August 22 Events Pre-1600 * 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. * 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. * 1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scot ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

August 24 Events Pre-1600 * 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father. * 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''September 5'' by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...

es on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For August 23, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

August 10 Events Pre-1600 * 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. * 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. * 991 – Battle of Maldon: T ...

''.

Feasts

* '' Apodosis of the

Dormition The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the ''Theotokos'' ("Mother of ...

''.August 23 / September 5
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
23 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Saints

* Hieromartyr

Pothinus Pothinus or Potheinos (; early 1st century BC – 48 or 47 BC), a eunuch, was regent for Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. He is most remembered for turning Ptolemy against his sister and co-ruler Cleopatra, thus star ...

Bishop of Lyons The Archdiocese of Lyon (; ), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archbishops of Lyon are also called primates of Gaul. The oldest diocese in Franc ...

(ca. 177) * ''Hieromartyr

Irenaeus Irenaeus ( or ; ; ) was a Greeks, Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christianity, Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by oppos ...

, Bishop of Lyons'' (202) * Hieromartyr

, Bishop of

Sirmium Sirmium was a city in the Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous province of Serbia. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by Illyrians ...

in Hungary (304) (''see also:

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...

'') * Martyrs Severus, Memnon the Centurion, and 38 others, of Thrace (ca. 305) (''see also:

August 20 Events Pre-1600 *AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile. * 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arabs, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take c ...

'') * Martyr

Lupus of Novae St. Lupus from Novae (Sfântul Lup in Romanian) is a Dacian or Roman saint who was for a while the servant of St. Demetrius from Thessaloniki. He is celebrated on August 23. Life Lupus lived in Novae (fortress), Novae, a Roman fortress in the Dan ...

(306), slave of St.

Demetrius of Thessaloniki Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica (, ), also known as the Holy Great martyr, Great-Martyr Demetrius the Myroblyte (meaning 'the Myrrh-Gusher' or 'Myrrh-Streamer'; 3rd century – 306), was a Greeks, Greek Christianity, ...

. (''see also:

October 26 Events Pre-1600 * 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. * 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally ...

'') * Saints Eutychius (540) and Florentius (547) of

Nursia Norcia (), traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia (), is a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a su ...

. * Saint Callinicus, Patriarch of Constantinople (705) * Saint Anthony, Bishop of Sardis (10th century) * Saint Nicholas the Sicilian, ascetic of Mt. Neotaka in

Euboea Euboea ( ; , ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( ; , ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by ...

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Quiriacus, Maximus Archelaus and Companions (c. 235)August 23
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs Minervius, Eleazar and Companions, in Lyons in France - eight children are included in their number (3rd century) * Saint

Tydfil Saint Tydfil ( Welsh: Tudful; martyred ) is the legendary dedicatee of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The old parish church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, is dedicated to her and is reputed to be the site of her death. According to legend, Tydfil was the ...

, venerated in

Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil () is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydfil, daughter of K ...

in Wales, where she was slain by the heathen (c. 480)September 5 / August 23
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint

Victor of Vita Victor Vitensis (or Victor of Vita; born circa 430) was an African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called Vitensis from his See of Vita). His importance rests on his ''Historia persecutionis Africanae Provinciae, temporibus Genserici et Hunir ...

(''Victor Vitensis''), born in Carthage in North Africa, he was either Bishop there or in Utica (c. 535) * Saint

Éogan of Ardstraw Saint Éogan (pronounced "Owen") was the founder of the monastery of Ardstraw. Name The name is an Old Irish, early Irish male name, derived from the Primitive Irish ''*'', and equates to the Welsh and the Latin Eugene (given name), Eugene. I ...

(c. 618) * Saints Flavian (''Flavinian, Flavius'') of Autun, the twenty-first

Bishop of Autun The Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: ''Diocesis Aeduensis'', ''Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)''), m ...

in France (7th century) * Saints Altigianus and Hilarinus, two monks killed by the Saracens at Saint-Seine in France (731) * Martyrs

Æbbe the Younger Saint Æbbe of Coldingham (also Ebbe, Aebbe, Abb), also known as Æbbe the Younger, (died 2 April 870) was an Abbess of Coldingham Priory in south-east Scotland. Like many of her fellow female saints of Anglo-Saxon England, little is known ab ...

, Abbess of

Coldingham Priory Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and prede ...

, Northumbria, and her companions (870)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Haralambos of Panagia Kalyviani convent (in the Heraklio Prefecture), the newly-revealed (1788)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Ephraim (Kuznetsov), Bishop of Selenginsk, and John Vostorgov, Archpriest, of Moscow, and Martyr Nicholas Varzhansky (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Paul Gaidai and John Karabanov, Priests (1937)

Other commemorations

* Synaxis of Panagia Proussiotissa (Mother of God of Proussa) in

Evrytania Evrytania ( ; ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (administrative region), Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi (approx. 8,000 inhabitants). Geography Evrytania is ...

, Greece (c. 829–842) * Mykhaylivska Icon of the Most Holy

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' ( Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-beare ...

.
The Twenty-Third Day of the Month of August
'' Orthodoxy in China. * Repose of Abbot Ioannicius (Moroi) of Sihastria, Romania (1944)

Icon gallery

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. File:Saint irenee saint irenee.jpg, Hieromartyr

, Bishop of Lyons. File:Santes Tudful.JPG, Saint

Notes

References

Sources

August 23 / September 5
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
September 5 / August 23
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 23
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. 62. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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. 254–255. * 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. 410–411. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
23 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). {{DEFAULTSORT:August 23 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar