Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
Vigil. Kept with an All-Night Vigil.
Fast day — no meat; dairy and eggs are allowed.
Commemorated today
- Apostle Matthias (1st century)Apostle · 1st century
What is known
An apostle was sent. The word covers the Twelve, the Seventy whom Christ sent ahead of him, and a few others the New Testament names in the same office.
The year given is the 1st century.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
- Commemoration of the canonization (1970) of St Herman of Alaska (1837)Canonization · 1970 life on this site
The life we have written
Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America
The humble monk of Spruce Island defended Alaska Native people from colonial abuse, cared for the sick and orphaned, and showed that Orthodox mission must love the people it hopes to serve.
- Era
- c. 1756–1837; dates vary in the sources
- Region
- Russia, Kodiak Island, and Spruce Island in Alaska
- Category
- Monk, missionary, defender of Indigenous people, and wonderworker
- Feast
- August 9 and December 13
- Holy Martyr Anthony (2nd century)Martyr · 2nd century
What is known
A martyr died rather than deny Christ. The word is Greek for witness, and the Church uses it in that sense: the death is testimony, not merely a fate. Most of these deaths fall in the Roman persecutions before 313, though the title is not restricted to them.
The year given is the 2th century.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
- Constantine, Patriarch of ConstantinopleHierarch
What is known
A hierarch is a bishop — including patriarchs, metropolitans and archbishops. The Church commemorates bishops in this rank whether they are remembered chiefly for teaching, for governing, or for holding a see through a difficult century.
The title places them at Constantinople. Kept in the Greek tradition.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
- Euthymios the Hieromartyr, Metropolitan of RhodesHieromartyr — a bishop or priest killed for the faith
What is known
A hieromartyr was a bishop, priest or deacon killed for the faith. The clergy were often taken first in a persecution, because removing them scattered the community that depended on them.
The title places them at Rhodes. Kept in the Greek tradition.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
Appointed readings
- Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9
- Wisdom of Solomon 5:15–6:3 continues in 6
- Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15
- Matthew 11:27–30
- Galatians 5:22–6:2 continues in 6
- Luke 6:17–23
About this page. This is the Menaion date — the fixed calendar. Parishes on the New Calendar keep it on August 9 by the civil calendar. On the Julian calendar this same commemoration is kept on August 22 by the civil calendar. The movable cycle, which turns on the date of Pascha and changes every year, is on the calendar page. Where a life has been written on this site the name links to it; where it has not, only what the commemoration itself attests is shown, and nothing is added to it.