Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August 20
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on August 20 — on the Old Calendar, civil September 2.
Commemorated on August 20
- Prophet Samuel
When it falls
- New Calendar: August 20 every year
- Old Calendar: civil September 2
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.