1 August
35 commemorations of 1 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 14 August of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- The Origin of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of Jesus Christocafs.oca.org
- In East Slavic use: The Feast to the All-Merciful Saviour and the Most Holy Mother of God (not observed outside of Russia/Belarus/Ukraine and their dispora)
- Beginning of the Dormition Fast
Saints
- Holy Seven Maccabees
- Martyrs: Abimus, Antoninus, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusabonus, Alimus, Marcellus, their mother Solomonia, and their teacher Eleazar (166 BC)
- Holy Nine Martyrs of Perge in Pamphylia
- Leontius, Attius, Alexander, Cindeus, Minsitheus, Cyriacus, Mineon, Catanus, Eucleus (3rd century)
- Martyr Papas the NewὉ Ἅγιος Πάπας ὁ νέοςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr EleazarὉ Ἅγιος Ἐλεαζάρος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Cyricus, by beheadingὉ Ἅγιος Κήρυκος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Theodore, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Polyeuctus, by being buried alive in manureὉ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Martyr Elessa of Kythira (375)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐλέσα ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Timothy of Proconnesus, Wonderworker, Archbishop of Proconnesus (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόθεος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Προκοννήσου (Προικοννήσου)synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Basil, Archbishop of Chernigov (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Pavsky, Priest (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Martyrs Menas, Menais, and others of EnglandΟἱ Ἅγιοι Μήνης (ἢ Μηνός) καὶ Μηναῖος καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἐν τῷ Βιγλεντίῳ, πλησίον τοῦ χαλκοῦ Τετραπύλουsynaxarion.gr
- Child-martyr Justin, venerated in Louvre near Paris in France (c. 290)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Nemesius, a saint venerated near Lisieux in Franceorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Leus of Viguenza, a priest whose relics were honoured in Viguenza in Italy (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Verus, Bishop of Vienne; he attended the Council of Arles in 314 (c. 314)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop (371)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Exuperius of Bayeux, first Bishop of Bayeux in France, he is honoured in Corbeil (405)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ríoch, a nephew of St. Patrick, early Irish Christian missionary and Abbot of Innisboffin in Ireland (c. 490)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Almedha (Eluned, Eled, Elevetha), suffered martyrdom on a hill near Brecon in Wales (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Severus, a priest of noble family, famous for his charity, honoured from time immemorial in the village that bears his name, St Sever de Rustan (c. 500)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Friard (Friardus of Vindumitta), and Secundel (Secundellus) deacon, hermits on the Isle of Vindomitte near Nantes in Gaul (c. 577)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyr Sidwell of Exeter (Sativola) (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Kenneth (Cenydd, Kined), a hermit who made his cell among the rocks in the Gower peninsula in Wales at a place later called Llangenydd after him (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Peregrinus, a pilgrim from Ireland who returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land settled as a hermit near Modena in Italy (643)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Jonatus, a monk at Elnone in Belgium; Abbot of Marchiennes (c. 643-652) and then of Elnone Abbey (c. 652-659)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mary the Consoler, sister of St Anno, Bishop of Verona in Italy (8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Æthelwold of Winchester, Bishop of Winchester (984)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ethelwald (Ἀγγλοσάξωνας)synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Baptism of Rus (1 August 988)
- Finding of the relics (1882) of Bishop Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians and Alaskapravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Abbess Alexia of Nizhni-Novgorod (1940)pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (1995) of the Venerable Sophia of Suzdal (1542)holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.