August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...

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 11 All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 23'' 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 10, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

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, T ...

''.

Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.August 10 / August 23
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* ''Holy Hieromartyrs Archdeacon

Laurence Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...

'', ''with Pope

Sixtus II Pope Sixtus II ( el, Πάπας Σίξτος Β΄), also written as Pope Xystus II, was bishop of Rome from 31 August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was martyred along with seven deacons, including Lawrence of Rome, during the persecutio ...

'', ''and Hippolutus with Justin'' (258) Συναξαριστής.
10 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus of Rome (258) * Martyrs Romanus the Soldier and others, at Rome (258) (''see also

'') * Saint Heron the Philosopher. * Holy 6 martyrs of Bizin (''or of Libya'').

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Holy 165 Martyrs of Rome, soldiers, martyred in Rome under Aurelian (274) * Virgin-martyrs Bassa, Paula and Agathonica, in Carthage in North Africa. * Saint Asteria (''Hesteria''), a martyr venerated in Bergamo in Lombardy in Italy (c. 307) * Saint

Gerontius Gerontius (; Latinized Greek for 'old man') can refer to: Music and literature * ''The Dream of Gerontius'', a 1900 choral work by Edward Elgar, a setting of a poem of the same name by John Henry Newman * ''The Dream of Gerontius'', the poem by ...

(''Geraint''), a Briton who was King of Damnonia (Devon), now in England, he fell in battle against the pagan Saxons (508) *

Saint Blane Saint Blane (Old Irish ''Bláán'', died 590) was a bishop and confessor in Scotland, born on the Isle of Bute, date unknown; died 590. His feast is kept on 10 August. Late (medieval) Scottish texts relate that his mother was Irish and that Sai ...

(''Blaan, Blain''), a disciple of Sts Comgall and Canice in Ireland, he was a bishop in Scotland, was buried at Dunblane which was named after him (6th century) * Saint Deusdedit (6th century) * Saint Aredius (''Arige, Aregius''), an outstanding Archbishop of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

in France (c. 614) * Saint Agilberta (''Aguilberta, Gilberta''), second Abbess of

Jouarre Abbey Jouarre Abbey (''Abbaye Notre-Dame de Jouarre'') is a Benedictine abbey in Jouarre in the département of Seine-et-Marne. History This Merovingian foundation was established around 630, by Adon, son of Saint Authaire (Audecharius), inspired ...

(c. 680) * Saint Bertram (''Bertelin, Bettelin, Beorhthelm''), Wonderworker of Ilam &

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...

, England (8th century) * Saint Thiento and Companions, Abbot of

Wessobrunn Wessobrunn is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria in Germany. Paterzell airfield Paterzell airfield is located in Wessobrunn.

in Bavaria in Germany, martyred with six of his monks by invading Hungarians (955)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Blessed Laurence of Kaluga, Fool-for-Christ (1515)August 23 / August 10
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Vyacheslav Zakedsky, Priest (1918) * New Hieromartyr Athanasius Kislov, Priest (1937)

Other commemorations

* Second Uncovering and Translation of the relics of Venerable

Sabbas of Storozhev Saint Sabbas of Storozhi (russian: Савва Сторожевский - ''Savva Storozhevsky'') - an Orthodox monk and saint of 14-15th century. He was the founder and first hegumen of the monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Zvenigorod ...

or Zvenigorod (1998) * Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Solovki.

Icon gallery

File:LawrenceOrthodox.jpg, Holy Hieromartyr Archdeacon Laurence of Rome. File:Altenfelden - Hochaltar - Papst Sixtus II. 1858.jpg, Pope

Notes

References

Sources

August 10 / August 23
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 23 / August 10
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 10
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. 59. *

'' 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. 238-239. * 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. 389. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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'' 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 10 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar