Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August 16
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on August 16 — on the Old Calendar, civil August 29.
Commemorated on August 16
- Icon of Christ Not-Made-by-Hands
- Martyr Diomedes
When it falls
- New Calendar: August 16 every year
- Old Calendar: civil August 29
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.