August 1 Events Pre-1600 * 30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. *AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt u ...

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 3 Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emp ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''August 15'' by Orthodox Churches 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 2, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

July 20 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. * 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defe ...

''.

Saints

* Hieromartyr

Stephen Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is w ...

, Pope of Rome, and Companions (257)August 2 / August 15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).August 15 / August 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

'') * Saint Phocas. Συναξαριστής.
2 Αυγούστου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Saint Friardus of Vindumitta in

Gaul Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...

(c. 577)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. 57. (''see also:

- West'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyr Rutilius (250)April 27
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Maximus of Padua, successor of St Prosdocimus as Bishop of Padua in Italy, Wonderworker (2nd century) * Saint Auspicius, the first

Bishop of Apt The former French Catholic diocese of Apt, in southeast France, existed from the fourth century until the French Revolution. By the Concordat of 1801, it was suppressed, and its territory was divided between the diocese of Digne and the diocese ...

in France (pre-4th century) * Saint

Eusebius of Vercelli Eusebius of Vercelli (c. 2 March 283 – 1 August 371) was a bishop from Sardinia and is counted a saint. Along with Athanasius, he affirmed the divinity of Jesus against Arianism. Biography Eusebius was born in Sardinia, in 283. After his father' ...

, Bishop of Vercelli in Piedmont in Italy (371) * Saint Sidwell (''Sativola''), a Briton from the West of England near Exeter, she was beheaded as a martyr, by a scythe (6th century) * Saint

Boetharius Boetharius (died c.623) was bishop of Chartres from about 594. He was chaplain to Clothaire II and, for a while, had been the captive of Theuderic II. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, his feast day is 2 August. Notes 620s dea ...

(''Betharius, Bethaire''), Bishop of Chartres in France, he was present at the Council of Sens (623) * Saint Etheldritha (Alfreda), daughter of King Offa of Mercia, an anchoress at Crowland in Lincolnshire in England (c. 835) * Saint

Plegmund Plegmund (or Plegemund; died 2 August either 914 or 923) was a medieval English Archbishop of Canterbury. He may have been a hermit before he became archbishop in 890. As archbishop, he reorganised the Diocese of Winchester, creating four new ...

, the tutor of King Alfred and twentieth Archbishop of Canterbury (914)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. p. 378.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Fotou the Cypriot (''Photini the Cypriot''), the Wonderworker. * Blessed Basil of

Kamenny Monastery Kamenny Monastery (Russian: Спасо-Преображенский Свято-Каменный монастырь) was the name of a Russian Orthodox monastery situated on a small eponymous island in the very centre of the Kubensky Lake, in Ust-K ...

Lake Kubenskoye Lake Kubenskoye () is a large and shallow lake in Vologda Oblast of Russia, situated at the height of 110.1 metres above mean sea level, stretching for 54 km from north-west to south-east. The lake area is , without islands — . Its average ...

, Vologda (1472) * Saint Marco of Belavinsk, in

Vologda Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as ...

(1492) * Blessed Basil of Moscow,

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(1552) * New Martyr Theodore of the Dardanelles (1690)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Platon (Kolegov), Hieromonk, of Chasovo (Komi) (1937)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (415) of the Righteous

Nicodemus Nicodemus (; ; ; ; ) is a New Testament figure venerated as a saint in a number of Christian traditions. He is depicted as a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who is drawn to hear Jesus's teachings. Like Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus, Nicode ...

Gamaliel Gamaliel the Elder (; also spelled Gamliel; ''Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn''; ''Gamaliēl ho Presbýteros''), or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE. He was the son of Simeon ben Hillel a ...

, and Abibus, of Jerusalem (1st century) * ''Translation of the relics from Jerusalem to Constantinople (428) of Protomartyr and

Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denomina ...

(34)'' * Translation of the relics of Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian, at Dorostolum in

Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; ) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. As a Roman domain Moesia was administered at first by the governor of Noricum as 'Civitates of Moesia and Triballi ...

(286) * Consecration of the Church of St. John the Theologian, near the Holy Great Church in Constantinople. * Repose of the pious Emperor

Justinian II Justinian II (; ; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "the Slit-Nosed" (), was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711. Like his namesake, Justinian I, Justinian II was an ambitio ...

, interred in the

Church of the Holy Apostles The Church of the Holy Apostles (, ''Agioi Apostoloi''; ), also known as the Imperial Polyandrion (imperial cemetery), was a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church in Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The first structure dated to ...

. * Repose of Hieromonk Peter (Seregin), spiritual father of

Pühtitsa Convent Pühtitsa Convent (Estonian: Kuremäe Jumalaema Uinumise nunnaklooster, Russian: Пюхтицкий Успенский женский монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox convent in Eastern Estonia (Ida-Viru County) between Lake Peipus and ...

, Estonia (1982) * Icon of the Mother of God of Achair (2002)
Ачаирская икона Божией Матери
'' Drevo.

Icon gallery

File:Stephen I.jpg, Hieromartyr

, Pope of Rome. File:St Sidwell - geograph.org.uk - 351497.jpg, Relief of St Sidwell (''Sativola'') on a shopping arcade in Sidwell Street, Exeter. File:Plegmund.jpg, Stained glass window of

from Chester Cathedral. File:Vasily blazh.jpg, Blessed Basil of Moscow,

. File:Solidus-Justinian II-Christ b-sb1413.jpg, Emperor

, on the reverse of this coin, holding a patriarchal globe with PAX, "peace".

Notes

References

Sources

August 2 / August 15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 15 / August 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
August 2
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. 57.

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. 229–230. * 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. p. 378. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
2 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
2 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 2 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar