August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 10 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 12

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 24 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For August 11, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 29.

Feasts

Saints

  • Hieromartyrs Gaius, Pope of Rome;[note 4] the priest Gabinus; Martyrs Maximus, Claudius and his wife Praepedigna; and their sons Alexander and Cuthias.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

Other commemorations

Notes

  1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. The hymns of the fifth day of the Afterfeast of the Transfiguration invite us to acquire the virtues and become radiant so that we may stand upon the holy mountain and behold the Lord’s Transfiguration as He shines with glory, "filling the world with light." We are also assured that those who excel in virtue "shall be made worthy of divine glory."[2]
  3. "S. Susanna is said to have been niece to Pope S. Caius. She obtained the palm of martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian. Her head was struck off with a sword."[4]
  4. He is commemorated on April 22 in the West.
  5. Note, there is some confusion in the Synaxaria between Eudokia of Anatolia (Eudok-ia) - August 4, and the martyr Ia.
  6. Saint Passarion pursued asceticism in the first half of the fifth century. He founded a monastery in Jerusalem. He was “chorepiskopos” [vicar-bishop] of Palestine, and a converser with St Euthymius the Great (January 20).[11]
  7. "The same day, the martyrdom of St. Rufinus, bishop of the Marsi, and his companions, under the emperor Maximinus."[13]
  8. "AT Rome, between the two laurels situated about three miles from the city, the birthday of St. Tiburtius, martyr, under the judge Fabian, in the persecution of Diocletian. After he hard walked barefoot on burning coals and confessed Christ with increased constancy, he was put to the sword."[13]
  9. "At Evreux, in France, St. Taurinus, bishop. Being made bishop of that city by the blessed pope Clement, he propagated the Christian faith by the preaching of the Gospel, and the many labors he sustained for it. Celebrated for glorious miracles, he slept in the Lord."[13]
  10. JOURNAL NO.39 – "The session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church presided over by His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine – HEARD the report of His Eminence Ioann, Archbishop of Kherson and Tavriysk, chairman of the Commission for Canonization of the Saints of the UOC on glorification among the ranks of the locally venerated saints of the Diocese of Cherksay of the ascetic of piety hegumeness Rafaela (Tertatska) (+24. 08. 1926)...RESOLVED:
    • 1. To bless local glorification and veneration of hegumeness Rafaela (Tertatska).
    • 2. To approve icon image of the venerable martyr.
    • 3. To approve the presented drafts of troparion and kontakion to the venerable martyr Rafaela.
    • 4. To consider the remains of the venerable martyr Rafaela to be the holy relics.
    • 5. To commemorate of the venerable martyr Rafaela of Chyhyryn on August 11/24.
    • 6. To raise thanksgiving prayers to the Lord, wonderful in His saints, who revealed a new woman of prayer for our Holy Church and our people."[27]
  11. See also: (in Russian) Крестовоздвиженский монастырь (Полтава). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

  1. August 11 / August 24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  3. Virginmartyr Susanna. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  4. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SUSANNA, V.M. (ABOUT A.D. 295.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Ninth: August. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 114.
  5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὖπλος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Διάκονος. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  6. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 11 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  7. Martyr and Archdeacon Euplius of Catania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νεόφυτος, Ζήνων, Γάϊος, Μᾶρκος, Μακάριος καὶ Γαϊανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ἰᾶς ἡ Μάρτυς. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Πασσαρίων. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  11. St Passarion. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  12. August 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  13. 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. 239-240.
  14. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. TIBURTIUS, M., AND CHROMATIUS, C. (A.D. 286.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Ninth: August. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 113-114.
  15. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XIV.—Feast of St. Tiburtius." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. p. 173.
  16. August 24 / August 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  17. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. ATTRACTA, VIRGIN AND PATRONESS OF KILLARAUGHT, COUNTY OF SLIGO." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 150-167.
  18. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—St. Lelia, Virgin, Dioceses of Limerick and Kerry." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 170-171.
  19. Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  20. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Θεόδωρος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  21. St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  22. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  23. St Niphon the Patriarch of Constantinople of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  24. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀναστάσιος Πανερὰς καὶ Δημήτριος ὁ Μπεγιάζης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  25. RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.
  26. Dr. Alexander Roman. August Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
  27. Session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Held on July 9, 2009 -- JOURNAL NO.39. OCP. JULY 12, 2009.
  28. Leonidas J. Papadopulos, Georgia Lizardos, et al (Transl.). "The Miracle of Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker Against the Turkish Invasion of Kerkira." In: New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. Seattle: St. Nectarios Press, 1985. pp. 258-260.
  29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἀνάμνηση Θαύματος Ἁγίου Σπυρίδωνα. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

Greek Sources
Russian Sources
  • (in Russian) 24 августа (11 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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