August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 31 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Aug. 2

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 14 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 19.

Feasts Beginning of the Dormition Fast. The Solemn Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of Jesus Christ.Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three “Feasts of the Savior” in August). OCA - Lives of the Saints. ПРОИСХОЖДЕНИЕ ЧЕСТНЫХ ДРЕВ ЖИВОТВОРЯЩЕГО КРЕСТА ГОСПОДНЯ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 27, 2026. Πρόοδος του Τιμίου και Ζωοποιού Σταυρού. Orthodox Times. Αυγ 01, 2026 | 10:08. Retrieved: September 27, 2026. Baptism of Rus' (1 August 988) КРЕЩЕНИЕ РУСИ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 27, 2026. The Feast to the All-Merciful Saviour and the Most Holy Mother of God. ПРАЗДНЕСТВО ВСЕМИЛОСТИВОМУ СПАСУ И ПРЕСВЯТОЙ БОГОРОДИЦЕ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 27, 2026.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.56. (In East Slavic use. Not observed outside of Russia/Belarus/Ukraine and their dispora)

Saints Holy Seven Maccabees: Martyrs: Abimus, Antoninus, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusabonus, Alimus, Marcellus, their mother Solomonia,Martyr Solomonia the mother of the Holy Seven Maccabee Martyrs. OCA - Feasts and Saints. and their teacher Eleazar (166 BC)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑπτὰ Μακαβαίοι. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.7 Holy Maccabee Martyrs. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Holy Nine Martyrs of Perge in Pamphylia: Leontius, Attius, Alexander, Cindeus, Minsitheus, Cyriacus, Mineon, Catanus, Eucleus (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐννέα Μάρτυρες. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Leontius of Perge in Pamphylia. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Martyr Papas the New.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πάπας ὁ νέος. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Eleazar.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐλεαζάρος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Cyricus, by beheading.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κήρυκος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Theodore, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Polyeuctus, by being buried alive in manure.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Martyr Elessa of Kythira (375)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐλέσα ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.August 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Saint Timothy of Proconnesus, Wonderworker, Archbishop of Proconnesus (6th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόθεος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Προκοννήσου (Προικοννήσου). 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Martyrs Menas, Menais, and others of England.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μήνης (ἢ Μηνός) καὶ Μηναῖος καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἐν τῷ Βιγλεντίῳ, πλησίον τοῦ χαλκοῦ Τετραπύλου. 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Child-martyr Justin, venerated in Louvre near Paris in France (c. 290)August 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Nemesius, a saint venerated near Lisieux in France. Saint Leus of Viguenza, a priest whose relics were honoured in Viguenza in Italy (4th century) Saint Verus, Bishop of Vienne; he attended the Council of Arles in 314 (c. 314) Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop (371) Saint Exuperius of Bayeux, first Bishop of Bayeux in France, he is honoured in Corbeil (405) Saint Ríoch, a nephew of St. Patrick, early Irish Christian missionary and Abbot of Innisboffin in Ireland (c. 490) Saint Almedha (Eluned, Eled, Elevetha), suffered martyrdom on a hill near Brecon in Wales (5th century) Saint Severus, a priest of noble family, famous for his charity, honoured from time immemorial in the village that bears his name, St Sever de Rustan (c. 500) Saints Friard (Friardus of Vindumitta), and Secundel (Secundellus) deacon, hermits on the Isle of Vindomitte near Nantes in Gaul (c. 577) (see also: August 2) Virgin-martyr Sidwell of Exeter (Sativola) (6th century)August 14 / August 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Kenneth (Cenydd, Kined), a hermit who made his cell among the rocks in the Gower peninsula in Wales at a place later called Llangenydd after him (6th century) Saint Peregrinus, a pilgrim from Ireland who returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land settled as a hermit near Modena in Italy (643) Saint Jonatus, a monk at Elnone in Belgium; Abbot of Marchiennes (c. 643-652) and then of Elnone Abbey (c. 652-659) Saint Mary the Consoler, sister of St Anno, Bishop of Verona in Italy (8th century) Saint Æthelwold of Winchester, Bishop of Winchester (984)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ethelwald (Ἀγγλοσάξωνας). 1 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Basil, Archbishop of Chernigov (1918) New Hieromartyr Demetrius Pavsky, Priest (1937)

Other commemorations Finding of the relics (1882) of Bishop Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians and Alaska (1882) Repose of Abbess Alexia of Nizhni-Novgorod (1940) Uncovering of the relics (1995) of the Venerable Sophia of Suzdal (1542)

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Sources August 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). August 14 / August 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). August 1. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. August 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 228–229. 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. 375–377.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 1 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 1 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources 14 августа (1 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).