Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August 8
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on August 8 — on the Old Calendar, civil August 21.
Commemorated on August 8
- St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus
When it falls
- New Calendar: August 8 every year
- Old Calendar: civil August 21
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.