5 August
29 commemorations of 5 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 August of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Forefeast of the Transfiguration of JesusΠροεόρτια τῆς Μεταμορφώσεως Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Hieromartyrs Antherus (236) and Fabian (Fabianus) (250), Popes of RomeὉ Ἅγιος Φάβιος (ἢ σωστότερα Φαβιανός) ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Pontius, at Cimella in Gaul (257)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐσίγνιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Nonna (374), wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder and mother of St. Gregory the TheologianἩ Ἁγία Νόνναsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Cantidius and Cantidianus, brothers, of Egypt, by stoning (4th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Καττίδιος καὶ Καττιδιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες τὰ ἀδέλφιαsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Therissos (Thyrsos), Bishop of Karpasia, CyprusὉ Ἅγιος Θέρισσος (ἢ Θύρσος) Ἐπίσκοπος Καρπασίαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Euthymius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (917)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov (1123)ocafs.oca.org
- Venerable Monk-martyr Job the Gorge-dweller (Job of Ushchelsk), on the Mezen River (Solovki) (1628)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Christos of Preveza, at Kos (1668)Ὁ Ἅγιος Χρῆστος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Πρέβεζαsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Eugenius of Aetolia (1682)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐγένιος ὁ Αἰτωλὸςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John Jacob the Chozebite, of Neamț (1960)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Stephen Chitrov, Priest (1918)
- New Martyrs Eudocia Shikova, and Novices Daria Timolina, Daria Siushinskaya, and Maria, of Diveyevo Convent (1919)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Simon (Shleyev), Bishop of Ufa (1921)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr John Smirnov, Deacon (1938)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.
- Saint Memmius (Menge, Meinge), Founder and first Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France, and Apostle of the region (c. 300)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Twenty-three (23) Martyrs of Rome, on the Salarian Way in Rome, under Diocletian (303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Emygdius (Emidius), a saint whose relics were venerated in Ascoli in Italy (c. 303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Afra, in Augsburg in Germany, under Diocletian (c. 304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Paris, Bishop of Teano near Naples in Italy (346)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cassian of Autun, Bishop of Autun in France, 314-350, he succeeded St Reticius and was famous for his miracles (c. 350)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Venantius, the most famous of the ancient Bishops of Viviers in France (544)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Oswald of Northumbria, King of Northumbria (642)Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Abel of Reims, Archbishop of Rheims in France (c. 751)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Theodoric, Bishop of Cambrai-Arras in the north of France c 830-863orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gormcal, Abbot of Ardoileán in Galway in Ireland (1016)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Uncovering of the relics (1967) of St. Arsenius the New of Paros (1877)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is August 5 (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.