August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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August 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 1

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 13 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 18.

Saints

Holy 7 Virgin-martyrs, at Gaza, by the sword.

Holy 4 Martyrs, at Perge in Pamphylia, by fire.

Holy 366 Martyrs, at Nicomedia, by the sword.

Martyr Phileortus, by the sword.

Martyrs Menas, Faustus, Andrew and Heraclius.

Saint Diadochos.

Saint Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471) (see also: November 17 - Greek Church )

Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (258)

Martyrs Caesidius and Companions, on the shores of Lake Fucino in Italy (3rd century)

Martyrs Robustian and Mark, venerated in Milan in Italy from early times.

Saint Paulinus, Bishop of Trier (358)

Saint Optatus, Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 530)

Saint Barbolenus, fourth Abbot of Bobbio Abbey in Italy (c. 640)

Saint Eanswythe (Eanswith), Abbess of Folkestone (c. 640)

Saint Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Enlightener of Northumbria (651)

Saints Cuthburgh (Cuthburga) and Cwenburgh, sisters, Abbesses of Wimborne (c. 725)

Saint John Prodrom, Metropolitan of Kiev (1089)

Saint Gennadius Scholarius (Gennadius the Scholar), Patriarch of Constantinople (1372)

New Hieromartyr Alexander Lyubimov, Priest, and Vladimir Dvinsky, Deacon (1918)

New Hieromartyrs Michael Kosukhin and Myron Rzhepik, Priests (1937)

New Hieromartyr Demetrius Smirnov (1938)

New Martyrs of Jasenovac, Serbia (1941-1945)

Placing of the Honourable Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408)

Restoration of the Church of the Theotokos at the Neorion (port facilities) in Constantinople (c. 920-944)

Repose of Schema-nun Gabriela of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1992)

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