August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

August 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 17

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 16, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 3.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Dormition.^[1]
• 'Translation of the "Image not made by hands" (Acheiropoieta) of Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944)^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Saints

• Martyr Diomedes the Physician, of Tarsus in Cilicia (298)^{[1] [5] [6]}
• Martyr Alcibiades, by fire.^{[3] [7]}
• 33 Martyrs of Palestine, by the sword.^{[1] [8]}
• Venerable Chaeremon of Egypt (4th century)^{[1] [9] [10]}
• Saint Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, Georgia (6th century)^{[1] [11] [12]}
• Saint Makarios the Archbishop.^{[3] [13]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Ambrose, a centurion put to death under Diocletian, in Ferentino, central Italy (c. 303)^[14]
• Saint Titus, a Deacon martyred during the sack of Rome by the Goths, while distributing alms to the half-starved population (c. 410)^[14]
• Saint Armagillus (Armel), founder of Saint-Armel-des-Boscheaux and Plou-Ermel (Ploermel) in Brittany (c. 550)^{[14] [15]}
• Saint Eleutherius of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre from 532–561, who assisted at the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Councils of Orléans between 533 and 549 (561)^[14]
• Saint Simplician, a friend and advisor of St Ambrose, whom he succeeded as Bishop of Milan (400)^[14]
• Saint Stephen of Hungary, King of Hungary (1038)^[14] (see also: August 20 - East)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Joachim, monk, of Osogovo and Sarandapor, Bulgarian monk (1105)^{[1] [16]}
• Saint Eustathius II, archbishop of Serbia (1309)^{[1] [16]}
• Venerable Nilus of Ereikoussa, nephew of Emperor Theodore Laskaris (c. 1335)^{[1] [17]}
• Saint Romanus the Sinaite, of Djunisa, Serbia (14th century)^{[1] [16]}
• Monk-martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia, at Damascus (15th century)^{[1] [18] [19]}
• Saint Akakios, Bishop of Liti and Rendini (15th century)^[20]
• Venerable Diodorus, Abbot of Yuriev Monastery, Solovki (1633)^[21]
• Venerable New Monk-Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora (1551)^{[1] [3] [22] [23]}
• Venerable Daniel of Meteora.^[24]
• Venerable Gerasimus of Kefalonia, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia (1579)^{[1] [3] [25] [26]}
• Saint Raphael of Banat in Serbia (c. 1590)^{[1] [16]}
• Venerable Timothy of Euripos (Timothy of Chalcedon), Archbishop, founder of the Pendeli Monastery (1590)^{[1] [3] [27]}
• New Martyr Stamatius of Demetrias, near Volos, at Constantinople (1680)^{[1] [28] [29]}
• New Great-martyr Apostolos of the town of St. Laurence, martyred at Constantinople (1686)^{[1] [3] [30]}
• New Martyrs King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia,^[31] his four sons Constantine,^[32] Stephen, Radu, Matthew, and his counsellor Ioannicius^[33] (1714)^{[1] [16]} ( see also: May 21)
• Saint Joseph of Văratec Monastery, Romania (1828)^[1]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Stephen, Priest (1918)^[16]
• New Hieromartyrs priest Vladimir, and his brother Boris (1931)^{[16] [34]}
• New Hieromartyr Alexander Sokolov, Priest, Virgin Martyr Anna Yezhov, and Martyr Jacob Gortinsky (1937)^[16]
• Venerable Elder Joseph the Hesychast, of New Skete, Mt. Athos (1959)^{[35] [36] [37]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1798) of Martyrs Seraphim, Dorotheus, Jacob (James), Demetrius, Basil, and Sarantis, of Megara.^{[1] [3] [38]}
• Repose of Matrona (Popova), in monasticism Maria (1851), disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk.^[1]

Icons

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore ("Feodorovskaya") of Kostroma (1239)^{[1] [39]}
• Icon of the Theotokos of Port Arthur (1904)^[1]

Sources

• August 16 / August 29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• August 29 / August 16. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• August 16. 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. 60.
• Menologion: The Sixteenth Day Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
• August 16. 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. 245-246.
• 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. 395-396.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 16 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 16 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 29 августа (16 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0816.html August 16 / August 29
2. Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη εἰσόδου τῆς ἀχειροτεύκτου μορφῆς τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Συναξαριστής. 16 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
4. Translation of the Image “Not-Made-By-Hands” of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople, the Third “Feast of the Savior in August”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Διομήδης. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus, in Cilicia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλκιβιάδης ὁ Μάρτυρας. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 33 Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Παλαιστίνη. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Χαιρήμων. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Venerable Cherimon (Chaeremon) of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. The Monk Anthony, Pillar-Dweller of Martkops. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
12. St Anthony of Martkofeli. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm August 16
15. 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. 395–396.
16. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=29&month=8 August 29 / August 16
17. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ Ἐρικούσιος. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. Martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
20. Άγιος Ακάκιος Επίσκοπος Λητής και Ρεντίνης. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
21. Repose of the Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of the Yuriev Monastery, Solovki. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Μοναχός. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Hieromartyr Nicodemus of Meteora. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Μετεωρίτης. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ὁ νέος ἀσκητής ὁ ἐν Κεφαλληνίᾳ. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. Venerable Gerasimus the New Ascetic of Cephalonia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
27. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος Ἐπίσκοπος Εὐρίπου κτίτορας τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Πεντέλης. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σταμάτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. New Martyr Stamatius of Volos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
30. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀπόστολος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
31. St Constantine Brancoveanu. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
32. St Constantine the Younger. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
33. St Ianache Vacarescu. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
34. 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. 60.
35. Ανακοινωθέν για την πρώτη ημέρα των εργασιών της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (9 Μαρτίου 2020). Οἰκουμενικόν Πατριαρχεῖον. Δευτέραν, 9ην τ. μ. Μαρτίου 2020. Retrieved: 10 March 2020.
36. Αγιοκατάταξη Ιωσήφ του Ησυχαστού, Εφραίμ Κατουνακιώτη και Δανιήλ Κατουνακιώτη. ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ. (Romfea.gr). 09/03 17:52. Retrieved: 10 March 2020.
37. ELDER JOSEPH THE HESYCHAST, ELDERS DANIEL AND EPHRAIM OF KATOUNAKIA OFFICIALLY ADDED TO CALENDAR OF SAINTS. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, March 10, 2020.
38. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σεραφείμ, Δωρόθεος, Ἰάκωβος, Δημήτριος, Βασίλειος καὶ Σαράντης. 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
39. Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore. OCA - Lives of the Saints.