28 August
30 commemorations of 28 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 10 September of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Moses the Black
Saints
- Righteous Hezekiah, King of Judah (696 B.C.)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐζεκίας ὁ Δίκαιος Βασιλιὰςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Anna the Prophetess, daughter of Phanuel (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἄννα θυγατέρα τοῦ Φανουὴλsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy 33 Martyrs of Heraclea, by fireΟἱ Ἅγιοι 33 Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Ἡράκλειαsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Irene and Sophia, by the swordΟἱ Ἁγίες Εἰρήνη καὶ Σοφία οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Diomedes and Laurence, shot with arrows after being tied to a treeΟἱ Ἅγιοι Διομήδης καὶ Λαυρέντιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Hieromartyr DamonὉ Ἅγιος Δάμων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Moses the Black, of Scetis (c. 375)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μωϋσῆς ὁ Αἰθίοπαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Queen Shushanik (Susanna) of Georgia (475)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Amphilochius of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Vladimir, Volhynia (1122)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodore (in monasticism Theodosius) of the Kiev Caves, Prince of Ostrog in Volhynia (1483)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sabbas, founder and Abbot of Krypetsk Monastery (Pskov) (1495)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs of Zilantov Monastery in Kazan (1918)
- Archimandrite Sergius (Zaitsev)
- Hieromanoks Laurence (Nikitin) and Seraphim (Kuzmin)
- Hierodeacon Theodosius (Alexandrov)
- New Monk-martyrs Leontius (Kariagin) and Stephen
- Novices George (Timofeev), Hilarion (Pravdin), John (Sretensky), and Sergius (Galin)
- New Hieromartyr Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna, Metropolitan of Smyrna (1922)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Georgievsky, Priest (1931)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Basil Sokolsky, Priest (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
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 Hermes and Companions, martyrs in Rome under the judge Aurelian (c. 120)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pelagius of Constance, a child-martyr put to death in Pannonia during the persecution of Roman Emperor Numerian (c. 283)
- Saint Julian of Auvergne (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Fortunatus, Gaius and Anthes, martyrs near Salerno in Italy under Diocletian (303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Blessed Augustine of Hippo, Bishop of Hippo (430)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Saintes (c. 450)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vivianus, Bishop of Saintes and Confessor (c. 460)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Facundinus, Bishop of Taino in Umbria (c. 620)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adelindis, founder of Buchau Abbey (c. 930)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gorman, a monk at Reichenau in Germany who became Bishop of Schleswig in Denmark (965)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 of Saint Rumwold of Buckingham, infant saint (662)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales
- Uncovering of the relics (1659) of St. Job of Pochaev, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev (1651)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves Lavra, whose relics repose in the Far Caves of St. Theodosiusholytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Philaret of Novo-Spassky Monastery (1842)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archbishop Dmitri Royster of Dallas (2011)oca.org
The list is August 28 (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.