August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 9-2005:*New Calendarists only: Fasting day Fast*8th Monday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 9:13-18*Matthew 16:1-6-Fixed commemorations:...
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August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Aug. 11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 23 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Lawrence of Rome *Hieromartyr Sixtus, Bishop of Rome...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 22 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
- Holy Apostle MatthiasSaint MatthiasMatthias , according to the Acts of the Apostles, was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and his suicide.-Biography:...
(1st century) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Anthony of Alexandria (2nd century) - Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James, Alexius, Demetrius, Photius, Peter, Leontius, and Mary of ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(730730Year 730 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 730 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 :* Charles Martel defeats the last independent...
) - 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...
Psoes of Egypt (6th century) - Saint Macarius of Oredezh, 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...
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Other commemorations
- Canonization of 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:...
Herman of AlaskaHerman of AlaskaSaint Herman of Alaska was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.-Biography:Saint Herman was born in the town of Serpukhov in the Moscow Diocese around 1756...
, Wonderworker of AmericaUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...