26 August
34 commemorations of 26 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 8 September of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, and 23 companions (306)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀδριανὸς καὶ Ναταλία οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Atticus and Sissinius, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀττικὸς καὶ Σισίνιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Adrian, son of Roman Emperor Probus, at Nicomedia (320)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανός ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint GelasiusὉ Ἅγιος Γελάσιοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Maximus III, Archbishop of Jerusalem (347)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Tithoes of the Thebaid (4th century), disciple of St. Pachomius the GreatὉ Ὅσιος Τιθόηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Monk Ioasaph, Prince of India (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάσαφ γιὸς τοῦ βασιλιὰ τῆς Ἰνδίας Ἄβενιρsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Ibestion the Confessor, Egyptian ascetic (c. 450)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰβιστίωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Zer-Jacob, missionary of Ethiopiaholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Adrian of Uglich (after 1504), disciple of St. Paisius of Uglichholytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Adrian of Ondrusov, founder of Ondrusov Monastery, Karelia (1549)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Cyprian of Storozhev, former outlaw (16th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Maria (Fedina) of Diveyevo, Fool-for-Christ (1931)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Peter Levlev, Priest (1918)fond.ru
- New Confessor George Kossov of Orlov, Archpriest (1928)
- New Hieromartyr Nectarius (Trezvinsky), Bishop of Yaransk (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hiero-confessor Roman Medved of Moscow, Archpriest (1937)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Victor Ellansky, Priest (1937)
- New Martyrs Demetrius Morozov and Peter Bordan (1937)
- New Hieromartyr Christopher Varfolomeev, Archpriest (1938)orthochristian.com · valaam.ru
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 Zephyrinus, Pope of Rome from 199 to 217, who defended Orthodox Christology against heresiesorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Irenaeus and Abundius (258)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Secundus, a soldier of the Theban Legion martyred near Ventimiglia in Italy (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alexander of Bergamo (c. 303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ninian, Apostle to the Southern Picts (432)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rufinus, Bishop of Capua (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Elias of Syracuse, a monk who became Bishop of Syracuse in Sicily (660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Felix of Pistoia, a holy hermit in Pistoia in Tuscany in Italy (9th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pandwyna (Pandionia), a holy virgin born in Ireland (c. 904)
- Saint Victor (Vitores), a priest in Spain martyred by the Moors in the ninth or tenth centuryorthodoxengland.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 Meeting of the "Vladimir" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1395)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God "Virgin of Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves (1524)ocafs.oca.org
- Finding of the relics (1748) of St. Bassian, Schemamonk of Alatyr Monastery (c. 1698)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Miraculous Self-Renewal of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the hands of Righteous Abbess Rufina, in Harbin, Manchuria (1925)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is August 26 (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.