Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August 23
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on August 23 — on the Old Calendar, civil September 5.
Commemorated on August 23
- Leavetaking of the Dormition
- Martyr Lupus
When it falls
- New Calendar: August 23 every year
- Old Calendar: civil September 5
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.