August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - August 29
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 10 by Old Calendarists
August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Poemen the Great *Saint Poemen of Palestine *Saint Sabbas of Benephali...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - August 29
August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 30-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 10 by Old Calendarists
Old 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
- St. Moses the BlackMoses the BlackSaint Moses the Black , was an ascetic monk and priest in Egypt in the fourth century AD.-Early life:...
of SketeSketeA Skete is a monastic style community that allows relative isolation for monks, but alsoallows for communal services and the safety of shared resources and protection...
, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
(405405Year 405 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stilicho and Anthemius...
) - SynaxisSynaxisIn Eastern Christianity , a Synaxis is an assembly for liturgical purposes, generally through the celebration of Vespers, Matins, Little Hours, and the Divine Liturgy....
of the Saints of the Kiev Caves LavraKiev Pechersk LavraKiev Pechersk Lavra or Kyiv Pechersk Lavra , also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine....
, whose relicRelicIn religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
s lie in the Far Cave of St. TheodosiusTheodosius of KievTheodosius of Kiev is an 11th century saint who brought Cenobitic Monasticism to Kievan Rus' and, together with St Anthony of Kiev, founded the Kiev Caves Lavra... - Righteous AnnaAnna (Bible)Anna or Anna the Prophetess was a biblical figure mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an aged Jewish prophetess who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in in the episode of the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.While Luke gave some...
the ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
ess (1st century) - Righteous HezekiahHezekiahHezekiah was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah. Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. He is also one of the most prominent kings of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible....
, king of JudahKingdom of JudahThe Kingdom of Judah was a Jewish state established in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. It is often referred to as the "Southern Kingdom" to distinguish it from the northern Kingdom of Israel....
(ca 690 B.C.) - St. Praulius, archbishop of Jerusalem (422422Year 422 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Theodosius...
) - Martyr Queen ShushanikShushanikSaint Shushanik was a Christian woman who was murdered by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia. Since she died defending her right to profess Christianity, she is regarded as a martyr...
(Susanna) of GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
(475475Year 475 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Zeno without colleague...
) - St. AmphilochiusAmphilochiusAmphilochius is the name of:People:* Amphilochius of Pochayiv , Ukrainian Orthodox saint* Amphilochius of Iconium, 4th-century bishop of Iconium* Amphilochius of Sida, 5th-century bishop* Amphilochius, 2nd-century Illyrian martyrPlaces:...
, bishop of VladimirVladimirVladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...
, VolhyniaVolhyniaVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...
(1122) - St. Theodore (in monasticism Theodosius) of the Kiev Caves, prince of OstrogOstrohOstroh is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the administrative center of the Ostroh Raion and is itself designated as a special administrative subordination within the oblast...
(1483) - St. Sabbas, abbot of Krypetsky MonasteryKrypetsky MonasteryKrypetsky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery situated 23 km from Pskov.The monastery was founded in 1485 by St. Savva Krypetsky, a Serbian monk from Mount Athos, in what was then described as an impracticable mire. Two years later, the Pskov veche supported his establishment by granting a...
(PskovPskovPskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
) (1495) - New-Martyrs Archimandrite Sergius and other monks of Zilantov Monastery (1918)
- New Hieromartyr ChrysostomosChrysostomos of SmyrnaChrysostomos Kalafatis , known as Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna, Chrysostomos of Smyrna and Metropolitan Chrysostom, was the Greek Orthodox bishop of Smyrna between 1910 and 1914, and again from 1919 to his death in 1922...
, metropolitan of SmyrnaSmyrnaSmyrna was an ancient city located at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Thanks to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to prominence. The ancient city is located at two sites within modern İzmir, Turkey...
(1922)
Other commemorations
- Uncovering of the Relics of Saint Job of Pochaev (1659)
- Repose of Elder Philaret of Novospassky MonasteryNovospassky MonasteryNovospassky Monastery is one of the fortified monasteries surrounding Moscow from south-east.It was the first monastery to be founded in Moscow in the early 14th century. The Saviour Church was its original katholikon...
(1842)