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Aug. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 4-2005:*Fasting day*7th Wednesday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 7:12-24*Matthew 14:35-15:11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:...

 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 5
August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 6-2005:*Fasting day*7th Friday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 7:35-8:7*Matthew 15:29-31-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:...


2005

  • New Calendarists only: Fasting
    Fasting
    Fasting is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. An absolute fast is normally defined as abstinence from all food and liquid for a defined period, usually a single day , or several days. Other fasts may be only partially restrictive,...

     day (for the Dormition)
  • 7th Thursday after Pentecost
    Pentecost
    Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...

  • 1st Corinthians
    First Epistle to the Corinthians
    The first epistle of Paul the apostle to the Corinthians, often referred to as First Corinthians , is the seventh book of the New Testament of the Bible...

     7:24-35
  • Matthew
    Gospel of Matthew
    The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...

     15:12-21

Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 17 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

  • Holy Seven Sleepers
    Seven Sleepers
    The Seven Sleepers, commonly called the "Seven Sleepers of Ephesus", refers to a group of Christian youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of Ephesus around 250 AD, to escape a persecution of Christians being conducted during the reign of the Roman emperor Decius...

     of Ephesus
    Ephesus
    Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era...

    : Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian, and Antoninus (250
    250
    Year 250 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Gratus...

    )
  • Martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

     Eudoxia of Persia (364
    364
    Year 364 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Varronianus...

  • Martyr Eleutherius of Constantinople (4th century)
  • Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles
  • Martyr Thathuil
  • Martyr Ia, and 9,000 others with her
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