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August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 10, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 28.

Feasts

  • Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.

    • Saints

  • Holy Hieromartyrs Archdeacon Laurence, with Pope Sixtus II, and Hippolutus (258)
  • Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus of Rome (258)
  • Martyrs Romanus the Soldier and others, at Rome (258) (see also August 9)
  • Saint Heron the Philosopher.
  • Holy 6 martyrs of Bizin (or of Libya).

    • Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Holy 165 Martyrs of Rome, soldiers, martyred in Rome under Aurelian (274)
  • Virgin-martyrs Bassa, Paula and Agathonica, in Carthage in North Africa.
  • Saint Asteria (Hesteria), a martyr venerated in Bergamo in Lombardy in Italy (c. 307)
  • Saint Gerontius (Geraint), a Briton who was King of Damnonia (Devon), now in England, he fell in battle against the pagan Saxons (508)
  • Saint Blane (Blaan, Blain), a disciple of Sts Comgall and Canice in Ireland, he was a bishop in Scotland, was buried at Dunblane which was named after him (6th century)
  • Saint Deusdedit (6th century)
  • Saint Aredius (Arige, Aregius), an outstanding Archbishop of Lyons in France (c. 614)
  • Saint Agilberta (Aguilberta, Gilberta), second Abbess of Jouarre Abbey (c. 680)
  • Saint Bettelin (Bertram, Beorhthelm of Stafford), patron of Stafford in England (8th century)
  • Saint Thiento and Companions, Abbot of Wessobrunn in Bavaria in Germany, martyred with six of his monks by invading Hungarians (955)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Blessed Laurence of Kaluga, Fool-for-Christ (1515)

    • New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Vyacheslav Zakedsky, Priest (1918)
  • New Hieromartyr Athanasius Kislov, Priest (1937)

    • Other commemorations

  • Second Uncovering and Translation of the relics of Venerable Sabbas of Storozhev or Zvenigorod (1998)
  • Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Solovki.

    • References

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