August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 19 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 6, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 24.
Feasts
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saints Justus and Pastor, two brothers, aged respectively thirteen and nine, scourged and beheaded at Alcalá in Spain under Diocletian (c. 304)[4]
- Saint Hormisdas, Pope of Rome and Confessor, author of the Formula of Hormisdas (523)[4]
- Saint Hardulf, a hermit at Breedon in Leicestershire in England where the church is dedicated to him (7th century)[4]
- Saint Gezelin (Ghislain, Gisle, Joscelin), a hermit honoured in Slebusrode (Schlebuschrath) near Cologne in Germany.[4]
- Saint Stephen of Cardeña and Companions, Abbot of the Castilian monastery of Cardeña near Burgos in Spain, where there were over two hundred monks, martyred by the Saracens (872)[4]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov (1123)[1] [5] (see also: August 5)
- New Martyr Abbacum of Thessalonica (1628)[1] [5] [6]
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
Sources
- Greek Sources
- Russian Sources
- 19 августа (6 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
Notes and References
- http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0806.html August 6 / August 19
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Μεταμόρφωση τοῦ Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ. 6 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- The Holy Transfiguration of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ (the Second “Feast of the Savior” in August). OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm August 6
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=19&month=8 August 19 / August 6
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀββακοὺμ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 6 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 58.
- RUSSIAN SYNOD ADDS FOUR NAMES TO SYNAXIS OF NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS. Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, April 5, 2019.
- ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 4 апреля 2019 года. Русская Православная Церковь, Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Патриархия.ru). 4 апреля 2019 г. 15:00.
- Ivan Andreyev. Archbishop Dimitry of Gdov. Russia's Catacomb Saints. Retrieved 2011-07-06.