August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 20 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 7, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 25.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.^[1]

Saints

• Venerable Candida the Byzantine.^{[2] [3]}
• Hieromartyr Narcissus, Bishop of Jerusalem (c. 213)^{[1] [3] [4]}
• Martyrs Marinus the Soldier^[5] (see also: March 17) and Asterius the Senator,^{[3] [6] [7]} at Caesarea in Palestine (260)^[1]
• Martyr Dometius of Persia and his two disciples (363)^{[1] [3] [8] [9]}
• Venerable Or (Horus) of the Thebaid (390)^{[1] [3] [10] [11]}
• Virginmartyr Potamia of Alexandria, the Wonderworker, by the sword (4th century)^{[1] [3] [12] [13]}
• Venerable Hyperechius of the "Paradise", Egypt (4th century)^{[1] [3] [14]}
• Saint Vardan the Martyr, of Armenia (451)^[15]
• Saint Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress regnant and a strong iconodule (803)^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]} (see also: August 9)
• Venerable Theodosius the New, of the Peloponnese, the healer (862)^{[1] [3] [21]}
• The Venerable 10,000 Ascetics of the Thebaid, reposed in peace.^{[1] [3] [22]}
• Saint Sozon of Nicomedia.^{[1] [3] [23]}
• Saint Hierotheus of Hungary (10th century)^[24]
• Saint Stephen of Hungary, king (1038)^[25]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Faustus, a soldier martyred in Milan in Italy under Commodus (c. 190)^{[26] [27]}
• Hieromartyr Sixtus II (Xystus), Pope of Rome, martyred with his deacons [<nowiki/>[[Felicissimus and Agapitus|Felicissim and Agapit]]] (258)^[26] (see also: August 10 - in the East)
• Saints Peter, Julian (Juliana) and Companions, a group of twenty or more martyrs in Rome under Valerian and Gallienus (c. 260)^{[26] [27]}
• Saint Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and Licinius, soldiers martyred in Como in the north of Italy under Maximian Herculius (c. 295)^{[26] [27]}
• Saint Afra, martyred during the Diocletian persecution (304)^[28]
• Saint Donatian, second Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France (4th century)
• Saints Donatus, second Bishop of Arezzo in Italy, and Hilarinus, a martyr in Ostia (4th century)^[26]
• Saint Victricius of Rouen, former army officer, became missionary in the north of France, and Bishop of Rouen, Confessor (407)^{[1] [26]}
• Saint Donatus, Bishop of Besançon (c. 660)^[26]
• Saint Donat (Dunwyd), patron saint of St Donat's or Llandunwyd in Glamorgan in Wales.^[26]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Pimen the Much-ailing (Poemen), of the Kiev Caves (1110)^{[1] [29] [30]}
• Venerable Pimen the Faster, of the Far Caves in Kiev ^{[1] [31] [32]}
• Saint Mikallos of Akanthou in Cyprus, one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)^[33]
• Saint Mercurius of the Near Caves in Kiev, Bishop of Smolensk (1239)^{[1] [34]}
• Saint Agathon the Ktetor of Athos (14th century)^[35]
• Venerable Nicanor the Wonderworker of Mt. Callistratus (1419 or 1549)^{[1] [3] [36]}
• Venerable David of Euboea, Wonderworker ^[3] (Church of Greece; see also November 1)
• Venerable Dometius of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos, the "standard-bearer", and wonderworker (16th century)^{[1] [3] [37] [38]}
• Saint Theodora of Sihla (18th century)^{[1] [39]}
• Saint Pârvu Mutu, painter (1735)^[40]
• Saint Olimpiada (Strigalova) of Arzamas, schemanun (1828)^[41]
• Venerable Anthony of Optina, Schema-Abbot, Elder of Optina Monastery (1865)^{[1] [42] [43] [44]}
• Venerable Joseph 'Gerontogiannis', monk of Kapsa Monastery on Crete (1874)^{[1] [45]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Alexander Khotovitsky, Protopresbyter, of New York and Moscow (1937)^{[1] [42]}
• New Hieromartyrs Peter Tokarev, Michael Plyshevsky, John Vorontsov, Demetrius Milovidov, and Alexius Vorobyov, Priests (1937)^[42]
• New Hieromartyr Athanasius (Yegorov), Abbot, of Izmailovo (Moscow) (1937)^{[1] [42]}
• New Hieromartyr Eliseus Schtolder, Deacon (1937)^[42]
• New Hieromartyr Basil Amenitsky, Priest (1938)^[42]

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the First Siege of Constantinople (Saving of Constantinople from the Persians and Avars) (626)^{[44] [46]}
• Uncovering of the relics (1832) of St. Metrophanes of Voronezh (Macarius in schema), Bishop of Voronezh, the first bishop there (1703)^{[1] [42] [47]}
• Synaxis of the Saints of Valaam Monastery.^[1]
• Trigorsk Icon of the Mother of God.^[48]
• Valaam Icon of the Mother of God.^{[44] [49]}
• Repose of Elder Adrian of South Dorotheus Monastery (1853)^[1]
• Repose of Schemamonk John the Silent (John the Blind), of Valaam Monastery (1894)^[1]
• Repose of Elder Callinicus the Hesychast, of Katounakia, Mt. Athos (1930)^[1]
• Repose of Archimandrite Vladimir of Jordanville Monastery, New York (1988)^[1]

Sources

• August 7 / August 20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• August 20 / August 7. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• August 7. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• 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.
• Menologion: The Seventh Day Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
• August 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 235-236.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 383-386.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 7 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 7 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 20 августа (7 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0807.html August 7 / August 20
2. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Κάνδιδα ἡ Βυζαντία. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Συναξαριστής. 7 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
4. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νάρκισσος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Martyr Marinus the Soldier at Caesarea in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀστέριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας καὶ Θαυματουργὸς. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Martyr Asterius the Senator at Caesarea, in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δομέτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Πέρσης καὶ οἱ δυὸ μαθητές του. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Martyr Dometius of Persia and his two disciples. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὢρ. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Venerable Horus of the Thebaid, Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Ποταμία ἡ Θαυματουργός. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Virginmartyr Potamia the Wonderworker. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὑπερέχιος. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάρταν ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐξ Ἀρμενίας. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. http://www.monastere-transfiguration.fr/synaxaire/tables_heortologiques.html Le Synaxaire. Vie des Saints de l’Eglise orthodoxe. Hiéromoine Macaire. Monastère de Simonos Pétra au Mont Athos. Tables heortologiques ... Les saints classés par date ... Au07 Irène, impératrice
17. "СВЕТА ЦАРИЦА ИРИНА. Са Светим Оцима, на VII Вселљенском сабору 787, увела поново поштовање икона. Владала од 797-802. године, и упокојила се 9. августа 803. године" // Јеромонах Хризостом Столић Хиландарац. Православни светачник. Месецослов светих. ΑΓΙΟΛΟΓΙΟΝ. Том други. Јул — август. Триод. Пасхалиа. Поглавари аутономних и аутокефалних Цркава. — Издаје: Каленић — Издавачка установа Српске православне епархије шумадијске, 34000 Крагујевац. — Београд, 1989_. — С. 607.
18. "Sfintele PULHERIA şi IRINA, împărătese, apărătoare ale Ortodoxiei (sec. V şi IX) [Sf. Irina (+803), originară din Atena era soţia împăratului Leon a! IV-lea. Ea a adunat Sinodul al Vll-lea de la Niceea în 787.] // Sinaxarul sfinţilor de pretutindeni: (martie - august) / monahul Valerian Dragoş şi rasofora Iustina. - Bucureşti: Piatytera; Alexandria: Cartea Ortodoxă, 2011, p. 329.
19. "Sainte impératrice IRENE l'Athénienne, gardienne de l'Orthodoxie, qui convoqua le Septième Concile oecuménique (803)" // Laporte Claude. Tous les saints de l'Orthodoxie. - Éditions Xenia, Vevey, Suisse, 2008. - P. 402 (on-line version.)
20. Web site: ИРИНА . 2023-04-11 . www.pravenc.ru.
21. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ νέος, ὁ Ἰαματικὸς. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Μύριοι (10.000) Ἀσκητὲς Θηβαῖοι. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σῴζων ἀπὸ τὴ Νικομήδεια. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Web site: ИЕРОФЕЙ ТУРКИЙСКИЙ - Древо . 2023-06-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
25. Web site: 7 АВГУСТА - Древо . 2023-06-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
26. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm August 7
27. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 235-236.
28. Web site: АФРА АУГСБУРГСКАЯ - Древо . 2023-06-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
29. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ποίμην ὁ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ († 1110) ὁ Πολύπαθης (Ρῶσος). 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. Venerable Pimen the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
31. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ποίμην ὁ Νηστευτὴς (Ρῶσος, 14ος αἰ.). 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
32. Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
33. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μίκαλλος. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. Saint Mercurius, Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
35. Web site: 7 АВГУСТА - Древо . 2023-06-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
36. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικάνωρ ὁ Θαυματουργός. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
37. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δομέτιος ὁ σημειοφόρος. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
38. Venerable Dometius of Philotheou, Mount Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
39. Saint Theodora of Sihla. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
40. Web site: ПАФНУТИЙ (ПЫРВЕСКУ) - Древо . 2023-06-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
41. Web site: ОЛИМПИАДА АРЗАМАССКАЯ - Древо . 2023-06-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
42. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=20&month=8 August 20 / August 7
43. Venerable Anthony of Optina. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
44. 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.
45. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Γεροντόγιαννης. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
46. Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Βαρβαρικῆς Ἐπιδρομῆς. 7 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
47. First finding of the relics of Saint Metrophanes, first Bishop of Voronezh. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
48. Web site: ТРИГОРСКАЯ ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ - Древо . 2023-06-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
49. Valaam Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints.