August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 18 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 5, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 23.

Feasts

• Forefeast of the Transfiguration of Jesus.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Saints

• Hieromartyrs Antherus (236)^[4] and Fabian (Fabianus) (250),^{[5] [6]} Popes of Rome.^[1]
• Martyr Pontius, at Cimella in Gaul (257)^{[1] [7] [8]}
• Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)^{[1] [9] [10]}
• Righteous Nonna (374), wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder and mother of St. Gregory the Theologian.^{[1] [11] [12]}
• Martyrs Cantidius and Cantidianus, brothers, of Egypt, by stoning (4th century)^{[1] [13]}
  • Martyr Sibelius (Sobel) of Egypt, shot by bow and arrow (4th century)^{[1] [14] [15]}
• Saint Therissos (Thyrsos), Bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus.^{[16] [17]}
• Saint Euthymius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (917)^{[1] [18]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Memmius (Menge, Meinge), Founder and first Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France, and Apostle of the region (c. 300)
• Twenty-three (23) Martyrs of Rome, on the Salarian Way in Rome, under Diocletian (303)
• Saint Emygdius (Emidius), a saint whose relics were venerated in Ascoli in Italy (c. 303)
• Martyr Afra, in Augsburg in Germany, under Diocletian (c. 304)
• Saint Paris, Bishop of Teano near Naples in Italy (346)
• Saint Cassian of Autun, Bishop of Autun in France, 314-350, he succeeded St Reticius and was famous for his miracles (c. 350)
• Saint Venantius, the most famous of the ancient Bishops of Viviers in France (544)
• Martyr Oswald of Northumbria, King of Northumbria (642)^{[1] [19] [20] [21]}
• Saint Abel of Reims, Archbishop of Rheims in France (c. 751)^[22]
• Saint Theodoric, Bishop of Cambrai-Arras in the north of France c 830-863 (863)
• Saint Gormcal, Abbot of Ardoileán in Galway in Ireland (1016)^[23]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov (1123)^{[8] [24]}
• Venerable Monk-martyr Job the Gorge-dweller (Job of Ushchelsk), on the Mezen River (Solovki) (1628)^{[1] [8] [25]}
• New Martyr Christos of Preveza, at Kos (1668)^{[1] [26]}
• Venerable Eugenius of Aetolia (1682)^{[1] [17] [27]}
• Saint John Jacob the Chozebite, of Neamț (1960)^{[8] [28] [29]} (see also: July 28 - Greek)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Stephen Chitrov, Priest (1918)^[30]
• New Martyrs Eudocia Shikova, and Novices Daria Timolina, Daria Siushinskaya, and Maria, of Diveyevo Convent (1919)^{[1] [8] [29]}
• New Hieromartyr Simon (Shleyev), Bishop of Ufa (1921)^{[1] [8] [29]}
• New Hieromartyr John Smirnov, Deacon (1938)^[29]

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1967) of St. Arsenius the New of Paros (1877)^{[1] [29]}

Sources

• August 5 / August 18. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• August 18 / August 5. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• August 5. 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 Fifth Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
• August 5. 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. 232-233.
• 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. 380-382.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 5 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 5 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 18 августа (5 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}}0805.html August 5 / August 18
2. Great Synaxaristes: Προεόρτια τῆς Μεταμορφώσεως Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Hieromartyr Antherus (Antheros) Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome, and Martyr Pontius. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φάβιος (ἢ σωστότερα Φαβιανός) ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Martyr Pontius. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. 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.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐσίγνιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Martyr Eusignius of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Νόννα. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Righteous Nonna, mother of Saint Gregory the Theologian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Καττίδιος καὶ Καττιδιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες τὰ ἀδέλφια. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Martyrs Cantidius, Cantidian and Sibelius (Sobel) of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σόλεβ ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Αἰγύπτιος. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θέρισσος (ἢ Θύρσος) Ἐπίσκοπος Καρπασίας. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Συναξαριστής. 5 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
18. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Saint Oswald, king and martyr. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. 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. 380-382.
21. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Oswald, King and Martyr. [Seventh Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 76-86.
22. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Abel, Bishop and Confessor, Belgium. [Eighth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 86-91.
23. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. GORMGAL, OF ARDOILEN, COUNTY OF GALWAY. [TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 72-76.
24. Saint Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
25. Venerable Job of Ushchelsk. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
26. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Χρῆστος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Πρέβεζα. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐγένιος ὁ Αἰτωλὸς. 5 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. Saint John Jacob the Chozebite. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=18&month=8 August 18 / August 5
30. Book: Irvin, Fr Joseph. [//books.google.com/books?id=Eqk5DwAAQBAJ&pg=0#q=Chitrov Vespers: Orthodox Service Books - Number 6]. 2017-09-28. Lulu Press, Inc. 978-1-387-11892-2. en.