August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
August 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - August 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*St. Moses the Black of Skete, monk...
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August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 31-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Sts. Alexander , John the Faster , and Paul the New , patriarchs of Constantinople...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 11 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
- The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist JohnJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
- Sts. Candida (418418Year 418 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Theodosius...
) and Gelasia (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...
) of Constantinople - St. TheodoraTheodoraTheodora is a name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". It is the feminine form of the Greek name, Θεόδωρος meaning "God's gift" , neuter gender...
, nun of Thessalonica, who was from AeginaAeginaAegina is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus, who was born in and ruled the island. During ancient times, Aegina was a rival to Athens, the great sea power of the era.-Municipality:The municipality...
(892892Year 892 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Poppo of Thuringia, count of the march in Thuringia, is deposed by the German Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia....
) - St. Arcadius of ArsinoeArsinoeArsinoe , sometimes spelled Arsinoë, pronounced Arsinoi in modern Greek, may refer to:-Literature:* Arsinoe, a character in Le Misanthrope, a play by French playwright Molière...
on CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, Bishop of and Wonderworker - St. Alexander, abbot of Voche, near GalichGalichGalich may refer to:*Alexander Ivanovich Galich , Russian philosopher and Latin scholar*Alexander Galich , Russian dissident bard*Galich, Russia, a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia...
(16th century) - New Martyr Anastasius (Spaso) of StrumicaStrumicaStrumica is the largest city in eastern Macedonia, near the Novo Selo-Petrich border crossing with Bulgaria. About 100,000 people live in the region surrounding the city. The city is named after the Strumica River which runs through it...
, at Thessalonica (1794) - New-Martyr Peter, Metropolitan of KrutitsyKrutitsyKrutitsy Metochion , full name: Krutitsy Patriarchal Metochion is an operating ecclesiastical estate of Russian Orthodox Church, located in Tagansky District of Moscow, Russia, 3 kilometers south-east from the Kremlin. The name Krutitsy , i.e. steep river banks, originally meant the hills...
(1936)
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics (1699) of St. Joseph Samakus the Sanctified of CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
(1511) - Repose of Hieroschemamonk Poemen of CernicaCernicaCernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poşta and Tânganu, several villages on the bank of lake Cernica...
(1831) and Righteous Pachomius the Silent of ValdayValdayValday is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Valdaysky District. It lies on the federal highway M10 connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg, from Moscow and from Veliky Novgorod...
Monastery (1886)