August 13 Events Pre-1600 *29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Emp ...

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 15 Events Pre-1600 * 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. * 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Const ...

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

August 1 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. *AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...

''.

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

Dormition of the Mother of God The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the ''Theotokos'' ("Mother of ...

''.August 14 / August 27
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
14 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Saints

* ''Prophet

Micah Micah (; ) is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament), and means "Who is like God?" The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in '' Yah'' and in ''Yahweh'' results in ...

'' (8th century BC) ''(see also:

January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...

)'' * Martyr

Tarcisius Tarsicius or Tarcisius was a martyr of the early Christian church who lived in the 3rd century. The little that is known about him comes from a metrical inscription by Pope Damasus I, who was pope in the second half of the 4th century. History Th ...

, at Rome, under Valerian and

Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empi ...

(c. 253-260) (''see also:

'') * Martyr Ursicius, at Illyricum (305- 313) * Martyr Luke the Soldier, by fire.August 27 / August 14
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * ''Hieromartyr Marcellus, Bishop of

Apamea Apamea or Apameia ( grc, Απάμεια) is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see. Places called Apamea in ...

'' (389)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Eusebius of Rome Eusebius of Rome (died ), the founder of the church on the Esquiline Hill in Rome that bears his name, is listed in the Roman Martyrology as one of the saints venerated on 14 August. Life Eusebius is said to have been a Roman patrician and pri ...

, a priest in Rome who founded the 'church' called the titulis Eusebii after him (4th century)August 14
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Fachanan, Abbot of

Rosscarbery Rosscarbery () is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats. History The ...

, Cork, Ireland (c. 600) * Saint Werenfrid, born in England, he worked with St Willibrord among the Frisians in the Netherlands (c. 760) * Saint Eberhard of

Einsiedeln Abbey Einsiedeln Abbey (german: Kloster Einsiedeln) is a Benedictine Catholic monastery in the village of Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, in recognition of Meinrad of Einsiedeln, a he ...

(958) * Saint Anastasius (''Anastaz-Astrik''), Archbishop of Esztergom (c. 1007)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* New Martyr Symeon of Trebizond, at Constantinople (1653)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Basil (Bogoyavlensky), Archbishop of Chernigov, and with him: :* New Monkmartyr Matthew (Pomerantsev), Archimandrite, of Perm, and :* New Martyr Alexei Zverev (1918) * New Hieromartyr Vladimir Tsedrinsky, Priest (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Nazarius, Metropolitan of

Kutaisi Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...

, Georgia, and with him: :* Priests Herman, Hierotheus, and Simon, and :* Archdeacon Bessarion (1924)
New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Synaxis of the New Martyrs of Georgia (''"New Martyrs of the Georgian Church"''), who suffered under the Atheist Yoke (20th century) * New Hieromartyrs Vladimir Smirnov and Nicholas Tolgsky, Priests (1937)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. 60. * Virgin-Martyr Eudokia, nun, and Martyr Theodore Zakharov (1937) * New Hieromartyr Eleutherius (Pechennikov), Schema-Archimandrite, of the Holy Trinity Monastery (Smolensk) (1937) * New Martyr Eva (Pavlova), Abbess of Holy Trinity Convent in Penza (Saratov) (1937) * Venerable New Hiero-Confessor Alexander (Urodov), Archimandrite, of Sanaxar and Seven Lakes Monasteries (1961)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the

True Cross The True Cross is the cross upon which Jesus was said to have been crucified, particularly as an object of religious veneration. There are no early accounts that the apostles or early Christians preserved the physical cross themselves, althoug ...

back to the Palace.Great Synaxaristes:
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ στὸ Παλάτι
'' 14 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Translation of the relics (1091) of

Venerable The Venerable (''venerabilis'' in Latin) is a style, a title, or an epithet which is used in some Western Christian churches, or it is a translation of similar terms for clerics in Eastern Orthodoxy and monastics in Buddhism. Christianity Cathol ...

Theodosius of the Kiev Caves, Abbot (1074) * Translation of the relics (1798) of Venerable Arcadius, monk of Novotorzhok (1077) * Commemoration of the disciples of Saint

Tikhon of Zadonsk Tikhon of Zadonsk (secular name Timofey Savelyevich Sokolov, russian: Тимофей Савельевич Соколов; 1724–1783) was an 18th century Russian Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer whom the Eastern Orthodox Church glorified ( ...

: :* Monks Theophanes, Aaron, Nicander, Cosmas, and Metrophanes (18th-19th centuries) * Repose of Archimandrite Theodosius (Makkos) of

Bethany Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the West B ...

(1991)

Icons

* Icon of the Mother of God "the Converser" (1383) * Icon of the Mother of God of

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54 ...

(1558)
Icon of the Mother of God of Narva
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Dormition El Greco.jpg,

Icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most ...

of the Dormition of the Theotokos
( El Greco, 16th century). File:Micah prophet.jpg, Prophet

. File:Bishop Vasiliy Bogojavlensky.jpg, New Hieromartyr Basil (Bogoyavlensky). File:Feodosij Pecherskij.jpg,

Theodosius of the Kiev Caves.

Notes

References

Sources

August 14 / August 27
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 27 / August 14
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 14
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. 60. *

'' 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. 243. * 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. 393-394. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
14 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
14 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 14 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar