta'' state that Rufus was a deacon. One Saint Rufus for the feast day 27 August also appears as ' ...

(''Carpone''), Martyrs in Capua under Diocletian (295) * Saint Rufus of Capua, Bishop of Capua and disciple of St Apollinaris of Ravenna. * Saint Narnus, first

Bishop of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo ( la, Dioecesis Bergomensis; it, Diocesi di Bergamo; lmo, Diocesi de Bergum) is a Episcopal see, see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Monica of Hippo Monica ( – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, par ...

(''Monica of Tagaste'') (387) (''see also:

May 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''. * 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus ar ...

- East '') * Saint

Caesarius of Arles Caesarius of Arles ( la, Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (''Cabillonensis'' or ''Cabellinensis'') from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingia ...

Bishop of Arles The former French Catholic Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles, in southern France.Licerius (''Lizier''), Bishop of Couserans (c. 548) * Saint

Syagrius Syagrius (430 – 486 or 487 or 493–4) was a Roman general and the last ruler of a Roman rump state in northern Gaul, now called the Kingdom of Soissons. Gregory of Tours referred to him as King of the Romans. Syagrius's defeat by king Clovis ...

(''Siacre''), Bishop of Autun and Confessor (600) * Saint Etherius (''Alermius''),

Bishop of Lyons The Archdiocese of Lyon (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Lyon''), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The Archbishops o ...

(602) * Saint Decuman of Watchet (''Dagan'') (706) * Saint Ebbo,

Bishop of Sens The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese compri ...

(740) * Saint

John of Pavia John of Pavia was Bishop of Pavia The Diocese of Pavia ( la, Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan only since 1817.Bishop of Pavia The Diocese of Pavia ( la, Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan only since 1817.Gebhard of Constance Gebhard of Constance ( la, Gebhardus Constantiensis; german: Gebhard von Konstanz; 949 995 AD) was a bishop of Constance from 979 until 995. He founded the Benedictine abbey of Petershausen Petershausen is a municipality in the district of Dac ...

Bishop of Constance The Prince-Bishopric of Constance, (german: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803. In his dua ...

in Germany (995) * Saint Malrubius, an hermit in Merns in

Kincardineshire Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and ...

in Scotland, martyred by Norwegian invaders (c. 1040)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Hieromartyr Kuksha and St. Pimen the Faster, of the Near Caves in Kiev (after 1114)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Michael Voskresensky, Priest, (with 28 other martyrs), and Stephen Nemkov, Priest, (with 18 other martyrs), all 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 ...

(1918) * New Hieromartyrs John Lebedev and John Smirnov, Priests (1937) * New Hieromartyr Methodius (Ivanov), Abbot, of Sukovo (Moscow) (1937) * New Hieromartyr Aleksander Tsitserov, Priest (1939) * New Hieromartyr Vladimir Sokolov, Priest (1940) * Saint Demetrius Kryuchkov the Confessor, Priest (1952)

Other commemorations

* Baptism of the

Ethiopian eunuch The Ethiopian eunuch ( gez, ኢትዮጵያዊው ጃንደረባ) is a figure in the New Testament of the Bible; the story of his conversion to Christianity is recounted in Acts 8. Biblical narrative Philip the Evangelist was told by an angel ...

Djan Darada, by Saint

Philip the Evangelist Philip the Evangelist ( el, Φίλιππος, ''Philippos'') appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles. He was one of the Seven chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem (). He preached and reportedly perform ...

, in Acts 8:26-40 (1st century) (''see also:

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

and

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

'') * Uncovering of the relics (1991) of St. John Gashkevich, Archpriest, of Korma (1917) * Slaying of Archimandrite Symeon (Kholmogorov), spiritual writer (1937) * Repose of Archimandrite Sergius (Ozerov) of New Valaam Monastery in Siberia (1937)
СЕРГИЙ (ОЗЕРОВ)
'' Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: 03 November, 2014. * Translation of the Relics of Saints

Theognostus Theognostus (russian: Феогност; died 11 March 1353) was a bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople who served as Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'. Life Theognostus was born in Constantinople and later in his life became P ...

Cyprian Cyprian (; la, Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus; 210 – 14 September 258 AD''The Liturgy of the Hours according to the Roman Rite: Vol. IV.'' New York: Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1975. p. 1406.) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christ ...

and Photius, Metropolitans of Moscow.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. 63.

Icon gallery

File:Hosius of Cordoba.jpg, St. Hosius the Confessor, Bishop of Cordova. File:Liberio papa1.gif, St. Liberius the Confessor, Pope of Rome. File:St. Poimen the Great.jpg, Venerable

, of Egypt. File:Uppenbarelsekyrkan, kor (Monica, Augustinus).JPG, St.

Monica of Hippo Monica ( – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, par ...

. File:Gebhard von Konstanz.jpg, St.

Gebhard of Constance Gebhard of Constance ( la, Gebhardus Constantiensis; german: Gebhard von Konstanz; 949 995 AD) was a bishop of Constance from 979 until 995. He founded the Benedictine abbey of Petershausen Petershausen is a municipality in the district of Dac ...

. File:Venerable Hieromartyr Kuksha.jpg, St. Kuksha of the Kiev Caves. File:Menologion of Basil 006.jpg,

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

and the

(''Menologion of Basil II''). File:Photius, Theognostus and Cyprian.jpg, Sts.

and Photius, Metropolitans of Moscow.

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 9 / August 27
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August 27
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'' 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. 259–260. * 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. 414–418. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
27 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
27 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 27 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar