31 August
27 commemorations of 31 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 13 September of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Holy 7 Virgin-martyrs, at Gaza, by the swordsynaxarion.gr
- Holy 4 Martyrs, at Perge in Pamphylia, by firesynaxarion.gr
- Holy 366 Martyrs, at Nicomedia, by the swordsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Phileortus, by the swordsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Menas, Faustus, Andrew and Heracliusecclesia.gr
- Saint Diadochossynaxarion.gr
- Saint Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (471)orthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint John II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1089)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gennadius II Scholarius (Gennadius the Scholar), Patriarch of Constantinople (1372)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Lyubimov, Priest, and Vladimir Dvinsky, Deacon (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Michael Kosukhin and Myron Rzhepik, Priests (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Smirnov (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Synaxis of the New Martyrs of Jasenovac, Serbia (1941-1945)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine (2016)drevo-info.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.
- Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (258)orthodoxengland.org.uk · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Caesidius and Companions, on the shores of Lake Fucino in Italy (3rd century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Robustian and Mark, venerated in Milan in Italy from early timesRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Paulinus, Bishop of Trier (358)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Optatus, Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 530)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Barbolenus, fourth Abbot of Bobbio Abbey in Italy (c. 640)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eanswythe (Eanswith), Abbess of Folkestone (c. 640)ocafs.oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Enlightener of Northumbria (651)synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Cuthburgh (Cuthburga) and Cwenburgh, sisters, Abbesses of Wimborne (c. 725)synaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Wala of Corbie, abbot of Corbie (836)palomnik.org
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Placing of the Honourable Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408)synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Restoration of the Church of the Theotokos at the Neorion (port facilities) in Constantinople (c. 920-944)synaxarion.gr
- Repose of Schema-nun Gabriela (Taisiya Alekseevna Filina), of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1992)lavra.ua · pravoslavie.ru
The list is August 31 (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.