August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
August 19 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – August 21
All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 20, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 7.
Feasts
Saints
- Prophet Samuel (11th century BC)[1] [2] [3]
- Hieromartyr Philip of Heraclea, Bishop,[4] and with him Martyrs Severus, Memnon,[5] and 37 soldiers,[6] in Philippopolis, Thrace (304)[1] [7] [8]
- Saints Reginus and Orestes the Great Martyrs, in Cyprus.[9] [10] [11]
- Martyr Lucius the Senator, of Cyprus (c. 310)[1] [12] [13]
- Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa (Dausa) in Persia (380)[1] [14] [15]
- Martyr Photine, at the gates of Blachernae.[7] [10] [16]
- Saint Hierotheus, first Bishop and Enlightener of Hungary (10th century)[1] [7] [17]
- Saint Stephen I of Hungary, King of Hungary (1038)[1] [7] [18] (see also: August 16 - West)
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Porphyrius, an early martyr in Palestrina near Rome.[19]
- Saint Amator (Amadour), hermit.
- Saint Maximus, a disciple of St Martin and founder of the monastery of Chinon in France, confessor (c. 470)[19]
- Martyr Oswine of Deira, king of Deira (651)[1] [7] [19] [20]
- Saint Haduin (Harduin), Bishop of Le Mans in France, he founded several monasteries including Notre-Dame-d'Evron (c. 662)[19]
- Saint Philibert of Jumièges (Gaul) (685)[1] [7] [19]
- Saint Eadberht of Northumbria (Edbert), successor of St Ceolwulf on the throne of Northumbria in England, then became a monastic (768)[19] [20]
- Saint Burchard, monk at Lobbes Abbey in Belgium, then became Bishop of Worms where he was a canonist (1026)[19]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Chetverin, Priest (1938)[7]
- New Martyrs of Estonia (1944-1955):[23] [24] [25]
- New Hieromartyr Peeter (Pähkel), Bishop of Tartu and Pechory (1948)
- New Hieromartyr Alypy (Ivlev), Archimandrite (1950)
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Irodionov, Protopresbyter (1945)[26]
- 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)
Other commemorations
Sources
- Greek Sources
- Russian Sources
- 2 сентября (20 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
Notes and References
- http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0820.html August 20 / September 2
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Προφήτης Σαμουὴλ. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Prophet Samuel. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Hieromartyr Philip the Bishop of Heraclea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σέβηρος καὶ Μέμνων ὁ Κεντυρίων. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 37 (κατ' ἄλλους 40) Μάρτυρες ποὺ μαρτύρησαν στὴ Βιζύη τῆς Θρᾴκης. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=2&month=9 September 2 / August 20
- Martyr Severus and 38 Soldiers in Thrace. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρηγίνος καὶ Ὀρέστης οἱ ἐν Κύπρῳ. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Συναξαριστής. 20 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- Πρεσβυτερου Χαραλάμπους Νεοφύτου. ΟΙ ΑΓΙΟΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ Ρηγίνος καὶ Ὀρέστης. Λεμεσος, 1995. 31 pp. Retrieved: 2 October 2014.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λούκιος ὁ βουλευτὴς. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Martyr Lucius. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἠλιόδωρος καὶ Δοσὰς (ἢ Δοσαὶ ἢ Σοδᾶς) οἱ Μάρτυρες. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Martyr Heliodorus of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Φωτεινὴ «ἔξω τῆς θύρας τῶν Βλαχερνῶν». 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰερόθεος ὁ Α’ Ἐπίσκοπος Οὐγγαρίας. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος ὁ Α’ Βασιλεὺς Οὐγγαρίας. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm August 20
- Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 401-403.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβράμιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιμανδρίτης Σμολένσκης. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοχάρης ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νεαπολίτης. 20 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- UUSMÄRTRID KANONISEERITUD. Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik. 26.02.2019.
- ESTONIAN NEW MARTYRS CANONIZED BY HOLY SYNOD OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Orthodox Christianity. March 20, 2019.
- Canonization of New Martyrs of the Church of Estonia. Romfea News. Mar 19, 2019 | 17:40.
- Ирадионов Владимир Николаевич (1885). Открытый список. Retrieved: 20 March 2019.
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 61.