August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 30 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 1

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 13 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 18.

Saints

Holy 7 Virgin-martyrs, at Gaza, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 7 Παρθένοι. 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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.64. Holy 4 Martyrs, at Perge in Pamphylia, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 4 Μάρτυρες. 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Holy 366 Martyrs, at Nicomedia, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 366 Μάρτυρες. 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Phileortus, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλέορτος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Menas, Faustus, Andrew and Heraclius. Συναξαριστής. 31 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). (see also: July 12) Saint Diadochos.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Διάδοχος. 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (471)September 13/August 31. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).St Gennadius the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: November 17Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γεννάδιος καὶ Μάξιμος Πατριάρχες Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 17 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. )

Pre-Schism Western saints

Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (258)Hieromartyr Cyprian the Bishop of Carthage. OCA - Lives of the Saints.August 31. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyrs Caesidius and Companions, on the shores of Lake Fucino in Italy (3rd century)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. 264-265. Martyrs Robustian and Mark, venerated in Milan in Italy from early times. Saint Paulinus, Bishop of Trier (358) Saint Optatus, Bishop of Auxerre in France (c. 530) Saint Barbolenus, fourth Abbot of Bobbio Abbey in Italy (c. 640) Saint Eanswythe (Eanswith), Abbess of Folkestone (c. 640)St Eanswythe the Abbess of Folkestone. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Enlightener of Northumbria (651)St Aidan the Bishop of Lindesfarne. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Aidan (Σκωτσέζος). 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saints Cuthburgh (Cuthburga)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Cuthburge (Βρετανίδα). 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and Cwenburgh, sisters, Abbesses of Wimborne (c. 725) Saint Wala of Corbie, abbot of Corbie (836)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint John II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1089) Saint Gennadius II Scholarius (Gennadius the Scholar), Patriarch of Constantinople (1372)September 13 / August 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Alexander Lyubimov, Priest, and Vladimir Dvinsky, Deacon (1918) New Hieromartyrs Michael Kosukhin and Myron Rzhepik, Priests (1937) New Hieromartyr Demetrius Smirnov (1938) Synaxis of the New Martyrs of Jasenovac, Serbia (1941-1945)Synaxis of the New Martyrs of Jasenovac - Commemoration: August 31/September 13. Orthodox Christianity. 9/13/2023. Retrieved: February 13, 2026. Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine (2016) СОБОР НОВОМУЧЕНИКОВ И ИСПОВЕДНИКОВ ЕКАТЕРИНОСЛАВСКИХ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 19, 2026.

Other commemorations

Placing of the Honourable Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408)Great Synaxaristes: Κατάθεσις Τιμίας Ζώνης τῆς Θεοτόκου. 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Restoration of the Church of the Theotokos at the Neorion (port facilities) in Constantinople (c. 920-944)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακαίνιση τοῦ Ναοῦ τῆς Θεοτόκου ἐν τῷ Νεωρίῳ. 31 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Schema-nun Gabriela (Taisiya Alekseevna Filina), of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1992) Схимонахиня Гавриила (Филина). Исповедничество за имя Христово. Свято-Успенская Киево-Печерская Лавра (мужской монастырь) Украинской Православной Церкви. 04.02.2024. Retrieved: March 20, 2026.

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References

Sources September 13/August 31. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). September 13 / August 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). August 31. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. 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. 64. August 31. 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. 264–265. 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. 429–432.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 31 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 31 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources 13 сентября (31 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 31 августа по старому стилю / 13 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.