Church holidays in August: find out about important dates according to the new calendar

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The last month of summer will be rich in church holidays. After the transition to the New Julian calendar, the dates of the holidays shifted by 13 days.

OBOZ.UA publishes a detailed calendar of church holidays for August 2024. In the Christian tradition, the patron saint of each day is certain saints or martyrs who gave their lives for the faith.

Main church holidays of August-2024 according to the New Julian calendar

• August 1 – transfer of the Holy Cross; Maccabee martyrs; Macovia (Honey Savior);
• August 6 – Transfiguration of the Lord; Apple Savior;
• August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
• August 16 – Nut Savior;
• August 29 – Beheading of the Holy Prophet John the Baptist.

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Detailed church calendar for August-2024

• August 1 – transfer of the Holy Cross; Maccabee martyrs; Macovia (Honey Savior);
• August 2 – the transfer of the relics of the first martyr Stephen;
• August 3 – commemoration of Saints Isaakis, Dalmatus and Faust;
• August 4 – the day of the seven Ephesian martyrs; Reverend Martyr Eudokia; August 5 – the eve of the Transfiguration of the Lord; martyr Eusignius;
• August 6 – Transfiguration of the Lord; Apple salvation;
• August 7 – the day of the venerable martyr Dometius;
• August 8 – commemoration of the holy confessor Emilian; martyrs Eleutherius and Leonidas;
• August 9 – the day of the apostle Matthias;
• August 10 – the martyr Lawrence, archdeacon;
• August 11 – the commemoration of the martyr Euplus;
• August 12 – the day of the holy martyrs Photius and Anikita;
• August 13 – giving of the Transfiguration; Saint Maxim the Confessor;
• August 14 – the eve of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; transfer of the relics of Saint Theodosius of Pechersk;
• August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
• August 16 – Nut Saviour; The non-manmade image of Our Lord Jesus Christ; martyr Diomid;
• August 17 – the day of the martyr Myron;
• August 18 – the commemoration of the martyrs Florus and Lavrus;
• August 19 – the day of the martyr Andrew Stratilatus and others;
• August 20 – the day of memory of the prophet Samuel;
• August 21 – the apostle Thaddeus; of the holy martyr Vassa;
• August 22 – martyrs Agathonic, Severian and others;
• August 23 – devotion to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Martyr Lupp; the holy martyr Irenaeus of Lyons;
• August 24 – the day of the holy martyr Eutychius;
• August 25 – the apostle Titus; the holy apostle Bartholomew;
• August 26 – the day of memory of the martyrs Andrian and Natalya;
• August 27 – Saint Pimen;
• August 28 – Saint Moses Murin; Augustine of Hippo;
• August 29 – Beheading of the Holy Prophet John the Baptist;
• August 30 – the day of honoring Alexander, Ivan, Paul, Patriarchs of Tsargorod;
• August 31 – Laying the Belt on the Holy Mother of God.