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16 August

39 commemorations of 16 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 29 August of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Joseph the HesychastThe Image Not Made by Hands (Mandylion)

Feasts

Saints

  • Martyr Diomedes the Physician, of Tarsus in Cilicia (298)Ὁ Ἅγιος Διομήδηςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Alcibiades, by fireὉ Ἅγιος Ἀλκιβιάδης ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • 33 Martyrs of Palestine, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι 33 Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Παλαιστίνηsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Chaeremon of Egypt (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Χαιρήμωνsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, Georgia (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Makarios the ArchbishopὉ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἀρχιεπίσκοποςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Joachim, monk, of Osogovo and Sarandapor, Bulgarian monk (1105)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Eustathius II, archbishop of Serbia (1309)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Nilus of Ereikoussa, nephew of Emperor Theodore Laskaris (c. 1335)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ Ἐρικούσιοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Romanus the Sinaite, of Djunisa, Serbia (14th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Monk-martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia, at Damascus (15th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Akakios, Bishop of Liti and Rendini (15th century)saint.gr
  • Venerable Diodorus, Abbot of Yuriev Monastery, Solovki (1633)ocafs.oca.org
  • Venerable New Monk-Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora (1551)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Μοναχόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Daniel of MeteoraὉ Ὅσιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Μετεωρίτηςsynaxarion.gr
  • Venerable Gerasimus of Kefalonia, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia (1579)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ὁ νέος ἀσκητής ὁ ἐν Κεφαλληνίᾳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Raphael of Banat in Serbia (c. 1590)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Timothy of Euripos (Timothy of Chalcedon), Archbishop, founder of the Pendeli Monastery (1590)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος Ἐπίσκοπος Εὐρίπου κτίτορας τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Πεντέληςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Martyr Stamatius of Demetrias, near Volos, at Constantinople (1680)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σταμάτιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Great-martyr Apostolos of the town of St. Laurence, martyred at Constantinople (1686)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀπόστολος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Martyrs King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia, his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, Matthew, and his counsellor Ioannicius (1714)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Maria Brâncoveanu (Doamna Marica Brâncoveanu), wife of St. Constantine Brâncoveanu (1729)orthochristian.com
  • Saint Joseph of Văratec Monastery, Romania (1828)pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

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 Ambrose, a centurion put to death under Diocletian, in Ferentino, central Italy (c. 303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Titus, a Deacon martyred during the sack of Rome by the Goths, while distributing alms to the half-starved population (c. 410)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Armagillus (Armel), founder of Saint-Armel-des-Boscheaux and Plou-Ermel (Ploermel) in Brittany (c. 550)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Eleutherius of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre from 532–561, who assisted at the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Councils of Orléans between 533 and 549Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Simplician, a friend and advisor of St Ambrose, whom he succeeded as Bishop of Milan (400)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Stephen of Hungary, King of Hungary (1038)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.

  • Translation of the relics (1798) of Martyrs Seraphim, Dorotheus, Jacob (James), Demetrius, Basil, and Sarantis, of MegaraΟἱ Ἅγιοι Σεραφείμ, Δωρόθεος, Ἰάκωβος, Δημήτριος, Βασίλειος καὶ Σαράντηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of Matrona (Popova), in monasticism Maria (1851), disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonskazbyka.ru · pravoslavie.ru
  • Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore ("Feodorovskaya") of Kostroma (1239)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Icon of the Theotokos of Port Arthur (1904)pravoslavie.ru

The list is August 16 (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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