On August 7, 3 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs you about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Church holidays 7 Augustа 2023
Holiday | Description |
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Anna Summertime
Dormition of Saint Anna, Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos
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The day of the death of the mother of the Virgin Mary Anna at the age of 79. |
Holy Wives of Olympias, Deaconess and Venerable Eupraxia the Virgin of Tavenna |
The church honors the deaconess Olympias, who was sentenced to imprisonment in Nicomedia in 405, and the holy virgin of the convent in Egypt near Thebais - Eupraxia. |
St. Macarius of Zheltovodsk, Unzhensk |
Memorial Day of Saint Macarius, who labored in a cave near the Yellow Waters Lake. Founder of the monastery near the town of Unzha. He had the gift of healing. |