In August, 84 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The church calendar informs about Christian holidays dedicated to significant events in the life of Jesus Christ and his mother, the Virgin Mary, fasts and memorial days of various saints.
Orthodox Church holidays on August 2023
| Date | Holidays |
|---|---|
| 1 Augustа 2023 | - Finding the relics of St. Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov - Makrina St. Macrina of Cappadocia - Blessed Prince Roman (Olegovich) of Ryazan - St. Paisius of the Caves - Blessed Stefan Lazarevic the New (High) and his mother Princess Milica (in the Holy Baptism of Euphrosyne), Serbian Orthodox Christians - St. Dius of Constantinople |
| 2 Augustа 2023 | - The Prophet Elijah - St. Avraamiy of Galich, Chukhlomsky, Abbot - Finding of the relics of St. Athanasius of Brest, Abbot |
| 3 Augustа 2023 | - St. Simeon of Palestine, for Christ's sake the fool, and John, his companion - Onuphry the Silent Venerable Onuphry the Silent and Onesimus the Recluse of the Caves |
| 4 Augustа 2023 | - Marya good afternoon Myrrh-bearers of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene - St. Cornelius of Pereyaslav - Transfer of the relics of the Holy Martyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope |
| 5 Augustа 2023 | - Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God - Trofim Insomniac Martyrs Trofim, Theophilus and with them 13 martyrs |
| 6 Augustа 2023 | - Boris and Gleb Martyrs of the Blessed Princes Boris (in the Holy Baptism of Roman) and Gleb (in the Holy Baptism of David) - Martyrs of Christina of Tyre - St. Polycarp of the Caves, Archimandrite |
| 7 Augustа 2023 | - Anna Summertime Dormition of Saint Anna, Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos - Holy Wives of Olympias, Deaconess and Venerable Eupraxia the Virgin of Tavenna - St. Macarius of Zheltovodsk, Unzhensk |
| 8 Augustа 2023 | - Yermolaev Day Holy Martyrs Yermolai, Yermippos and Yermokrates, Presbyters of Nicomedia - St. Moses Ugrin of the Caves - Venerable Martyr Paraskeva of Rome |
| 9 Augustа 2023 | - Pantalaimon the Healer Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon - Reverend Herman of Alaska - Blessed Nicholas Kochanov, Holy Fool for Christ's Sake, Novgorod Region |
| 10 Augustа 2023 | - Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, called "Odigitria" (Guidebook) - Prokhory-Parmeni Apostles from the 70th Prokhor, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenus deacons |
| 11 Augustа 2023 | - Venerable Martyrs Seraphim (Bogoslovsky) and Theognost (Pivovarov), hieromonks - Kalinnik Martyr Callinicus of Cilicia - St. Constantine and Cosmas of Kosinsky, Old Russian - The Virgin Seraphim Martyrs |
| 12 Augustа 2023 | - Siluan and Sila The Apostles from the 70-year-old Silas, Silouanus, Crescens, Epenethes and Andronikos - Martyr John the Warrior - Finding the relics of St. Herman of Solovetsky |
| 13 Augustа 2023 | - Pre-Feast of the Demolition of the Precious Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord - Evdokimov Day Saint Evdokim of Cappadocia - Holy Martyr Veniamin (Kazan), Metropolitan of Petrograd, and with him the Venerable Martyr Sergius of Petrograd (Shein), Archimandrite, Martyrs Yuri and John of Petrograd |
| 14 Augustа 2023 | - Assumption Fast 1 day of the holiday - Demolition of the Precious Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord - Medovy Spas (First Spas-Makovia) Feast to the All-merciful Saviour and the Most Holy Theotokos - The Seven Maccabean Martyrs, their mother, the martyr Solomonia (Salome), and their teacher, the Martyr Eleazar |
| 15 Augustа 2023 | - Blessed Basil, Holy Fool for Christ's Sake, the Wonderworker of Moscow - Stepan Hayloft Transfer of the relics of the 70-year-old First Martyr Stephen, Archdeacon and finding the relics of the righteous Nicodemus, Gamaliel and his son Abib - Assumption Fast 2nd day of the holiday |
| 16 Augustа 2023 | - St. Isaac the Confessor, Dalmatian and Faustus - Anton Vikhrovey St. Anthony of Rome, Wonderworker of Novgorod - Assumption Fast 3rd day of the holiday |
| 17 Augustа 2023 | - The seven young men of Ephesus: Saints Maximilian, Jamblichus, Martinianus, John, Dionysius, Exacustodianus (Constantine), and Antoninus - Assumption Fast 4th day of the holiday |
| 18 Augustа 2023 | - Evstignei Zhitnik Martyr Eusignius of Antioch - Pre-Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord - Assumption Fast 5th day of the holiday |
| 19 Augustа 2023 | - Transfiguration of the Lord - Assumption Fast 6th day of the holiday |
| 20 Augustа 2023 | - Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord - Finding of the relics of St. Mitrofan (in the schema of Macarius), Bishop of Voronezh - St. Dometius the Persian, Hierodeacon, and two of his disciples - Venerable Mercury of the Caves, Bishop of Smolensk - Venerable Pimen Mnogobolennogo, Pechersky and Pimen, Abbot, Fasterer of the Caves - Assumption Fast 7th day of the holiday |
| 21 Augustа 2023 | - St. Emilian, Bishop of Cyzicus - Transfer of the relics of St. Zosima and St. Savvati of Solovetsky - Assumption Fast 8th day of the holiday |
| 22 Augustа 2023 | - Matthew Zmeesos St. Matthew the Apostle - Cathedral of the Solovetsky Saints - Assumption Fast 9th day of the holiday |
| 23 Augustа 2023 | - St. Lawrence, Holy Fool for Christ's Sake, of Kaluga - Holy Martyrs Laurentius, Archdeacon, Sixtus II, Pope of Rome, Felicissim and Agapitus, Deacons, Martyr Romanus, Pope of Rome - Assumption Fast 10th day of the holiday |
| 24 Augustа 2023 | - Venerable Martyrs Theodore and Basil of the Caves - Evpaty Kolovrat Hieromartyr Euplas of Catana (Sicily), Archdeacon - St. Theodore, Prince of Ostrog, Caves - Assumption Fast 11th day of the holiday |
| 25 Augustа 2023 | - Fotya Povetenny Martyrs Photius, Anikita and many others with them - Venerable Martyrs of Belogorsk - Assumption Fast 12th day of the holiday |
| 26 Augustа 2023 | - St. Maximus the Confessor - Giving of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord - Tikhon Strastnoy St. Tikhon, Wonderworker of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh - Finding of the relics of Blessed Maxim, the Holy Fool for Christ's Sake, the Wonderworker of Moscow - Assumption Fast 13th day of the holiday |
| 27 Augustа 2023 | - Mikhei Tikhovei The Prophet Micah (out of 12 prophets) - Pre-feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. - Transfer of the relics of St. Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves - Venerable Arkady of Vyazma and Novotorzh - Assumption Fast 14th day of the holiday |
| 28 Augustа 2023 | - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 29 Augustа 2023 | - Post-Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos - The third Saved Transfer of the Uncreated Image (Ubrus) of the Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople - The Martyr Diomedes the Physician |
| 30 Augustа 2023 | - Holy Martyr Myron of Cyzicus, Presbyter - St. Alypius, iconographer of the Caves |
| 31 Augustа 2023 | - St. John of Rila - Frol and Laver-horsemen Martyrs Flora and Lavra |
