August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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August 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 15-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 27 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Prophet Micah *Hieromartyr Marcellus of Apamea, bishop...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 16
August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 17-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 29 by Old calendarists-Feasts:*Afterfeast of the Dormition...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 28 by Old calendaristsOld Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- VenerableVenerableThe Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...
Macarius the Roman, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
(1550) - SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Chariton - Saint Christos of Ioannina
Other commemorations
- Repose of Elder Anthony of Murom (1851)
- Repose of ArchimandriteArchimandriteThe title Archimandrite , primarily used in the Eastern Orthodox and the Eastern Catholic churches, originally referred to a superior abbot whom a bishop appointed to supervise...
Hieron, founder of New AthosNew AthosNew Athos is a town in the Gudauta raion of Abkhazia, situated some 22 km from Sukhumi by the shores of the Black Sea. The town was previously known under the names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, Psyrtskha...
(1912) - Abbess Ruffina of HarbinHarbinHarbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...
and ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
(1937) - "Diasozousa" Icon of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...