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11 August

25 commemorations of 11 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 24 August of the civil calendar.

Feasts

  • Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christorthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru

Saints

  • Virgin-martyr Susanna and those with her (295)
    • Hieromartyrs Gaius, Pope of Rome; the priest Gabinus; Martyrs Maximus, Claudius and his wife Praepedigna; and their sons Alexander and Cuthias
    ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Holy Hieromartyr Archdeacon Euplus of Catania (304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὖπλος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Διάκονοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Neophytus, Zeno, Gaius, Mark, Macarius, and Gaianus, by fireΟἱ Ἅγιοι Νεόφυτος, Ζήνων, Γάϊος, Μᾶρκος, Μακάριος καὶ Γαϊανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Martyr Ia and 9,000 with her in Persia (363)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἰᾶς ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
  • Venerable Passarion, Bishop in Palestine (428)Ὁ Ὅσιος Πασσαρίωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Monk-martyrs Basil and Theodore, of the Kiev Caves (1098)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Θεόδωρος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Theodore (in monasticism Theodosius) of the Kiev Caves, Prince of Ostrog in Volhynia (1483)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople (1508)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Martyrs Anastasius Paneras of Asomaton, and Demetrius Begiazis of Agiasos on Lesbos, at Kasamba in Asia Minor (1816)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀναστάσιος Πανερὰς καὶ Δημήτριος ὁ Μπεγιάζης οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint John, recluse of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1867)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • Venerable Martyr St Rafaela (Tertatska), (Rafaela of Chyhyryn), Igumenia (1926)ukrainian-orthodoxy.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.

  • Saint Rufinus and Companions, an early bishop (Episcopus Marsorum), martyred with companions in Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Tiburtius, a martyr in Rome, connected with the soldier-martyr St Sebastian and was entombed at the Via Lavicana (c. 288)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Chromatius, the Prefect of Rome and father of St Tiburtius the martyr (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Digna, a holy virgin in Todi in Umbria in Italy, lived as an anchoress in the mountains nearby during the persecution of Diocletian (4th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Taurinus, first Bishop of Evreux, Gaul (c. 412)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Attracta (Athracht), an anchoress, first in Killaraght on Lough Gara and then in Drum near Boyle (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Equitius, founder of a number of monasteries in the province of Valeria in Italy (c. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Bláán (Blane), Bishop of Bute, Scotland (c. 590)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Gaugericus (Gau, Géry), Bishop of Cambrai and Arras in France, Confessor (c. 625)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Lelia, a holy virgin connected with Limerick and Kerry; several places in Ireland are named after herorthodoxengland.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 Miracle (1716) of St. Spyridon (348) on Corfu with the HagarenesἈνάμνηση Θαύματος Ἁγίου Σπυρίδωναsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of Elder Sampson (Sievers) (Edward von Sievers), Spiritual Director at Poltava's Monastery of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross (1979)
  • Repose of Archpriest Nicholas Guryanov of Talabsk Island, in Pskov (Chudskoye) lake (2002)pravoslavie.ru

The list is August 11 (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.

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