# August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 17
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 16, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 3.

## Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Dormition.
* ''Translation of the "Image not made by hands" (Acheiropoieta) of Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944)

## Saints

* Martyr Diomedes the Physician, of Tarsus in Cilicia (298)
* Martyr Alcibiades, by fire.
* 33 Martyrs of Palestine, by the sword.
* Venerable Chaeremon of Egypt (4th century)
* Saint Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, Georgia (6th century)
* Saint Makarios the Archbishop.

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Ambrose, a centurion put to death under Diocletian, in Ferentino, central Italy (c. 303)
* Saint Titus, a Deacon martyred during the sack of Rome by the Goths, while distributing alms to the half-starved population (c. 410)
* Saint Armagillus (Armel), founder of Saint-Armel-des-Boscheaux and Plou-Ermel (Ploermel) in Brittany (c. 550)
* Saint Eleutherius of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre from 532–561, who assisted at the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Councils of Orléans between 533 and 549 (561)
* Saint Simplician, a friend and advisor of St Ambrose, whom he succeeded as Bishop of Milan (400)
* Saint Stephen of Hungary, King of Hungary (1038) (see also: August 20 - East)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Joachim, monk, of Osogovo and Sarandapor, Bulgarian monk (1105)
* Saint Eustathius II, archbishop of Serbia (1309)
* Venerable Nilus of Ereikoussa, nephew of Emperor Theodore Laskaris (c. 1335)
* Saint Romanus the Sinaite, of Djunisa, Serbia (14th century)
* Monk-martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia, at Damascus (15th century)
* Saint Akakios, Bishop of Liti and Rendini (15th century)
* Venerable Diodorus, Abbot of Yuriev Monastery, Solovki (1633)
* Venerable New Monk-Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora (1551)
* Venerable Daniel of Meteora.
* Venerable Gerasimus of Kefalonia, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia (1579)
* Saint Raphael of Banat in Serbia (c. 1590)
* Venerable Timothy of Euripos (Timothy of Chalcedon), Archbishop, founder of the Pendeli Monastery (1590)
* New Martyr Stamatius of Demetrias, near Volos, at Constantinople (1680)
* New Great-martyr Apostolos of the town of St. Laurence, martyred at Constantinople (1686)
* New Martyrs King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia, his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, Matthew, and his counsellor Ioannicius (1714) ( see also: May 21)
* Saint Joseph of Văratec Monastery, Romania (1828)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Stephen, Priest (1918)
* New Hieromartyrs priest Vladimir, and his brother Boris (1931)
* New Hieromartyr Alexander Sokolov, Priest, Virgin Martyr Anna Yezhov, and Martyr Jacob Gortinsky (1937)
* Venerable Elder Joseph the Hesychast, of New Skete, Mt. Athos (1959)

## Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (1798) of Martyrs Seraphim, Dorotheus, Jacob (James), Demetrius, Basil, and Sarantis, of Megara.
* Repose of Matrona (Popova), in monasticism Maria (1851), disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk.

### Icons

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore ("Feodorovskaya") of Kostroma (1239)
* Icon of the Theotokos of Port Arthur (1904)

## Icon gallery

* King Abgar with the Image of Edessa (St Catherine's monastery, Mount Sinai.)
* Saint Diomedes, fresco at Hilandar Monastery, Mt. Athos.
* Reliquary of Saint Simplician.
* Portrayal of King Stephen I on the Hungarian coronation pall from 1031.
* King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia, and his sons (Church mural in Hurezi Monastery).
* Venerable Elder Joseph (Spilaiotis) the Hesychast.
* Theotokos of Saint Theodore ("Feodorovskaya").
* Theotokos of Port Arthur.