Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August 29
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on August 29 — on the Old Calendar, civil September 11.
Major feast
Beheading of St. John the Baptist — about the feast and its dates
Commemorated on August 29
- Beheading of St. John the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist
When it falls
- New Calendar: August 29 every year
- Old Calendar: civil September 11
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.