9 August
32 commemorations of 9 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 22 August of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Herman of Alaska (c. 1756-1836)
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christorthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Holy Apostle Matthias (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ματθίας ὁ Ἀπόστολοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Anthony of Alexandria (2nd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Psoes of Egypt (Psoy) (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ψόηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Samuel of Edessa, presbyter (5-6th century)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Constantine I, Patriarch of Constantinople (677)drevo-info.ru
- The Holy Ten Martyrs of Halki, who defended the wonderworking icon of the Savior, made of copper
- Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James (Jacob), Alexius, Demetrius, Photius, Peter, Leontius, Mary the Patrician, Gregory the protospatharios, two boys and others, of Constantinople (730)
- Saint Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress regnant and a strong iconodule (803)korolev.msk.ru · pravenc.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Hieromartyr Euthymius of Rhodes (1529)oca.org
- Saint Macarius, founder of Oredezh Monastery (Novgorod) (1532)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Philaret (Gumilevsky), Archbishop of Chernigov (1866)orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alexis Medvedkov, Archpriest, of Ugine, France (1934)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Anthony (Nozdrin), schiarchimandrite of Balta (1960)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Severian (Beridze), deacon, confessor of Adjara (1996)drevo-info.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Abbess Margaret (Gunaronulo) of Menzelino (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Holy New Martyr Ignatius (Bazyluk), at St Onuphrios Monastery in Jabłeczna (1942)ocafs.oca.org
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.
- Saints Secundian, Marcellian and Verian, martyrs who suffered near Civitavecchia in Italy under Decius (250)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Numidicus and Companions, a group of martyrs burnt at the stake at Carthage in North Africa under Decius (251)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Romanus Ostiarius, an early martyr in Rome (258)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Firmus and Rusticus, two relatives, probably citizens of Bergamo in the north of Italy, honoured in Verona under Maximian (c. 290)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amor (Amour), venerated in Franche-Comté in France together with St Viatororthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Domitian of Châlons, third Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France, Confessor (4th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rusticus, a martyr at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Autor (Adinctor, Auteur), the thirteenth Bishop of Metz in France (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bandaridus (Banderik, Bandery), Bishop of Soissons in France from 540 to 566 and founder of a monastery at Crépinorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Phelim, a disciple of St Columba (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Serenus, Bishop of Marseilles in France (606)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Nathy (Nath Í of Achonry, David), disciple of St Finian of Clonard (c. 610)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.
- Icon of the Savior "Not-Made-by-Hands" of Camuliana in Cappadocia (Image of Camuliana), an acheiropoieton (ca. 303)pravoslavie.ru
- The Restoration of the Temple of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, in Constantinopleholytrinityorthodox.com
- Synaxis of the Saints of Solovkiholytrinityorthodox.com · nne.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Canonization of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of AmericaὉ Ὅσιος Γερμανὸς ὁ ἐν Ἀλάσκᾳsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org
The list is August 9 (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.