Church holidays in August 2021

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

Church holidays in August 2021 are events that are rich in the end of the summer. Orthodox believers celebrate three Savior at once, as well as two major church celebrations - the Transfiguration of the Lord and the Dormition of the Virgin.

Main church events in August

The main religious dates that Orthodox people should not forget in August are presented below.

Honey Savior

Honey - the first of the Spas is included in the list of church holidays in August 2021 in Russia. It is also called the Savior on the Water, which is why in Russia, on the indicated date, they consecrated wells, bathed livestock and bathed themselves.

When wondering what date the Honey Savior is in 2021, know - August 14.

Apple Spas

This day is a memory of the event when Jesus took three disciples with him to Mount Tabor to support their faith. There he appeared before them in all his majesty. On Apple Spas, it is worth bringing fruits from the new harvest of 2021 to the church. They should be sanctified as a reward for hard work.

Interesting: What to cook for Apple Spas?

Assumption Fast

People also call the Dormition fast in 2021 Spassovsky, because all three holidays of the Savior fall on it. The Dormition Fast, like the Great Fast, is strict. On these days, you can only eat bread, vegetables, fruits and cereals with water. If you want something sweet, a little honey is allowed.

Calendar with dates

The end of summer is rich in important church events.

1.08

Who is remembered:

• blessed. Stefan Serbsky and his mother are blagov. Militsa;
• Rev. Macrina of Cappadocia and Paisius of the Caves.

Whose icon is glorified on this day: Theotokos, Seraphim-Dineevskaya, "Tenderness".

Whose relics were found: St. Seraphim the Wonderworker.

2.08

Who is honored:

• Rev. Abraham of Galich, abbot. Chukhlomsky;
• prop. Elijah.

Whose icon is glorified on this day: Mother of God, Abalatskaya, "The Sign".

Whose relics were found: Venerable-Much. abbot. Afanasy of Brest.

3.08

Who is glorified: prop. Ezekiel.

Whose relics are found: saint of blessings. Princess Anna Kashinskaya.

4.08

Who is remembered:

• myronos. Equalap. Mary Magdalene;
• Rev. Cornelius Pereyaslavsky.

Whose relics were transferred: Bishop of Sinop, priest-torment. Focky.

They were moved from Sinop to Constantinople.

5.08

Who is honored: priest-torment. Apollinaria, bishop Ravenna.

Whose icon is glorified on this day:

• Theotokos, "Joy to all who grieve";
• Theotokos, Pochaevskaya.

6.08

Who is glorified:

• torment. blessings. princes Boris and Gleb, Christina of Tirskaya;
• the youth of the schema-monk of Astrakhan, reverend. Bogolep.

7.08

Who is remembered:

• deacon. The Olympics;
• Rev. Eupraxia, Virgin of Tavenna.

8.08

Who is honored:

• Rev. Moses of Pechersky;
• prep.-much. Paraskeva of Rome;
• Priest-Much. presv. Sergius.

9.08

Who is glorified:

• blessed. Nikolai Novgorodsky;
• great. Panteleimon;
• Rev. abbot. Anfisa and her 90 sisters.

10.08

Who is remembered: holy. Pitirim, Bishop Tambovsky.

Whose icon is glorified on this day: Mother of God, Smolensk "Guide".

11.08

What is celebrated today: the Christmas of Archbishop. and sanctifies. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Who is honored:

• torment. Callinicus of Cilician and the virgin Seraphim of Antioch;
• prep.-much. Seraphim Bogoslovsky and Feognost Pivovarov, hier.

12.08

Who is glorified:

• ap. Andronicus, Epeneta, Kriskenta;
• torment. John the Warrior;
• Rev. Anatoly Otptinsky.

Whose relics were found: St. Herman Solovetsky.

13.08

Who is remembered:

• torment. Julitta of Caesarea;
• right. Evdokim the Cappadocian;
• prep.-much. archim. Sergius of Petrogradsky;
• Priest-Much. Veniamin Kazansky.

14.08

What is celebrated today:

• 1 day of the Assumption Lent;
• Honey Savior.

Who is honored: torment. Maccabee, their mother Salome and mentor Eleazar.

15.08

What is celebrated today: 2nd day of the Assumption Lent.

Whom are glorified in prayers: blessed. Vasily the Wonderworker of Moscow, as well as Vasily Spaso-Kubensky.

Whose relics have been transferred: first-torment. ap. and archd. Stephen (from Jerusalem to Constantinople).

Whose relics are found: right. Avib, Gamaliel and Nicodemus.

16.08

What is celebrated today: 3rd day of the Assumption Lent.

Who is honored:

• isp. Isaac;
• the hermit and eunuch of the Venerable Cosmas;
• Rev. Anthony Rimlyalin.

17.08

What is celebrated today: 4th day of the Assumption Lent.

This is the day of commemoration of St. Antoninus, Constantine, Maximilian and Martinian.

Also on this day, the Kazan-Penza icon of the Mother of God is glorified.

18.08

What is celebrated today: 5th day of the Assumption Lent.

Who do they remember: Much. Eusignius of Antioch and Pontius the Roman.

19.08

What is celebrated today:

• 6th day of the Assumption Fast;
• Transfiguration;
• Apple Spas.

Whom they honor: holy. Theoclistos, bishop Chernigov.

20.08

What is celebrated today: 7th day of the Assumption Lent.

Who is remembered:

• Rev. Mercury of Pechersk, bishop Smolensky;
• prep.-much. Dometiya Persianina.

Whose relics were found: holy. Mitrofan, bishop Voronezh.

21.08

What is celebrated today: 8th day of the Assumption Lent.

Whom they honor: holy. Emiliana, bishop Kizichesky.

Whose icon is glorified on this day: Theotokos of Tolgskoy.

Whose relics were transferred: St. Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky.

22.08

What is celebrated today:

• 9th day of the Assumption Fast;
• Cathedral of the Solovetsky Saints.

Who is glorified:

• ap. Matthew;
• torment. Anthony of Alexandria, Alexy, James, John, Julian, Marcian.

23.08

What is celebrated today: 10th day of the Assumption Lent

Who is remembered:

• blessed. Lawrence Kaluga;
• Priest-Much. Lawrence;
• torment. Pope, Sixtus II, and also Deac. Agapita, Roman and Felikissim of Rome.

24.08

What is celebrated today: 11th day of the Assumption Lent.

Who is honored:

• Rev. Prince Theodore of Ostrog;
• Priest-Much. and archd. Euplus of Sicily.

25.08

What is celebrated today: 12th day of the Assumption Lent.

Who is glorified:

• archim. Barlaam;
• torment. Anikitou and Photius;
• prep.-much. Belogorskikh;
• Priest-Much. Alexandra, Bishop Komansky.

26.08

What is celebrated today: 13th day of the Assumption Lent.

Who is remembered:

• Rev. isp. Maxim;
• sanctifies. Tikhon, bishop Voronezh;

Whose icon is glorified on this day: the Mother of God, "Minsk", "Seven-shot" and "Passionate".

Whose relics are found: blessed. Maxim the Wonderworker.

27.08

What is celebrated today: 14th day of the Assumption Lent.

Who is glorified:

• Rev. Arkady Vyazemsky;
• prop. Micah;

Whose icon is being glorified on this day: the Mother of God, the "Besednaya".

Whose relics were transferred: St. Feodosia, abbot. Kiev-Pechersky.

28.08

What is celebrated today: Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Whose icon is glorified on this day: Sophia of Novgorod, the Wisdom of God.

29.08

What is celebrated today:

• Moving the miraculous image of Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople;
• Bread Spas.

Who is honored: torment. Diomedes, the healer.

Whose icon is glorified on this day: the Mother of God of Port Arthur and Feodorovskaya-Kostroma.

30.08

Who is remembered: St. Alipy Pechersky.

Whose icon is glorified on this day: the Mother of God, Armatiiskaya and Pecherskaya.

31.08

Who is remembered:

• torment. Lavra and Flora;
• abbot. Macarius Pelikitsky.

Whose icon is glorified on this day: the Mother of God "The Tsaritsa".

Let's summarize

Even if you can't remember all the church holidays in August 2021, the calendar will help you with this. Thanks to him, the believer does not have to worry about whether he will miss this or that celebration. It is enough just to periodically look into the church calendar for each day of August 2021, noting the dates you need.