7 August
52 commemorations of 7 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 20 August of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christorthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Venerable Candida the ByzantineἩ Ὁσία Κάνδιδα ἡ Βυζαντίαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Hieromartyr Narcissus, Bishop of Jerusalem (c. 213)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νάρκισσος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Marinus the Soldier and Asterius the Senator, at Caesarea in Palestine (260)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀστέριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας καὶ Θαυματουργὸςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Dometius of Persia and his two disciples (363)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δομέτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Πέρσης καὶ οἱ δυὸ μαθητές τουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Or (Horus) of the Thebaid (390)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὢρsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Virginmartyr Potamia of Alexandria, the Wonderworker, by the sword (4th century)Ἡ Ὁσία Ποταμία ἡ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Hyperechius of the "Paradise", Egypt (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὑπερέχιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Vardan the Martyr, of Armenia (451)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάρταν ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐξ Ἀρμενίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress regnant and a strong iconodule (803)forum-orthodoxe.com · monastere-transfiguration.fr · pravenc.ru
- Venerable Theodosius the New, of the Peloponnese, the healer (862)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ νέος, ὁ Ἰαματικὸςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- The Venerable 10,000 Ascetics of the Thebaid, reposed in peaceΟἱ Ὅσιοι Μύριοι (10.000) Ἀσκητὲς Θηβαῖοιsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sozon of NicomediaὉ Ἅγιος Σῴζων ἀπὸ τὴ Νικομήδειαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hierotheus of Hungary (10th century)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Stephen of Hungary, king (1038)drevo-info.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Pimen the Much-ailing (Poemen), of the Kiev Caves (1110)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ποίμην ὁ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ († 1110) ὁ Πολύπαθης (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Pimen the Faster, of the Far Caves in Kiev ()Ὁ Ὅσιος Ποίμην ὁ Νηστευτὴς (Ρῶσος, 14ος αἰ.)synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Mikallos of Akanthou in Cyprus, one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μίκαλλοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Mercurius of the Near Caves in Kiev, Bishop of Smolensk (1239)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Agathon the Ktetor of Athos (14th century)drevo-info.ru
- Venerable Nicanor the Wonderworker of Mt. Callistratus (1419 or 1549)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικάνωρ ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable David of Euboea, Wonderworker ()ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Dometius of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos, the "standard-bearer", and wonderworker (16th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Δομέτιος ὁ σημειοφόροςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodora of Sihla (18th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Pârvu Mutu, painter (1735)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Olimpiada (Strigalova) of Arzamas, schemanun (1828)drevo-info.ru
- Venerable Anthony of Optina, Schema-Abbot, Elder of Optina Monastery (1865)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Joseph 'Gerontogiannis', monk of Kapsa Monastery on Crete (1874)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Γεροντόγιαννηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Priest of New York and Protopresbyter of Moscow, Missionary of America, Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Peter Tokarev, Michael Plyshevsky, John Vorontsov, Demetrius Milovidov, and Alexius Vorobyov, Priests (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Athanasius (Yegorov), Abbot, of Izmailovo (Moscow) (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Eliseus Schtolder, Deacon (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Basil Amenitsky, Priest (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 Faustus, a soldier martyred in Milan in Italy under Commodus (c. 190)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Hieromartyr Sixtus II (Xystus), Pope of Rome, martyred with his deacons [Felicissim and Agapit] (258)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Peter, Julian (Juliana) and Companions, a group of twenty or more martyrs in Rome under Valerian and Gallienus (c. 260)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and Licinius, soldiers martyred in Como in the north of Italy under Maximian Herculius (c. 295)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Afra, martyred during the Diocletian persecution (304)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Donatian, second Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Donatus, second Bishop of Arezzo in Italy, and Hilarinus, a martyr in Ostia (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Victricius of Rouen, former army officer, became missionary in the north of France, and Bishop of Rouen, Confessor (407)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Donatus, Bishop of Besançon (c. 660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Donat (Dunwyd), patron saint of St Donat's or Llandunwyd in Glamorgan in Walesorthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Commemoration of the First Siege of Constantinople (Saving of Constantinople from the Persians and Avars) (626)Μνήμη Βαρβαρικῆς Ἐπιδρομῆςsynaxarion.gr
- Uncovering of the relics (1832) of Saint Metrophanes of Voronezh (Macarius in schema), Bishop of Voronezh, the first bishop there (1703)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Valaam Monasterypravoslavie.ru
- Trigorsk Icon of the Mother of Goddrevo-info.ru
- Valaam Icon of the Mother of Godocafs.oca.org
- Repose of Elder Adrian of South Dorotheus Monastery (1853)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemamonk John the Silent (John the Blind), of Valaam Monastery (1894)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Callinicus the Hesychast, of Katounakia, Mount Athos (1930)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Vladimir of Jordanville Monastery, New York (1988)pravoslavie.ru
The list is August 7 (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.