Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August
Every day of August in the Orthodox calendar, with its feasts and principal saints.
- August 1 — Procession of the Precious Cross; The Seven Maccabee Martyrs
- August 2 — Translation of the Relics of Protomartyr Stephen
- August 3 — Sts. Isaacius, Dalmatus and Faustus
- August 4 — The Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus
- August 5 — Forefeast of the Transfiguration; Martyr Eusignius
- August 6 — The Transfiguration of our Lord
- August 7 — Monk-martyr Dometius of Persia
- August 8 — St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus
- August 9 — Apostle Matthias; St. Herman of Alaska (glorification)
- August 10 — Martyr and Archdeacon Lawrence of Rome
- August 11 — Martyr Euplus of Catania; St. Niphon of Constantinople
- August 12 — Martyrs Photius and Anicetas of Nicomedia
- August 13 — Leavetaking of the Transfiguration; Translation of the Relics of St. Maximus the Confessor
- August 14 — Forefeast of the Dormition; Prophet Micah
- August 15 — The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos
- August 16 — Icon of Christ Not-Made-by-Hands; Martyr Diomedes
- August 17 — Martyr Myron of Cyzicus
- August 18 — Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria
- August 19 — Martyr Andrew Stratelates and his 2,593 soldiers
- August 20 — Prophet Samuel
- August 21 — Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy; Martyr Bassa
- August 22 — Martyr Agathonicus and companions
- August 23 — Leavetaking of the Dormition; Martyr Lupus
- August 24 — Hieromartyr Eutyches; St. Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles
- August 25 — Return of the Relics of Apostle Bartholomew; Apostle Titus
- August 26 — Martyrs Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
- August 27 — St. Poemen the Great; St. Phanourios the Newly-revealed
- August 28 — St. Moses the Black of Scetis
- August 29 — Beheading of St. John the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist
- August 30 — Sts. Alexander, John and Paul, Patriarchs of Constantinople
- August 31 — Deposition of the Precious Belt of the Theotokos
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.