20 August
23 commemorations of 20 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 2 September of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Dormitionorthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Prophet Samuel (11th century BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Σαμουὴλsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Philip of Heraclea, Bishop, and with him Martyrs Severus, Memnon, and 37 soldiers, in Philippopolis, Thrace (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σέβηρος καὶ Μέμνων ὁ Κεντυρίωνsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Reginus and Orestes the Great Martyrs, in CyprusΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ρηγίνος καὶ Ὀρέστης οἱ ἐν Κύπρῳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pigizois.net
- Martyr Lucius the Senator, of Cyprus (c. 310)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λούκιος ὁ βουλευτὴςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa (Dausa) in Persia (380)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἠλιόδωρος καὶ Δοσὰς (ἢ Δοσαὶ ἢ Σοδᾶς) οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Photine, at the gates of BlachernaeἩ Ἁγία Φωτεινὴ «ἔξω τῆς θύρας τῶν Βλαχερνῶν»synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Hierotheus, first Bishop and Enlightener of Hungary (10th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰερόθεος ὁ Α’ Ἐπίσκοπος Οὐγγαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Stephen I of Hungary, King of Hungary (1038)Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος ὁ Α’ Βασιλεὺς Οὐγγαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Abramius of Smolensk, Archimandrite, Wonderworker of Smolensk (1220)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβράμιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιμανδρίτης Σμολένσκηςsynaxarion.gr
- New Martyr Theocharis of Neapolis, Cappadocia (1740)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοχάρης ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νεαπολίτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Chetverin, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyrs of Estonia (1944-1955)
- New Hieromartyr Peeter (Pähkel), Bishop of Tartu and Pechory (1948)
- New Hieromartyr Alypy (Ivlev), Archimandrite (1950)
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Irodionov, Protopresbyter (1945)
- New Hieromartyr Ioann Vark, Priest (1952)
- New Hieromartyr Leonid Lavrov, Priest (1954)
- New Hieromartyr Seraphim Ulyanov, Priest (1955)
- Martyr Alexander Gadalin, church warden (1951)
- Martyr Andrei Punsun (1955)
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 Porphyrius, an early martyr in Palestrina near Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amator (Amadour), hermit
- Saint Maximus, a disciple of St Martin and founder of the monastery of Chinon in France, confessor (c. 470)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Oswine of Deira, king of Deira (651)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Haduin (Harduin), Bishop of Le Mans in France, he founded several monasteries including Notre-Dame-d'Evron (c. 662)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Philibert of Jumièges (Gaul) (685)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Eadberht of Northumbria (Edbert), successor of St Ceolwulf on the throne of Northumbria in England, then became a monastic (768)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Burchard, monk at Lobbes Abbey in Belgium, then became Bishop of Worms where he was a canonist (1026)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.
- Repose of Hieromonk Seraphim Rose of Platina, California (1982)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Spyridon (Lukich) of Kyiv (1991)pravoslavie.ru
The list is August 20 (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.