Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August 5
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on August 5 — on the Old Calendar, civil August 18.
Commemorated on August 5
- Forefeast of the Transfiguration
- Martyr Eusignius
When it falls
- New Calendar: August 5 every year
- Old Calendar: civil August 18
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.