August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

August 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 3

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 15 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 2, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 20.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome, and Companions (257)^{[1] [2] [3]} (see also: August 3)
• Saint Phocas.^{[4] [5]}
• Saint Friardus of Vindumitta in Gaul (c. 577)^{[3] [6]} (see also: August 1 - West)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Rutilius (250)^[7]
• Saint Maximus of Padua, successor of St Prosdocimus as Bishop of Padua in Italy, Wonderworker (2nd century)^[7]
• Saint Auspicius, the first Bishop of Apt in France (pre-4th century)^[7]
• Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop of Vercelli in Piedmont in Italy (371)^[7]
• Saint Sidwell (Sativola), a Briton from the West of England near Exeter, she was beheaded as a martyr, by a scythe (6th century)^[7]
• Saint Boetharius (Betharius, Bethaire), Bishop of Chartres in France, he was present at the Council of Sens (623)^[7]
• Saint Etheldritha (Alfreda), daughter of King Offa of Mercia, an anchoress at Crowland in Lincolnshire in England (c. 835)^[7]
• Saint Plegmund, the tutor of King Alfred and twentieth Archbishop of Canterbury (914)^{[7] [8]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Fotou the Cypriot (Photini the Cypriot), the Wonderworker.^{[5] [9]}
• Blessed Basil of Kamenny Monastery, Lake Kubenskoye, Vologda (1472)^{[1] [10]}
• Saint Marco of Belavinsk, in Vologda (1492)^{[1] [3]}
• Blessed Basil of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ (1552)^{[1] [11] [12]}
• New Martyr Theodore of the Dardanelles (1690)^{[1] [5] [13]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Platon (Kolegov), Hieromonk, of Chasovo (Komi) (1937)^{[1] [3]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (415) of the Righteous Nicodemus,^[14] Gamaliel,^[15] and Abibus,^[16] of Jerusalem (1st century)^{[1] [3]}
• Translation of the relics from Jerusalem to Constantinople (428) of Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (34)^{[1] [3] [17] [18]}
• Translation of the relics of Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian, at Dorostolum in Moesia (286)^{[1] [3] [19]}
• Consecration of the Church of St. John the Theologian, near the Holy Great Church in Constantinople.^[20]
• Repose of the pious Emperor Justinian II, Fool-for-Christ, interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles.^{[5] [21]}
• Repose of Hieromonk Peter (Seregin), spiritual father of Pühtitsa Convent, Estonia (1982)^[1]
• Icon of the Mother of God of Achair (2002)^[22]

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.
• Menologion: The Second Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
• August 2. 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

• 15 августа (2 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}}0802.html August 2 / August 15
2. Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome, and those with him. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
3. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=15&month=8 August 15 / August 2
4. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φωκᾶς. 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Συναξαριστής. 2 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
6. 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.
7. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm April 27
8. 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.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Φωτεινὴ ἡ Φώτου ἡ Κυπρία. 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Blessed Basil of Kubensk. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
11. Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός καὶ θαυματουργὸς ἐν Μόσχᾳ (Ρῶσος). 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Finding of the relics of the Righteous Saint Nicodemus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
15. Finding of the relics of Saint Gamaliel. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
16. Finding of the relics of Saint Abibas. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
17. Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Πρωτομάρτυρα Στεφάνου. 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
19. Great Synaxaristes: Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Μαξίμου, Δᾴδα καὶ Κυντιλλιανοὺ. 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. Great Synaxaristes: Ἐγκαίνια ἱεροῦ Ναοῦ Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου Θεολόγου πλησίον τῆς ἁγιοτάτης Μεγάλης Ἐκκλησίας. 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ ἀποβίωση τοῦ εὐσεβῆ Βασιλιὰ Ἰουστινιανοῦ Β’ ποὺ τάφηκε στοὺς Ἁγίους Ἀποστόλους. 2 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Ачаирская икона Божией Матери. Drevo.