August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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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...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 31
August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
August 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage *St. Paulinus, bishop of Trier...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 12 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
- Sts. AlexanderAlexander of ConstantinopleSaint Alexander of Constantinople was bishop of Byzantium and the bishop of Constantinople . Information from the Synaxarion mention that Alexander was originally from Calabria in Italy and his parents were George and Vryaine...
(340340Year 340 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Acindynus and Valerius...
), John the Faster (595595Year 595 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 595 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Theudebert II becomes king of Austrasia.*...
), and Paul the New (784784Year 784 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 784 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* The Japanese capital moves away from Nara,...
), patriarchs of Constantinople - St. Bryaene of NisibisNisibisNusaybin Nisêbîn) is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey, populated mainly by Kurds. Earlier Arameans, Arabs, and Armenians lived in the city. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009.-Ancient Period:...
(318318Year 318 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Crispus...
) - St. Sarmata of "The Paradise", Egypt (ca. 362362Year 362 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mamertinus and Nevitta...
) - St. Eulalius, bishop of Caesarea (4th century)
- St. Christopher of Palestine (6th century)
- Repose of St. AlexanderAlexander SvirskyAlexander Svirsky or Alexander of Svir - an Eastern Orthodox saint, monk and hegumen of Russian Orthodox Church.Amos was born to an ordinary peasant family in the Novgorod Republic, east of Ladoga...
, abbot of Svir (1533) - St. Barlaam, metropolitan of MoldaviaMoldaviaMoldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...
(1657) - Hieromartyr Felix and Martyrs Fortunatus, Septiminus and Januarius
- Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs: Sts. Sava I (1235), Arsenius (1266), Sava II (1271), Eustathius I (1285), James (1292), Nicodemus (1325), and Daniel II (1338), archbishops; Sts. Ioannicius II (1354), Spyridon (1388), Ephraim II (1395), Cyril (1419), Nicon (ca. 1439), Macarius (1574), and Gabriel I (1659), patriarchs; and St. Gregory (1012), bishop.
- New Hieromartyr Schema-archimandrite Ignatius (Lebedev) of St. Peter’s Monastery (1938)
- Hiero-confessor Archpriest Peter Cheltsov of SmolenskSmolenskSmolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
(1972)
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics (1724) of St. Alexander NevskyAlexander NevskyAlexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military...
(Alexis in schema), great prince of Novgorod (1263) - Uncovering of the relics (1652) of St. Daniel, great prince of Moscow (1303)